Abhanga 778
Steadily remembering the divine carries you toward your goal, but it takes real inner strength to see it through, and then results and abilities you never chased come to you on their own.
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
Pāvavīla — ṭhāya — Pāṇḍuranga — cintiliyā. Him — cintiliyā manī — citta — gamvasaṇī — makes. To obtain — phaḷa — anga — must-be — baḷa. Tuka says: then — siddhi — vōḷagatī — 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 | "pāvavīla — ṭhāya" |
| पांडुरंग चिंतिलिया | "Pāṇḍuranga — cintiliyā" |
| त्यासी चिंतिलिया मनीं | "Him — cintiliyā manī" |
| चित्ता करी गंवसणी | "citta — gamvasaṇī — makes" |
| पावावया फळ | "to obtain — phaḷa" |
| अंगीं असावें हें बळ | "anga — must-be — baḷa" |
| सिद्धी वोळगती पायीं | "siddhi — vōḷagatī — 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:
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Pāṇḍuranga-चिंतिलिया — पाववील-ठायां — मनीं-चिंतिलिया — चित्त-gamvasaṇī. Cintana-brings-place-citta-makes-gamvasaṇī-claim. Pāṇḍuranga, whencintiliyā(remembered), brings (one) to theṭhāya(place — the destination, the resting-place); when remembered in themanas— thecittamakes agamvasaṇī (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.
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फळ-पावावया — अंगीं-बळ-असावें. Need-strength-in-body-claim. To obtain thephaḷa(fruit) — thisbaḷa(strength) must be in theanga. Strength-needed-for-fruit.
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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
Tukaram says that simply holding Pandurang in your thoughts, remembering him steadily, is itself what carries you toward your destination. When you keep him in mind, your attention naturally wraps itself around that image, the way something you turn over and over in your thoughts becomes part of you. But remembering alone needs staying power - real inner strength is required to actually reach the fruit of that practice, not just to start it. And when that steady strength is there, the abilities and blessings people usually go chasing after come and offer themselves to you instead, you don't need to hunt for them.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की पांडुरंगाचे सतत चिंतन करणे हेच तुम्हाला तुमच्या इच्छित ठिकाणी घेऊन जाते. त्याचे मनात सतत स्मरण केले की चित्त आपोआप त्या प्रतिमेभोवती गुंफले जाते, जसे एखादा विचार पुन्हा पुन्हा मनात घोळवत राहिला की तो आपलाच भाग बनतो. पण नुसते चिंतन पुरेसे नाही, त्याचे फळ प्रत्यक्ष मिळवण्यासाठी अंगी खरी ताकद असावी लागते. आणि ती स्थिर ताकद असली की लोक ज्यांच्या मागे धावतात त्या सिद्धीच स्वतःहून तुमच्या पायाशी येऊन सेवा करतात, त्यांना शोधत फिरावे लागत नाही.
Where this applies
- Cintanabringsṭhāya. Place.
- Gamvasaṇī of citta. Encircling.
- Siddhis attend. Feet.