Abhanga 763
By enduring hardship and handing it to God, and by giving God a name and form to dwell in, the devotee turns a one-way struggle into a shared relationship, even hosting God at home.
The verse
सोसोनि विपत्ती । जोडी दिली तुझे हातीं ॥१॥ त्याचा हा चि उपकार । अंतीं आम्हाशीं वेव्हार ॥ध्रु.॥ नामरूपा केला ठाव । तुज कोण म्हणतें देव ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे हरी । तुज ठाव दिला घरीं ॥३॥
Literal translation
Sōsōni — vipatti — jōḍī — given — Your hand. Upakāra — this — antā — with us — vēvhāra. Nāma-rūpa — gave place — who — calls — deva? Tuka says: Hari — ṭhāva — given — ghara.
मराठी: सोसोनि विपत्ती — जोडी दिली तुझ्या हातीं. त्याचा हा च उपकार — अंतीं आम्हाशीं वेव्हार. नाम-रूपाला ठाव दिला — तुज कोण म्हणतें देव?. Tuka म्हणे: हरी — तुज ठाव दिला घरीं.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| सोसोनि विपत्ती | "sōsōni — vipatti" |
| जोडी दिली तुझे हातीं | "jōḍī — given — Your hand" |
| त्याचा हा चि उपकार | "this — upakāra" |
| अंतीं आम्हाशीं वेव्हार | "antā — with us — vēvhāra" |
| नामरूपा केला ठाव | "nāma-rūpa — gave place" |
| तुज कोण म्हणतें देव | "You — who — calls — deva" |
| तुज ठाव दिला घरीं | "You — ṭhāva — given — ghara" |
What it means
A enduring-vipatti-gave-joining-You-without-nāma-rūpa-no-deva-place-in-house abhang. Bhakta-makes-deva-deva register. Three claims:
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सोसून-विपत्ती — जोडी-तुझ्या-हातीं — उपकार-अंती-वेव्हार. Enduring-vipatti-Your-upakāra-claim. Enduring (sōsōni)vipatti(calamity, hardship); (I) gave thejōḍī(joining, contract, partnership) into Your hand; this is theupakāra(favor): at theantā(end), thevēvhāra(dealing) isāmhāśīm(with us). I-endured-vipatti-and-gave-joining-Your-hand; the upakāra is that-the-end-dealing-is-with-us.
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नाम-रूपा-ठाव — कोण-तुज-देव-म्हणे. Without-nāma-rūpa-no-deva-claim. (I) gave aṭhāva(place) tonāma-rūpa; (without that) who would call Youdeva?. I-gave-place-to-nāma-rūpa; without-that, no-one-would-call-You-deva. (This is a striking theological-claim: it's the bhakta's giving-place to nāma-rūpa that establishes the deva's deva-hood-in-the-world.)
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Tuka: हरी — तुज ठाव दिला घरीं. Place-given-You-in-house-claim. Tuka says:Harī; I haveṭhāva dilā(given place) in (my)ghara(house). I-have-given-You-place-in-my-house. (This is final: the bhakta has given the deva place in his house — the deva is a guest in the bhakta's house, not the other-way-round.)
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For someone today
Tukaram says he endured hardship and handed the whole partnership over into God's hand, and the reward for that is simply this: from then on, the dealing is with God, not carried alone. He makes an even bolder claim: it is the devotee who gives God a name and a form to dwell in, and without that gift, no one would even call God "God." So the relationship runs both ways. God shelters the devotee through hard times, but the devotee also gives God a place to be recognized and welcomed, in fact a place in his own house, as if God were a guest the devotee took in.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की त्यांनी संकटं सोसली आणि हा सगळा व्यवहार देवाच्या हातात सोपवला, आणि याचा उपकार इतकाच की आता पुढचा व्यवहार देवाबरोबर आहे, एकट्याने वाहायचा नाही. ते याहून धाडसी गोष्ट सांगतात, ती म्हणजे भक्तानेच देवाला नाम आणि रूप देऊन राहायला जागा दिली आहे, आणि हे नसतं तर कोणी देवाला देव म्हणालाच नसतं. म्हणजे हे नातं दोन्ही बाजूंनी चालतं. देव भक्ताला संकटात आधार देतो, पण भक्तही देवाला ओळख आणि स्वागत यासाठी जागा देतो, अगदी स्वतःच्या घरात, जणू देव हा भक्ताने आणलेला पाहुणा आहे.
Where this applies
- Enduringvipatti. Bhakta's-side.
- Without place, nodeva. Paradox.
- Place in my house. Final.