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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 773 of 4582

Abhanga 773

Real yoga and austerity are simply the honest dropping of ego, and no one should be bound by the need for honor or the fear of dishonor.

When yoga-tapa is under the name of gaḷita-abhimāna — and you have to recognize this register
When vyāpāra is good in satya; yēra-jhāra breaks — and you accept this image
When mānā-māna shouldn't be the bandhana — and you receive this final stipulation

The verse

योग तप या चि नांवें । गळित व्हावें अभिमानें ॥१॥ करणें तें हें चि करा । सत्यें बरा व्यापार ॥ध्रु.॥ तरि खंडे येरझार । निघे भार देहाचा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मानामान । हें बंधन नसावें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Yoga-tapa — under-this-name — gaḷitaabhimāna. Karaṇē — this-very — do — in satyabarāvyāpāra. Then — breaks — yēra-jhārabhāradēha — leaves. Tuka says: mānā-mānabandhana — shouldn't-be.

मराठी: योग-तप या-च नांवें — गळित व्हावें अभिमानें. करणें तें हें-च करा — सत्यें बरा व्यापार. तरि खंडे यर-झार — निघे भार देहाचा. Tuka म्हणे: मानामान — हें बंधन नसावें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
योग तप या चि नांवें "yoga-tapa — under-this-name"
गळित व्हावें अभिमानें "gaḷitaabhimāna"
करणें तें हें चि करा "karaṇē — this-very — do"
सत्यें बरा व्यापार "in satyabarāvyāpāra"
तरि खंडे येरझार "then — breaks — yēra-jhāra"
निघे भार देहाचा "bhāradēha — leaves"
मानामान हें बंधन नसावें "mānā-mānabandhana — shouldn't-be"

What it means

A yoga-tapa-as-gaḷita-abhimāna-vyāpāra-in-satya-yēra-jhāra-breaks-mānā-māna-bandhana-shouldn't-be abhang. Gaḷita-abhimāna-no-mānā-māna register. Three claims:

  1. योग-तप — या-च-नांवें — गळित-अभिमान — करणें-हें-च — सत्यें-बरा-व्यापार. Yoga-tapa-as-gaḷita-abhimāna-claim. Yoga-tapaunder-this-very-name is the gaḷita (dripping-down, falling-off) of abhimāna; do this-very-thing —karaṇē tē hē ci; insatya(truth), thevyāpāra(dealing) isbarā(good). True-yoga-tapa = gaḷita-of-abhimāna; do-this-thing-truthfully.

  2. तरि-खंडे-यर-झार — निघे-भार-देहाचा. Yēra-jhāra-breaks-bhāra-leaves-claim. Then —yēra-jhāra(back-and-forth, the to-and-fro of samsāra, the rebirth-cycle) breaks; thebhāra(load) of thedēha(body) leaves. Yēra-jhāra-broken-and-deha-bhāra-leaves.

  3. Tuka: मानामान — बंधन-नसावें. Mānā-māna-bandhana-shouldn't-be-claim. Tuka says:mānā-māna(honor-and-its-counter — being-honored and being-dishonored); thisbandhana(bondage) shouldn't be. No-bondage-of-honor-or-dishonor.

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For someone today

Tukaram strips yoga and tapa, austere spiritual practice, down to one plain definition: it is simply letting your pride and self-importance drop away, done honestly rather than performed for show. When that happens, he says, the restless back and forth of ordinary life eases and the weight you carry in your body lifts. He adds a warning that matters just as much: don't let yourself be bound by whether people honor you or dishonor you. That need to be praised, or the fear of being shamed, is its own kind of chain.

मराठी: योग आणि तप म्हणजे नेमकं काय, हे तुकाराम अगदी साध्या शब्दांत सांगतात — ते म्हणजे अहंकार आणि अभिमान सत्याने, प्रामाणिकपणे गळून पडणे, दिखाव्यासाठी केलेली कृती नव्हे. असं झालं की संसाराची येरझार शांत होते आणि देहाचा भार हलका होतो. यासोबत तितकीच महत्त्वाची एक सूचना ते देतात — मान किंवा अपमान यांच्या बंधनात अडकू नये. लोकांनी मान द्यावा ही अपेक्षा किंवा अपमानाची भीती, हेही एक प्रकारचं बंधनच आहे.

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