Abhanga 859
This abhang names the Paṇḍharī-effects-cascade register:
The verse
पंढरीसी जाय । तो विसरे बापमाय ॥१॥ अवघा होय पांडुरंग । राहे धरूनियां अंग ॥ध्रु.॥ न लगे धन मान । देहभावें उदासीन ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मळ । नासी तात्काळ तें स्थळ ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Paṇḍharī — goes — forgets — bāpa-māya. Wholly — Pāṇḍuranga — stays — anga. Not — dhana-māna — udāsīna — dēha-bhāva. Tuka says: maḷa — nāśī — tatkāḷa — sthaḷa.
मराठी: पंढरीसी जाय — तो बापमाय विसरे. अवघा Pāṇḍuranga होय — अंग धरून राहे. धन-मान न लगे — देह-भावें उदासीन. Tuka म्हणे: मळ — तें स्थळ तात्काळ नासी.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| पंढरीसी जाय | "Paṇḍharī — goes" |
| तो विसरे बापमाय | "he — forgets — bāpa-māya" |
| अवघा होय पांडुरंग | "wholly — becomes — Pāṇḍuranga" |
| राहे धरूनियां अंग | "stays — holding — anga" |
| न लगे धन मान | "not — needed — dhana-māna" |
| देहभावें उदासीन | "dēha-bhāva — udāsīna" |
| मळ | "maḷa" |
| नासी तात्काळ तें स्थळ | "nāśī — tatkāḷa — sthaḷa" |
What it means
A whoever-goes-to-Paṇḍharī-forgets-bāpa-māya-becomes-Pāṇḍuranga-stays-holding-anga-no-need-of-dhana-māna-udāsīna-in-deha-bhāva-sthaḷa-destroys-malice-at-once abhang. Paṇḍharī-effects-cascade register. Three claims:
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Paṇḍharīसी-जाय — विसरे-बाप-माय — Pāṇḍuranga-होय — अंग-धरून-राहे. Forgets-bāpa-māya-becomes-Pāṇḍuranga-claim. Whoever goes to Paṇḍharī; he visarē bāpa-māya (forgets father-mother — the deepest-binding-of-samsāra is dissolved); he becomes-wholly Pāṇḍuranga; stays holding the anga (= clings-to-the-form, cannot-leave). Forgets-deepest-bond-and-becomes-Pāṇḍuranga*.
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न-लगे-धन-मान — देह-भावें-उदासीन. No-need-of-dhana-māna-udāsīna-in-deha-bhāva-claim. No need of dhana, māna; (he becomes) udāsīna in dēha-bhāva (i.e., disinterested in body-feeling). Wealth-fame-not-needed; body-feeling-becomes-disinterested*.
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Tuka: मळ — स्थळ-तात्काळ-नासी. Sthaḷa-destroys-malice-at-once-claim. Tuka says: maḷa (malice, dirt, the inner-stain) — that sthaḷa (the place — Paṇḍharī itself) *nāśī at-once. The-place-itself-destroys-malice-instantly. (Closing-claim: Paṇḍharī as a sthaḷa — by its own power-of-place — destroys maḷa tatkāḷa (at-once, instantaneously). The sthala-pavitratā* (place-purity) Vārkarī-doctrine.)
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For someone today
This abhang names the Paṇḍharī-effects-cascade register:
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Goes to Paṇḍharī, forgets bāpa-māya; becomes Pāṇḍuranga; stays holding the anga. Becomes-Pāṇḍuranga.
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No need of dhana-māna; udāsīna in deha-bhāva. Indifference.
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The place destroys malice at-once. Place-purity.
For today: whoever goes to Paṇḍharī — visarē bāpa-māya; becomes wholly Pāṇḍuranga; stays holding the anga; no dhana-māna needed; udāsīna in dēha-bhāva; the maḷa — that sthaḷa nāśī tatkāḷa*.
This abhang is Tukaram's Paṇḍharī-effects-cascade-and-place-purity register — one of the most-precise Paṇḍharī-effects statements. Compare 0858 be-vārakarī-and-Viṭhō-in-eyes (Tuka's mudra); same Paṇḍharī-celebration but here organized as a cascade-of-effects with the place-purity doctrine. The nāśī tatkāḷa tē sthaḷa (the place destroys at-once) is the precise place-purity claim*.
मराठी: ही ओवी Paṇḍharī-effects-cascade register नाव सांगते:
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बाप-माय-विसरे; Pāṇḍuranga-होय. Becomes-Pāṇḍuranga.
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धन-मान-न-लगे; उदासीन. Indifference.
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स्थळ-नासी-मळ. Place-purity.
आज: पंढरीला जातो तो bāpa-māya visarē; अवघा Pāṇḍuranga — anga धरून राहे; Dhana-māna न-लगे — dēha-bhāvē udāsīna; Maḷa — ते sthaḷa tatkāḷa नाशी.
Tukaram च-Paṇḍharī-effects-cascade-and-place-purity-register — Most-precise Paṇḍharī-effects statements पैकी एक. 0858 be-vārakarī-and-Viṭhō-in-eyes (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच Paṇḍharī-celebration पण इथे cascade-of-effects-and-place-purity च्या मार्गाने. Nāśī tatkāḷa tē sthaḷa precise place-purity claim.
Where this applies
- Forgets-bāpa-māya.* Deepest-bond-broken.
- Indifference.* Effect.
- Place-purity.* Sthala-power.