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Abhanga 778

English: Pāvavīla — ṭhāya — Pāṇḍuranga — cintiliyā.

When Pāṇḍuranga remembered brings to the place — and you have to recognize this register
When citta makes the gamvasaṇī — and you accept this image
When siddhis attend at the feet — and you receive this final claim

The verse

पाववील ठाया । पांडुरंग चिंतिलिया ॥१॥ त्यासी चिंतिलिया मनीं । चित्ता करी गंवसणी ॥ध्रु.॥ पावावया फळ । अंगीं असावें हें बळ ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे तई । सिद्धी वोळगती पायीं ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Pāvavīlaṭhāya — Pāṇḍuranga — cintiliyā. Him — cintiliyā manīcittagamvasaṇī — makes. To obtain — phaḷaanga — must-be — baḷa. Tuka says: then — siddhivōḷagatī — feet.

मराठी: पाववील ठायां — Pāṇḍuranga चिंतिलिया. त्यासी चिंतिलिया मनीं — चित्त गंवसणी करी. पावावया फळ — अंगीं असावें हें बळ. Tuka म्हणे: तई — सिद्धी वोळगती पायीं.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
पाववील ठाया "pāvavīlaṭhāya"
पांडुरंग चिंतिलिया "Pāṇḍuranga — cintiliyā"
त्यासी चिंतिलिया मनीं "Him — cintiliyā manī"
चित्ता करी गंवसणी "cittagamvasaṇī — makes"
पावावया फळ "to obtain — phaḷa"
अंगीं असावें हें बळ "anga — must-be — baḷa"
सिद्धी वोळगती पायीं "siddhivōḷagatī — feet"

What it means

A Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-brings-to-place-citta-makes-gamvasaṇī-need-strength-siddhis-attend-feet abhang. Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-brings-place-siddhis-attend register. Three claims:

  1. Pāṇḍuranga-चिंतिलिया — पाववील-ठायां — मनीं-चिंतिलिया — चित्त-gamvasaṇī. Cintana-brings-place-citta-makes-gamvasaṇī-claim. Pāṇḍuranga, when cintiliyā (remembered), brings (one) to the ṭhāya (place — the destination, the resting-place); when remembered in the manas — the citta makes a gamvasaṇī (an enclosing-net / a wrapping-around / a holding-encircling — i.e., the citta gathers-itself around-the-deva-image). Cintana-brings-place-and-citta-encloses*.

  2. फळ-पावावया — अंगीं-बळ-असावें. Need-strength-in-body-claim. To obtain the phaḷa (fruit) — this baḷa (strength) must be in the anga. Strength-needed-for-fruit.

  3. Tuka: तई — सिद्धि-वोळगती-पायीं. Siddhis-attend-at-feet-claim. Tuka says: then — siddhi (the spiritual-attainments) vōḷagatī (attend, wait-upon, serve) at the feet. Siddhis-attend-at-feet.

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For someone today

This abhang names the Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-brings-place-and-siddhis-attend register:

  1. Pāṇḍuranga remembered brings to the place; citta makes the gamvasaṇī. Cintana-brings-and-encloses.

  2. Need strength in the body to obtain the fruit. Need-strength.

  3. Then siddhis attend at the feet. Siddhis-attend.

For today: Pāṇḍuranga — when cintana is done — brings (one) to the ṭhāya; the citta makes a gamvasaṇī (an encircling-of-itself around-the-deva-image); one needs baḷa in the anga to attain the phaḷa; then siddhis themselves attend at the pāyīm*.

This abhang is Tukaram's Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-brings-place-and-siddhis-attend registerone of the most-precise statements about cintana's effect. Compare 0766 Viṭṭhal-cintana-essence-of-all-and-three-letter-mantra-easy (Tuka's mudra); same Viṭṭhal/Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-power but here organized through citta-gamvasaṇī and siddhis-attend-feet. The gamvasaṇī image — citta wraps-itself-around — is one of Tukaram's most-tactile bhakti-images*.

मराठी: ही ओवी Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-brings-place-and-siddhis-attend register नाव सांगते:

  1. Pāṇḍuranga-cintana ठाय-नेतो; citta-gamvasaṇī-करी. Cintana-brings-and-encloses.

  2. फळ-साठीं अंगीं बळ. Need-strength.

  3. Siddhis पायीं वोळगती. Siddhis-attend.

आज: Pāṇḍurangacintana-केलं तर — bhakta-ला ṭhāya-त-नेतो; Citta gamvasaṇī (encircling-of-itself) करते deva-image-च्या भोवती; Phaḷa-attain-करायला anga-त baḷa hवं; मग siddhis स्वतः pāyīm attend करतात*.

Tukaram च-Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-brings-place-and-siddhis-attend-registerMost-precise statements about cintana's-effect पैकी एक. 0766 Viṭṭhal-cintana-essence-of-all-and-three-letter-mantra-easy (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच Viṭṭhal/Pāṇḍuranga-cintana-power पण इथे citta-gamvasaṇī आणि siddhis-attend-feet च्या मार्गाने. Gamvasaṇī image — citta wraps-itself-around — Tukaram च्या most-tactile bhakti-images पैकी एक.

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