Abhanga 858
Tukaram issues a simple, joyful call: become a pilgrim, and just look, really look, at Pandharpur. You don't need elaborate spiritual practices, he says, because the fruit of all of them comes simply through this seeing. When you do this, your ego stops mattering and every deep longing of your heart is satisfied. Tuka closes with a tender image: Vitho, the dark-complexioned beloved, has come to sit right there in his own eyes.
The verse
होयें वारकरी । पांहे पांहे रे पंढरी ॥१॥ काय करावीं साधनें । फळ अवघें चि तेणें ॥ध्रु.॥ अभिमान नुरे । कोड अवघें चि पुरे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे डोळां । विठो बैसला सांवळा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Be — vāra-karī. See — Paṇḍharī. What — sādhanā. Phaḷa — by-that. Abhimāna — doesn't-remain. Kōḍa — all — purē. Tuka says: ḍōḷā — Viṭhō — sat — sāvaḷā.
मराठी: वारकरी हो — पांहे, पांहे रे पंढरी. साधनं काय करावीं? — फळ अवघं तेणं-च (पंढरी-नं). अभिमान उरत-नाहीं — सर्व कोड पुरतं. Tuka म्हणे: डोळां — Viṭhō सांवळा बैसला.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| होयें वारकरी | "be — vāra-karī" |
| पांहे पांहे रे पंढरी | "see — see — Paṇḍharī" |
| काय करावीं साधनें | "what — to-do — sādhanā" |
| फळ अवघें चि तेणें | "phaḷa — all — by-that" |
| अभिमान नुरे | "abhimāna — doesn't-remain" |
| कोड अवघें चि पुरे | "kōḍa — all — purē" |
| डोळां | "ḍōḷā" |
| विठो बैसला सांवळा | "Viṭhō — sat — sāvaḷā" |
What it means
A be-vāra-karī-see-Paṇḍharī-no-sādhanas-fruit-by-Paṇḍharī-abhimāna-gone-every-kōḍa-fulfilled-Viṭhō-sāvaḷā-in-eyes abhang. Be-vārakarī-see-Paṇḍharī register. Three claims:
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होयें-वारकरी — पाहे-पाहे-Paṇḍharī — साधनं-काय — फळ-तेणं-च. Be-vārakarī-and-fruit-by-Paṇḍharī-claim. Be avāra-karī! — see, see, OPaṇḍharī!; whatsādhanās should be done?;all the phaḷa (fruit) is by-that itself.Be-vārakarī-and-no-sādhana-needed-fruit-by-Paṇḍharī. (Celebrated opening: a single short-imperative call —hōyē vāra-karī, pāhē pāhē rē Paṇḍharī — is among the most-quoted-lines in Vārkarī-tradition; it is the call-to-the-pilgrimage-itself.)
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अभिमान-नुरे — कोड-अवघं-पुरे. Abhimāna-gone-every-kōḍa-fulfilled-claim. Abhimāna doesn't urē (remain — = is dissolved);every kōḍa (longing, riddle, the puzzle-of-the-heart) is purē (fulfilled).Abhimāna-dissolves; every-longing-fulfilled. (Two-result: the chief-blocker (abhimāna) is dissolved; the unfulfilled-longings are fulfilled. This is what thevāri does.)
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Tuka: डोळां — Viṭhō-सांवळा-बैसला. Viṭhō-sāvaḷā-sat-in-eyes-claim. Tuka says: in theḍōḷā—Viṭhō has sat sāvaḷā (the dark-blue beauty).Viṭhō-sāvaḷā-sat-in-the-eyes. (Closing-image: theViṭhō— thesāvaḷā(dark-blue) one — has sat-down in theeyes themselves— the eye becomes the seat of thesāvaḷā.)
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For someone today
Tukaram issues a simple, joyful call: become a pilgrim, and just look, really look, at Pandharpur. You don't need elaborate spiritual practices, he says, because the fruit of all of them comes simply through this seeing. When you do this, your ego stops mattering and every deep longing of your heart is satisfied. Tuka closes with a tender image: Vitho, the dark-complexioned beloved, has come to sit right there in his own eyes.
मराठी: तुकाराम एक साधा आणि आनंदी हाक देतात: वारकरी व्हा आणि पंढरीकडे नुसतं पहा, खरोखर पहा. गुंतागुंतीच्या साधनांची गरज नाही, कारण त्या सगळ्यांचं फळ ह्या केवळ पाहण्यातूनच मिळतं. असं केल्यावर अभिमान उरत नाही आणि मनातली प्रत्येक ओढ पुरी होते. तुका शेवटी एक हळुवार प्रतिमा देतात: सावळा विठो येऊन थेट त्यांच्या डोळ्यांतच बसला आहे.
Where this applies
- Be-vārakarī. Pilgrimage-call.
- Abhimāna-gone. Effect.
- Viṭhō-in-eyes. Vision.