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Abhanga 804

English: Mana-vāca-tīta — Your — sva-rūpa — therefore — māpa — bhakti.

When sva-rūpa is beyond mana-vāca; bhakti is the only māpa — and you have to recognize this register
When yoga-yāga-tap-jñāna can't catch You — and you accept this image
When we offer sēvā by bhōḷē-bhāva — accept it, Kēśava — and you receive this final petition

The verse

मनवाचातीत तुझें हें स्वरूप । म्हणोनियां माप भक्ति केलें ॥१॥ भक्तीचिया मापें मोजितों अनंता । इतरानें तत्वता न मोजवे ॥ध्रु.॥ योग याग तपें देहाचिया योगें । ज्ञानाचिया लागें न सांपडेसी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आम्ही भोळ्या भावें सेवा । घ्यावी जी केशवा करितों ऐसी ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Mana-vāca-tīta — Your — sva-rūpa — therefore — māpa — bhakti. Bhakti-māpa — measure — Ananta — other — tatvatā — not — measure. Yoga-yāga-tapa — deha-yōga — jñāna-lāga — not — caught. Tuka says: bhōḷē-bhāva — sēvā — accept — Kēśava — do — like-this.

मराठी: मन-वाचा-तीत तुझें हें स्व-रूप — म्हणोनियां माप भक्ति केलें. भक्तीच्या मापें मोजितों Ananta — इतरानें तत्वता न मोजवे. Yoga-yāga-तप — देहाच्या-योगें — ज्ञानाच्या-लागें — न-सांपडेसि. Tuka म्हणे: आम्ही भोळ्या भावें सेवा — घ्यावी जी, Kēśava, करितों ऐसी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
मनवाचातीत तुझें हें स्वरूप "mana-vāca-tīta — Your sva-rūpa"
म्हणोनियां माप भक्ति केलें "therefore — māpa — bhakti"
भक्तीचिया मापें मोजितों अनंता "bhakti-māpa — measure — Ananta"
इतरानें तत्वता न मोजवे "other — tatvatā — not measure"
योग याग तपें देहाचिया योगें "yoga-yāga-tapa — deha-yōga"
ज्ञानाचिया लागें न सांपडेसी "jñāna-lāga — not caught"
भोळ्या भावें सेवा "bhōḷē-bhāva — sēvā"
घ्यावी जी केशवा करितों ऐसी "accept — Kēśava — do — like-this"

What it means

A sva-rūpa-beyond-mana-vāca-bhakti-only-māpa-yoga-jñāna-can't-catch-bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā-accept abhang. Bhakti-only-measures-Ananta register. Three claims:

  1. मन-वाचा-तीत-Your-sva-rūpa — माप-भक्ति-केलें — भक्ति-मापें-Ananta-मोजितों — इतर-तत्वता-न-मोजवे. Bhakti-only-māpa-claim. Your sva-rūpa is beyond mana-vāca; therefore — bhakti is the (only) māpa; with bhakti's māpa, I measure Ananta (the Endless); by other (means), tatvatā (truly) it cannot-be-measured. Mana-vāca-can't-reach; only-bhakti-measure-Ananta.

  2. Yoga-yāga-तप — देह-योग — ज्ञान-लाग — न-सांपडेसि. Yoga-jñāna-can't-catch-claim. Yoga-yāga-tapa — by deha's yōga (bodily-yoga); by jñāna's lāga (chase, pursuit); You are not caught (sāmpaḍēsi). Yoga-yāga-jñāna-fail*.

  3. Tuka: भोळ्या-भावें-सेवा — घ्यावी, Kēśava — करितों-ऐसी. Bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā-accept-claim. Tuka says: we (offer) sēvā by bhōḷē-bhāva (simple-mind, naïve-feeling); accept it, Kēśava; we do it like-this. Bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā-accept.

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For someone today

This abhang names the bhakti-only-measures-Ananta register:

  1. Sva-rūpa beyond mana-vāca; bhakti is the only māpa; with bhakti-māpa, measure Ananta. Bhakti-māpa.

  2. Yoga-yāga-tap-jñāna can't catch You. Other-modes-fail.

  3. We offer sēvā by bhōḷē-bhāva; accept it, Kēśava. Bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā.

For today: Your sva-rūpa is beyond mana-vāca; therefore bhakti is the only māpa (measure); with bhakti-māpa, I can-measure Ananta; yoga-yāga-tap-jñāna (the high-modes) cannot catch You; we offer sēvā by bhōḷē-bhāva — accept it, Kēśava*, we do-it-this-way.

This abhang is Tukaram's bhakti-only-māpa-and-bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā register — one of the most-precise bhakti-only-priority statements. Compare 0779 bhāva-śīla-pratimā-pūjā-deva-becomes-as-their-bhāva (Tuka's mudra); same bhāva-priority but here organized through bhakti-only-māpa and yoga-jñāna-can't-catch. The bhaktīciyā māpē mōjitōm Ananta (with bhakti-māpa I measure Ananta) is the precise bhakti-as-only-instrument claim*.

मराठी: ही ओवी bhakti-only-measures-Ananta register नाव सांगते:

  1. Sva-rūpa-mana-vāca-tīta; bhakti-only-māpa; Ananta-मोजितों. Bhakti-māpa.

  2. Yoga-yāga-tap-jñāna-can't-catch. Other-modes-fail.

  3. Bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā; घ्यावी Kēśava. Bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā.

आज: Your sva-rūpa mana-vāca-च्या-पलीकडे; म्हणून bhakti च-only-māpa; Bhakti-māpa-ने Ananta measure; Yoga-yāga-tap-jñāna (high-modes) catch-नाही करत; आम्ही sēvā offer करतो bhōḷē-bhāva-ने — accept it, Kēśava.

Tukaram च-bhakti-only-māpa-and-bhōḷē-bhāva-sēvā-register — Most-precise bhakti-only-priority statements पैकी एक. 0779 bhāva-śīla-pratimā-pūjā-deva-becomes-as-their-bhāva (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच bhāva-priority पण इथे bhakti-only-māpa आणि yoga-jñāna-can't-catch च्या मार्गाने. Bhaktīciyā māpē mōjitōm Ananta precise bhakti-as-only-instrument claim.

Where this applies

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