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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 832 of 4582

Abhanga 832

Honest, clean living is itself true worship and needs no wealth, and even the felt distance from what you long for is where nearness begins to take root.

When pure conduct itself is saint-worship; no money needed — and you have to recognize this register
When saguṇa rests in saguṇa; they come asking — and you accept this image
When kīrtana pours kṛpā-current; distance is the dwelling-of-nearness — and you allow this image

The verse

शुद्ध चर्या हें चि संताचें पूजन । लागत चि धन नाहीं वत्ति ॥१॥ सगुणाचे सोई सगुण विश्रांती । आपण चि येती चोजवीत ॥ध्रु.॥ कीर्तनीं चि वोळे कृपेचा वोरस । दुरीपणें वास संनिधता ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे वर्म सांगतों सवंगें । मन लावा लागें स्वहिताच्या ॥३॥

Literal translation

Śuddha caryā — this — santapūjanadhana — not — needed — vatti. Saguṇasōīsaguṇaviśrānti — themselves — come — cōjavīta. Kīrtana — pours — kṛpāvōrasadurī-paṇavāsasamnidhatā. Tuka says: varma — telling — savangēmana — apply — lāgasva-hita.

मराठी: शुद्ध-चर्या हें-च संताचं पूजन — त्या-वत्ति-ला (कारणा-ला) धन लागत नाहीं. सगुण-च्या-सोयीनं सगुण विश्रांती — आपण-च चोजवीत येती. कीर्तनां-त-च कृपेचा वोरस वोळतो — दुरी-पणें-च संनिधतेचा वास. Tuka म्हणे: वर्म सवंगें-च (स्वस्तात) सांगतो — स्व-हिताच्या लागें मन लावा.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
शुद्ध चर्या हें चि संताचें पूजन "śuddha caryā — this — santa's — pūjana"
लागत चि धन नाहीं वत्ति "dhana — not — needed — vatti"
सगुणाचे सोई सगुण विश्रांती "saguṇa's — sōī (affinity) — saguṇaviśrānti"
आपण चि येती चोजवीत "themselves — come — cōjavīta"
कीर्तनीं चि वोळे कृपेचा वोरस "kīrtana — pours — kṛpāvōrasa"
दुरीपणें वास संनिधता "durī-paṇavāsasamnidhatā"
वर्म सांगतों सवंगें "varma — telling — savangē (cheaply)"
मन लावा लागें स्वहिताच्या "mana — apply — lāgasva-hita"

What it means

A pure-conduct-is-saint-worship-no-money-needed-saguṇa-rests-in-saguṇa-by-affinity-kīrtana-pours-kṛpā-current-distance-itself-is-the-dwelling-of-nearness-secret-told-cheaply-apply-mind-to-self-good abhang. Cheap-secret-pure-conduct-is-worship register. Four claims:

  1. शुद्ध-चर्या-संताचें-पूजन — धन-लागत-नाहीं. Pure-conduct-is-saint-worship-claim. Purecaryā(conduct) —that, indeed, is the pūjana (worship) of the santas;for-this-vatti (cause / occupation), dhana (money) is not needed.Pure-conduct-is-the-worship; no-money-needed. (Bhakti's-democratic-claim: thepūjanaof thesantadoesn't require gold;śuddha-caryā is enough.)

  2. सगुण-सोयीनं-सगुण-विश्रांती — आपण-च-चोजवीत-येती. Saguṇa-affinity-saguṇa-comes-claim. In thesōī (affinity, the matching-side) of the saguṇa, the saguṇa finds viśrānti (rest);they (the saguṇa-saints / the saguṇa-Hari) themselves come cōjavīta (asking-after, looking-for).Saguṇa-finds-rest-in-saguṇa; they-come-asking-themselves. (Like-finds-like: saguṇa-bhakti attracts saguṇa-Hari and saguṇa-saints; they come of-themselves to-the-bhakta-with-saguṇa-bhāva.)

  3. कीर्तनीं-कृपेचा-वोरस-वोळे — दुरी-पणें-संनिधतेचा-वास. Kīrtana-pours-kṛpā-distance-is-nearness-claim. Inkīrtana itself, the vōrasa (current, downward-flow) of kṛpā pours;the durī-paṇa (distance) is itself the vāsa (dwelling) of samnidhatā (nearness).Kīrtana-pours-kṛpā; distance-itself-houses-nearness. (Paradox-claim: the very-distance is the dwelling-of-nearness — the longing-from-far is what brings-near. Kīrtana from-far becomes Hari-near.)

  4. Tuka: वर्म-सवंगें — मन-लावा-लागें-स्व-हिताच्या. Cheap-secret-apply-mind-claim. Tuka says: I tell thevarma (secret, the inner-meaning) savangē (cheaply, at a low-price);apply your mana with lāga (with attachment, with-effort) to your sva-hita (self-good).Cheap-secret-apply-mind-to-self-good. (Tuka's mature-shopkeeper-tone: I'm selling thevarmacheaply — just apply yourmanato yoursva-hita.)

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For someone today

You do not need money or elaborate ritual to honor the sacred; living with clean, honest conduct is itself the truest form of worship. When you sing or gather in devotion, grace flows freely, and even the ache of feeling far from what you long for is, paradoxically, where closeness begins to take root. Tukaram says he is handing you this wisdom cheaply, without secrecy or cost, so the only real work left is to simply turn your attention toward what actually benefits you.

मराठी: पवित्र गोष्टीचा सन्मान करण्यासाठी तुम्हाला पैसे किंवा भव्य विधींची गरज नाही, शुद्ध आणि प्रामाणिक आचरणानेच जगणं हीच खरी उपासना आहे. जेव्हा तुम्ही भक्तीत एकत्र गाता किंवा कीर्तनात सामील होता, तेव्हा कृपा मुक्तपणे वाहते, आणि जे हवं आहे त्यापासून दूर असल्याची जाणीवसुद्धा, विरोधाभासाने, जवळीक रुजण्याची जागा असते. तुकाराम म्हणतात की हे रहस्य ते स्वस्तात, कोणतीही गुप्तता किंवा किंमत न आकारता सांगत आहेत, त्यामुळे खरं काम एवढंच उरतं की तुमचं मन तुमच्या खऱ्या हितासाठी वळवा.

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