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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 802 of 4582

Abhanga 802

Real happiness is not somewhere else; it is already present here in this body and this moment, once you drop the illusion of separation and give it your full attention.

When deha is sādara — should be watched; all-sukha here in name — and you have to recognize this register
When body becomes Brahma-rūpa when dvaita is gone — and you accept this image
When throw away bhrānti; all-sukha is here — and you receive this final claim

The verse

देह हा सादर पाहावा निश्चित । सर्व सुख एथें नाम आहे ॥१॥ ब्रम्ह जें देखणें द्वैत जेव्हां गेलें । शरीर तें जालें ब्रम्हरूप ॥ध्रु.॥ यजन याजन तप व्रतें करिती । विकल्पें नागवती शुद्ध पुण्या ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सर्व सुख एथें आहे । भ्रांति दूर पाहें टाकुनियां ॥३॥ ॥१३॥

Literal translation

Dehasādara — watch — niścitasarva-sukha — here — nāma. Brahma — seeing — dvaita — gone — body — Brahma-rūpa. Yajana-yājana-tapa-vratavikalpanāgavatīśuddha-puṇya. Tuka says: sarva-sukha — here — bhrānti — far — see — throw.

मराठी: देह हा सादर पाहावा निश्चित — सर्व-सुख एथें, नाम आहे. Brahma जें देखणें — द्वैत जेव्हां गेलें — शरीर तें जालें Brahma-रूप. यजन-याजन-तप-व्रतें करिती — विकल्पें नागवती शुद्ध पुण्या. Tuka म्हणे: सर्व-सुख एथें आहे — भ्रांति दूर, पाहें, टाकुनियां.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
देह हा सादर पाहावा निश्चित "dehasādara — watch — niścita"
सर्व सुख एथें नाम आहे "sarva-sukha — here — nāma"
ब्रम्ह जें देखणें द्वैत जेव्हां गेलें "Brahma — seeing — dvaita — gone"
शरीर तें जालें ब्रम्हरूप "body — becomes — Brahma-rūpa"
यजन याजन तप व्रतें करिती "yajana-yājana-tapa-vrata"
विकल्पें नागवती शुद्ध पुण्या "vikalpanāgavatīśuddha-puṇya"
भ्रांति दूर पाहें टाकुनियां "bhrānti — far — see — throw"

What it means

A deha-sādara-watch-all-sukha-here-Brahma-when-dvaita-gone-yajana-by-vikalpa-stripped-throw-bhrānti abhang. Sarva-sukha-here-in-body-by-name register. Three claims:

  1. देह-सादर-पाहावा — निश्चित — सर्व-सुख-एथें-नाम — Brahma-जें-देखणें — दैत-गेलें — शरीर-Brahma-रूप. Deha-watch-sukha-here-Brahma-when-dvaita-gone-claim. Thisdēhaissādara(worthy-of-attention, the place-of-attention); should bepāhāvā niścita(watched with-certainty); sarva-sukha (all-pleasure) is here, in the nāma; theBrahma-seeing — when dvaita (duality) has gone;the body itself has-become Brahma-rūpa (Brahma-formed).Body-attentively-watched-becomes-Brahma-rūpa-when-dvaita-goes; sukha-is-here-in-the-name.

  2. Yajana-vrata-करिती — विकल्पें-नागवती-शुद्ध-पुण्या. Vikalpa-strips-pure-puṇya-claim. Yajana-yājana-tapa-vrata (the four formal-acts) are done;by vikalpa (alternative-thoughts, doubt), the śuddha-puṇya is nāgavatī (stripped, robbed).Formal-acts-but-vikalpa-strips-the-pure-puṇya.

  3. Tuka: सर्व-सुख-एथें-आहे — भ्रांति-दूर-टाकून-पहा. Throw-bhrānti-all-sukha-here-claim. Tuka says:sarva-sukha is here; see, throwing-away thebhrānti(delusion). Throw-bhrānti-and-see-all-sukha-here.

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For someone today

Tukaram says you don't need to look beyond your own body and this present moment for fulfillment: real happiness is already here, carried in the name of God repeated with attention. When the sense of separation between you and the divine dissolves, this very body becomes the place where the sacred shows itself, nothing exotic or distant is required. He also warns that formal rituals and vows, performed with a doubting or divided mind, lose their purifying power. The instruction is simple: drop the illusion that fulfillment lies elsewhere, and see that it is here.

मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात की समाधानासाठी तुम्हाला या शरीराच्या आणि याच क्षणाच्या पलीकडे कुठेही पाहायची गरज नाही, खरे सुख इथेच आहे, लक्षपूर्वक घेतलेल्या नामातच सामावलेले आहे. जेव्हा तुमच्यामध्ये आणि परमात्म्यामध्ये असलेला भेदभाव मिटतो, तेव्हा हेच शरीर पवित्रतेचे स्थान बनते, त्यासाठी काही दूरचे किंवा विलक्षण लागत नाही. ते असेही बजावतात की संशयी किंवा दुभंगलेल्या मनाने केलेले औपचारिक विधी आणि व्रते त्यांची शुद्ध करणारी शक्ती गमावतात. शिकवण साधी आहे, समाधान कुठेतरी दूर आहे हा भ्रम सोडा आणि पाहा, ते इथेच आहे.

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