Abhanga 753
Tukaram says that when the heart holds one single feeling of devotion, no clever technique or contrivance is needed at all — he came to know this through his own lived experience, not from any doctrine. Simply remembering God is enough; all the joy that follows is deeply moving on its own. Tuka says that what Narayana truly wants is worship offered from the mind itself.
The verse
एक भाव चित्तीं । तरीं न लगे कांहीं युक्ती ॥१॥ कळों आलें जीवें । मज माझियाचि भावें ॥ध्रु.॥ आठव चि पुरे । सुख अवघें मोहो रे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मन । पूजा इच्छी नारायण ॥३॥
Literal translation
Ēka bhāva — citta — then — no yukti. Kaḷōm ālē — jīva — by my own bhāva. Āṭhava — alone — purē — sukha — all — mōhō. Tuka says: mana — pūjā — icchī — Nārāyaṇa.
मराठी: एक भाव चित्तीं — तरी न लगे कांहीं युक्ती. कळों आलें जीवें — मज माझ्याच भावें. आठव-च पुरे — सुख अवघें मोहो रे. Tuka म्हणे: मन — Nārāyaṇa पूजा इच्छी.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| एक भाव चित्तीं | "ēka bhāva — citta" |
| तरीं न लगे कांहीं युक्ती | "then — no yukti needed" |
| कळों आलें जीवें | "kaḷōm ālē — jīva" |
| मज माझियाचि भावें | "by my own bhāva" |
| आठव चि पुरे | "āṭhava alone — purē" |
| सुख अवघें मोहो रे | "sukha — all — mōhō" |
| मन पूजा इच्छी नारायण | "mana — pūjā — icchī — Nārāyaṇa" |
What it means
A one-bhāva-in-citta-no-yukti-needed-remembrance-suffices-sukha-mōhō-Nārāyaṇa-wants-mind-pūjā abhang. One-bhāva-suffices register. Three claims:
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एक भाव चित्तीं — तरी न लगे युक्ती — कळों आलें जीवें — माझ्याच भावें. One-bhāva-in-citta-claim. (With) onebhāvain thecitta—no yukti (technique, contrivance, calculation) is needed;(this) kaḷōm ālē (came-to-be-known) by my jīva; by my ownbhāva (the bhakta-knew-this-from-his-own-bhāva-experience, not from some doctrine).One-bhāva-no-yukti-known-by-my-own-bhāva.
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आठव-च पुरे — सुख-अवघें-मोहो रे. Remembrance-suffices-sukha-mōhō-claim. Theāṭhava(remembrance) alonepurē(suffices); sukha — all of it ismōhō(deeply-moving, swooning, deeply-affecting). Remembrance-alone-and-all-sukha-is-mōhō.
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Tuka: मन — Nārāyaṇa-पूजा इच्छी. Nārāyaṇa-wants-mind-pūjā-claim. Tuka says:mana — Nārāyaṇa icchī (wishes-for, desires) (the mind-pūjā).Nārāyaṇa-wants-the-mind-pūjā.
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For someone today
Tukaram says that when the heart holds one single feeling of devotion, no clever technique or contrivance is needed at all — he came to know this through his own lived experience, not from any doctrine. Simply remembering God is enough; all the joy that follows is deeply moving on its own. Tuka says that what Narayana truly wants is worship offered from the mind itself.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात, चित्तात एकच खरा भाव धरला की मग कोणतीही युक्ती किंवा चतुराई लागत नाही — हे त्यांना स्वतःच्या भावानुभवातून कळून आले आहे, कोणत्या शिकवणीतून नव्हे. फक्त आठवण ठेवणे पुरेसे आहे — त्यातून येणारे सगळे सुख आपोआप मन मोहून टाकते. तुका म्हणतात, नारायणाला खरोखर हवी असते ती मनापासून केलेली पूजा.
Where this applies
- Onebhāva— noyukti. Sufficient.
- Remembrance suffices. Mode.
- Mind-pūjā wanted. Stamp.