Abhanga 855
Sing your joy out loud, hand your fears and even your moral scorekeeping over to God, and stay as close and unashamed as a pampered child who refuses to leave a parent's side.
The verse
आतां गाऊं तुज ओविया मंगळीं । करूं गदारोळी हरिकथा ॥१॥ होसि निवारिता आमुचें सकळ । भय तळमळ पापपुण्य ॥ध्रु.॥ भोगिले ते भोग लावूं तुझे अंगीं । अलिप्त या जगीं होउनि राहों ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आम्ही लाडिकीं लेंकरें । न राहों अंतरे पायांविण ॥३॥
Literal translation
Now — sing — ōvī — mangaḷa. Do — gadārōḷa — Hari-kathā. Nivāritā — our — all — bhaya-taḷamaḷa-pāpa-puṇya. Bhogas — Your — anga — alipta — jaga. Tuka says: we — lāḍikīm lēnkarē — not-stay — antarē — pāyā.
मराठी: आतां तुज ओविया मंगळीं गाऊं — हरि-कथेची गदा-रोळ करूं. आमुचं सर्व — भय, तळमळ, पाप-पुण्य — तूं निवारिता होसि. भोगिले ते भोग तुझ्या अंगीं लावूं — ह्या जगीं अलिप्त होउनि राहों. Tuka म्हणे: आम्ही लाडकीं लेंकरें — पायांविण अंतरे न राहों.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आतां गाऊं तुज ओविया मंगळीं | "now — sing — ōvī — mangaḷa" |
| करूं गदारोळी हरिकथा | "do — gadārōḷa — Hari-kathā" |
| होसि निवारिता आमुचें सकळ | "are — nivāritā — our — all" |
| भय तळमळ पापपुण्य | "bhaya — taḷamaḷa — pāpa-puṇya" |
| भोगिले ते भोग लावूं तुझे अंगीं | "bhogas — put — Your — anga" |
| अलिप्त या जगीं होउनि राहों | "alipta — jaga — be — stay" |
| आम्ही लाडिकीं लेंकरें | "we — lāḍikīm lēnkarē" |
| न राहों अंतरे पायांविण | "not — stay — antarē — pāyā" |
What it means
A now-sing-ōvīs-do-loud-Hari-kathā-You-remove-fear-anguish-pāpa-puṇya-put-bhogas-on-Your-anga-remain-alipta-in-world-pampered-children-won't-stay-separated-from-feet abhang. Pampered-children-won't-stay-from-feet register. Three claims:
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ओविया-मंगळीं — गदा-रोळ-हरि-कथा — तूं-निवारिता — भय-तळमळ-पाप-पुण्य. Now-sing-ōvīs-You-remove-claim. Now let-us-singōvīs at mangaḷa (auspicious-occasion);let-us-do gadārōḷa (the loud-noise of communal-singing) of Hari-kathā; You are thenivāritāof all ourbhaya, taḷamaḷa, pāpa-puṇya. Sing-loud-Hari-kathā; You-remove-everything-bad-and-also-pāpa-puṇya. (Note: pāpa-puṇya — both are removed; the bhakta is taken-beyond-both.)
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भोगिले-भोग-तुझे-अंगीं — अलिप्त-जगीं-राहों. Put-bhogas-on-Your-anga-remain-alipta-claim. Thebhogassuffered, let-us put-on Youranga; let-us remainalipta (untainted) in this jaga. Bhogas-on-Your-anga; remain-alipta-in-world. (The bhogas are transferred to Hari's anga — the bhakta thereby remains alipta (untainted, undisturbed) in samsāra.)
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Tuka: लाडकीं-लेंकरें — पायांविण-न-राहों. Pampered-children-won't-stay-from-feet-claim. Tuka says: we arelāḍikīm lēnkarē (pampered children — children indulged with lāḍa);we will not stay antarē (separated) from (Your) pāyā. Pampered-children-won't-stay-separated-from-feet. (Closing-tender-claim: we are pampered — too-pampered to stay-separated. The lāḍikīm lēnkarē image: as a pampered-child won't stand-being-without-the-mother, we won't stand-being-without-Your-feet.)
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For someone today
Tukaram invites you to sing and celebrate loudly together, because joy shared out loud is itself a form of devotion. He says God removes not just your fears and troubled feelings but even your running tally of sin and merit, you don't have to keep score. Whatever you've suffered, hand it over and let it rest on God rather than carrying it yourself, so you can move through the world untouched by its wear and tear. Like a pampered child who cannot bear to be far from a parent, Tuka says he will not let himself drift away from God's feet.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात, चला मोठ्याने गाऊया आणि एकत्र आनंदाने हरिकथा करूया, कारण उघडपणे व्यक्त केलेला आनंद हाही भक्तीचाच एक प्रकार आहे. ते सांगतात की देव फक्त भीती आणि तळमळच दूर करत नाही, तर पाप-पुण्याचा हिशेबही मिटवतो, तुम्हाला सतत हिशेब ठेवायची गरज नाही. जे काही भोगलं, ते देवाच्या अंगावर सोपवून द्या, म्हणजे या जगात राहूनही तुम्ही अलिप्त, अस्पर्श राहू शकाल. तुका म्हणतात, आम्ही लाडावलेली लेकरं आहोत, जशी लाडकी मुलं आईवडिलांपासून दूर राहू शकत नाहीत, तसे आम्हीही देवाच्या पायांपासून दूर राहणार नाही.
Where this applies
- Sing-loud-Hari. Communal-celebration.
- Bhogas-transferred. Surrender.
- Pampered-won't-leave. Tender-bond.