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Abhanga 780

English: Ādhī-ci — āḷaśī — on-top — gurū-upadēśa.

When already-lazy with guru-upadeśa removes vidhi-niṣēdha-fence — and you have to recognize this register
When cannot perform dharma or vidhi-karma — and you accept this image
When that one is a gāḍhava running after the mind — and you receive this final verdict

The verse

आधीं च आळशी । वरी गुरूचा उपदेशी ॥१॥ मग त्या कैंची आडकाठी । विधिनिषेधाची भेटी ॥ध्रु.॥ नाचरवे धर्म । न करवे विधिकर्म ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे ते गाढव । घेती मनासवें धांव ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Ādhī-ciāḷaśī — on-top — gurū-upadēśa. Then — āḍa-kāṭhīvidhi-niṣēdhabhēṭī. Cannot-do — dharmavidhi-karma. Tuka says: gāḍhavamanā-savē dhāva.

मराठी: आधीं च आळशी — वरी गुरूचा उपदेशी. मग त्या कैंची आडकाठी — विधि-निषेधाची भेटी?. नाचरवे धर्म — न करवे विधि-कर्म. Tuka म्हणे: ते गाढव — घेती मनासवें धांव.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
आधीं च आळशी "ādhī-ciāḷaśī"
वरी गुरूचा उपदेशी "on-top — gurū-upadēśa"
मग त्या कैंची आडकाठी "then — for-him — āḍa-kāṭhī"
विधिनिषेधाची भेटी "vidhi-niṣēdhabhēṭī"
नाचरवे धर्म "cannot-do — dharma"
न करवे विधिकर्म "cannot-do — vidhi-karma"
ते गाढव "gāḍhava"
घेती मनासवें धांव "manā-savē dhāva"

What it means

A already-lazy-with-guru-upadeśa-no-fence-no-vidhi-no-dharma-gāḍhava-runs-after-mind abhang. Anti-lazy-bhakta-misuse register. Three claims:

  1. आधीं-आळशी — वरी-गुरू-उपदेश — कैंची-आडकाठी — vidhi-niṣēdha-भेटी? Already-lazy-with-guru-no-fence-claim. Already (one is) lazy; and on-top, (he gets) the gurū-upadēśa (the guru's teaching, often the advaitic aham-Brahma or no-vidhi-niṣēdha doctrine); then for him, where is the āḍa-kāṭhī (the fence, the boundary-stake)? — the encounter (bhēṭī) of vidhi-niṣēdha?. Already-lazy-now-the-guru's-teaching-removes-the-vidhi-fence. (Tuka warns: when the lazy-person hears no-vidhi-niṣēdha, he uses-it-as-license.)

  2. नाचरवे-धर्म — न-करवे-vidhi-karma. No-dharma-no-vidhi-karma-claim. (He) cannot perform dharma; cannot do vidhi-karma. No-action-at-all.

  3. Tuka: ते-गाढव — मनासवें-धांव. Gāḍhava-runs-after-mind-claim. Tuka says: that one is a gāḍhava (donkey, brute); runs (dhāva) after the manas (the mind, whim). Gāḍhava-mind-led.

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For someone today

This abhang names the anti-lazy-bhakta-misuse register:

  1. Already lazy, on-top guru-upadeśa removes the vidhi-niṣēdha-fence. Lazy-with-guru.

  2. Cannot perform dharma or vidhi-karma. No-action.

  3. That one is a gāḍhava running after the mind. Gāḍhava-mind-led.

For today: when an ādhī-ci āḷaśī (already-lazy person) gets guru-upadeśa (especially the no-vidhi-niṣēdha advaitic teaching), the result is no-fence; they cannot perform dharma or vidhi-karma; they are gāḍhavas running after the mind. (The misuse-of-non-dual-teaching as a license-for-laziness is the target.)

This abhang is Tukaram's anti-lazy-bhakta-misuse-of-guru-upadeśa registerone of the sharpest anti-misuse warnings. Compare 0731 advaita-vāṇī-rejected-aham-Brahma-bhrama (Tuka's mudra); same anti-advaita but here organized through misuse-of-guru-teaching-by-the-already-lazy. The gāḍhava ghētī manā-savē dhāva (gāḍhava runs after mind) is one of Tukaram's most-direct judgments on bhakti-misusers*.

मराठी: ही ओवी anti-lazy-bhakta-misuse register नाव सांगते:

  1. आधीं-आळशी; वरी-guru-upadeśa; vidhi-niṣēdha-fence-नाहीं. Lazy-with-guru.

  2. Dharma-vidhi-karma दोन्ही न-करवे. No-action.

  3. ते गाढव; मनासवें-धांव. Gāḍhava-mind-led.

आज: जेव्हा ādhī-ci āḷaśī (already-lazy-person) ला guru-upadeśa (विशेषतः no-vidhi-niṣēdha advaitic teaching) मिळतो — result no-fence; Dharma किंवा vidhi-karma perform-नाही करत; ते gāḍhavasmanas-च्या मागे धांव. (Misuse-of-non-dual-teaching as license-for-laziness — हें target.)*

Tukaram च-anti-lazy-bhakta-misuse-of-guru-upadeśa-registerSharpest anti-misuse warnings पैकी एक. 0731 advaita-vāṇī-rejected-aham-Brahma-bhrama (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच anti-advaita पण इथे misuse-of-guru-teaching-by-the-already-lazy च्या मार्गाने. Gāḍhava ghētī manā-savē dhāva Tukaram च्या most-direct judgments on bhakti-misusers पैकी एक.

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