Abhanga 789
English: Vāritām — by-force — held — by-hand — by-violence — naraka.
The verse
वारितां बळें धरितां हातीं । जुलुमें जाती नरकामधीं ॥१॥ रंडीदासाप्रति कांहीं । उपदेश तो ही चालेना ॥ध्रु.॥ जन्म केला वाताहात । थोर घात येठायीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे पंढरीनाथा । तुझी कथा दूषीती ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Vāritām — by-force — held — by-hand — by-violence — naraka. Raṇḍī-dāsa-prati — upadeśa — even — doesn't-work. Janma — vātāhāta — thōra ghāta — here. Tuka says: Pandharī-nāth — Your — kathā — defile.
मराठी: वारितां बळें धरितां हातीं — जुलुमें जाती नरकामधीं. रंडी-दासा-प्रति कांहीं — उपदेश तो ही चालेना. जन्म केला वाताहात — थोर घात ये-ठायीं. Tuka म्हणे: पंढरी-नाथा — तुझी कथा दूषीती.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
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| वारितां बळें धरितां हातीं | "warn — by-force — held — by-hand" |
| जुलुमें जाती नरकामधीं | "by-violence — go — naraka" |
| रंडीदासाप्रति कांहीं | "to-raṇḍī-dāsa — anything" |
| उपदेश तो ही चालेना | "upadeśa — even — doesn't-work" |
| जन्म केला वाताहात | "janma — vātāhāta" |
| थोर घात येठायीं | "thōra ghāta — here" |
| तुझी कथा दूषीती | "Your — kathā — defile" |
What it means
A forcibly-held-go-to-naraka-rāṇḍī-dāsa-no-upadeśa-defile-Your-kathā abhang. Anti-rāṇḍī-dāsa-defile-Your-kathā register. Three claims:
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वारितां-बळें-धरितां — जुलुमें-जाती-naraka — rāṇḍī-दासा-उपदेश-न-चाले. Forcibly-held-but-go-to-naraka-rāṇḍī-dāsa-no-upadeśa-claim. Even when one is held vārī — by-force, by-the-hand (to warn-them-off the wrong-path); they go into naraka by violence; to the raṇḍī-dāsa (the slave of-the-prostitute, the lust-bound); upadeśa (instruction) — even — doesn't work. Even-by-force-can't-warn-rāṇḍī-dāsa-no-upadeśa-works*.
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जन्म-वाताहात — थोर-घात-येठायीं. Life-vātāhāta-great-injury-claim. Janma (life) made vātāhāta (scattered, blown-to-pieces, ruined); thōra ghāta (great injury) here. Life-ruined-here.
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Tuka: Pandharī-nāth — तुझी-कथा-दूषीती. Defile-Your-kathā-claim. Tuka says: Pandharī-nāth; they dūṣītī (defile, taint) Your kathā (sacred-story). They-defile-Your-kathā. (Reading: when raṇḍī-dāsa-types come into the kathā, they defile* it.)
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For someone today
This abhang names the anti-rāṇḍī-dāsa-defile-Your-kathā register:
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Forcibly-held to warn, they go into naraka by violence; to the rāṇḍī-dāsa, no upadeśa works. Forcibly-held-no-upadeśa.
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Life made vātāhāta; great injury here. Life-vātāhāta.
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Pandharī-nāth, they defile Your kathā. Defile-Your-kathā.
For today: even when forcibly-held-and-warned, the rāṇḍī-dāsa (the lust-bound) goes-into-naraka-by-his-own-violence; upadeśa itself doesn't-work for him; his janma is *vātāhāta, thōra ghāta here; he comes into the kathā and defiles it. (The complaint is: such-types pollute-the-bhakti-gathering itself.)*
This abhang is Tukaram's anti-rāṇḍī-dāsa-defile-Your-kathā register — one of the most-direct charges-against polluters-of-the-kathā. Compare 0785 Śākta-donkey-piles-of-pāpa (Tuka's mudra); same anti-vicious-types but here organized through can't-be-warned-defile-Your-kathā. The tujhī kathā dūṣītī (they defile Your kathā) is precise: the bhakti-gathering itself is at-risk-from-such-types*.
मराठी: ही ओवी anti-rāṇḍī-dāsa-defile-Your-kathā register नाव सांगते:
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बळें-धरितां, naraka-त-जातात; rāṇḍī-दासाला upadeśa-न-चाले. Forcibly-held-no-upadeśa.
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Janma-वाताहात; थोर-घात. Life-vātāhāta.
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Pandharī-nāth — तुझी-कथा-दूषीती. Defile-Your-kathā.
आज: Forcibly-held-and-warned-असून-सुद्धा, rāṇḍī-dāsa (lust-bound) naraka-त-स्वतःच्या-violence-ने-जातो; Upadeśa त्याच्यासाठी न-चाले; Janma vātāhāta, thōra ghāta here; Kathā-त-येऊन defile-करतो. (Complaint: असे-types bhakti-gathering-स्वतःला pollute करतात.)
Tukaram च-anti-rāṇḍī-dāsa-defile-Your-kathā-register — Most-direct charges-against polluters-of-the-kathā पैकी एक. 0785 Śākta-donkey-piles-of-pāpa (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच anti-vicious-types पण इथे can't-be-warned-defile-Your-kathā च्या मार्गाने. Tujhī kathā dūṣītī precise — bhakti-gathering स्वतः at-risk-from-such-types.
Where this applies
- Rāṇḍī-dāsa — no *upadeśa.* Beyond-warning.
- Life — vātāhāta*. Ruin.
- Defile kathā*. Charge.