Abhanga 863
A God who already knows your unspoken needs shares your feelings rather than judging them, and gives equally to everyone.
The verse
चिंतिलें तें मनिंचें जाणें । पुरवी खुणे अंतरींचें ॥१॥ रात्री न कळे दिवस न कळे । अंगीं खेळे दैवत हें ॥ध्रु.॥ नवसियाचे नव रस । भोगी त्यास भिन्न नाहीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सम चि देणें । समचरण उभा असे ॥३॥
Literal translation
Cintilē — manincē — jāṇē. Puravī — khuṇē — antara. Rātri-divasa — na kaḷē. Anga — khēḷē — daivata. Navasiyā — nava rasa. Bhōgī — him — bhinna — none. Tuka says: sama — give — sama-caraṇa — stands.
मराठी: चिंतिलें ते मनिंचें जाणे — अंतरींचे खुणे पुरवी. रात्री न कळे, दिवस न कळे — अंगीं हें दैवत खेळे. नवसियाचे नव-रस — भोगी त्यास-भिन्न-नाहीं. Tuka म्हणे: सम-च देणं — सम-चरण उभा असे.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| चिंतिलें तें मनिंचें जाणें | "cintilē — manincē — jāṇē" |
| पुरवी खुणे अंतरींचें | "puravī — khuṇē — antara" |
| रात्री न कळे दिवस न कळे | "rātri — divasa — na kaḷē" |
| अंगीं खेळे दैवत हें | "anga — khēḷē — daivata" |
| नवसियाचे नव रस | "navasiyā — nava rasa" |
| भोगी त्यास भिन्न नाहीं | "bhōgī — him — bhinna — none" |
| सम चि देणें | "sama — give" |
| समचरण उभा असे | "sama-caraṇa — stands" |
What it means
A knows-what-is-thought-in-mana-fulfills-inner-mark-no-night-day-daivata-plays-in-anga-nine-rasas-of-navas-asker-enjoyer-no-different-gives-equally-sama-caraṇa-stands abhang. Knows-fulfills-stands-equal register. Three claims:
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मन-चिंतिलं-जाणे — अंतरीं-खुणे-पुरवी — रात्री-दिवस-न-कळे — अंगीं-दैवत-खेळे. Knows-thought-and-plays-in-anga-claim. (He) knows what iscintilēin themana; fulfills thekhuṇē(the inner-mark, the inner-sign-of-need) of theantara; no awareness of night-or-day (in the bhakta who is filled-with-it); thisdaivataplays in theanga. Knows-thought; fulfills-mark; daivata-plays-in-body.
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नवसियाचे-नव-रस — भोगी-त्यास-भिन्न-नाहीं. Bhōgī-no-different-from-navas-asker-claim. Thenavasiyā(the one who makes-vows) (with)nava rasa(nine rasas — the nine-emotional-modes of bhakti); (the)bhōgī(the enjoyer — Hari) is no different from him. Vow-maker-and-Hari-share-the-rasas. (Profound claim: in bhakti, Hari is not separate from the bhakta — they share-the-rasa.)
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Tuka: सम-देणं — सम-चरण-उभा. Gives-equally-sama-caraṇa-stands-claim. Tuka says: gives sama (equally — without partiality);stands sama-caraṇa (with feet-equal — the iconic Vārkarī-pose, both-feet-aligned-on-the-brick).Equal-giving; equal-feet-stance. (Thesama-caraṇa image is the Pandharī-Viṭṭhal's iconographic-pose — feet-aligned on the brick — symbolizing equal-distribution: He gives equally to-all.)
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For someone today
Tukaram describes a God who already knows what you're silently thinking and quietly fulfills the deepest, unspoken signs of your need, without you having to explain yourself. This presence is so intimate that it doesn't keep track of night or day, it simply lives and moves within you. He makes a striking claim: whatever emotional richness a devotee brings to a vow or prayer, God shares in that very feeling rather than standing apart from it as a distant judge. Tukaram closes with the image of Viṭṭhal standing with both feet planted equally on the brick, a sign that this god gives to everyone alike, without favoring one person over another.
मराठी: तुकाराम अशा देवाचं वर्णन करतात जो तुमच्या मनातलं गुपित आधीच जाणतो आणि तुमच्या अंतरातल्या न सांगितलेल्या गरजाही शांतपणे पूर्ण करतो, तुम्हाला काही स्पष्ट सांगावं लागत नाही. ही उपस्थिती इतकी जवळची आहे की तिला रात्र-दिवसाचंही भान नसतं, ती तुमच्यातच वावरत असते. ते एक ठाम विधान करतात, नवस करणाऱ्याच्या मनात जो भावरस उमटतो, तोच रस देवही अनुभवतो, तो दुरून न्याय करणारा साक्षीदार नाही. तुकाराम शेवटी विठ्ठलाच्या त्या प्रसिद्ध प्रतिमेने ओवी संपवतात, दोन्ही पाय विटेवर समान ठेवून उभा असलेला विठ्ठल, म्हणजे हा देव सर्वांना सारखंच देतो, कोणाचाही पक्षपात न करता.
Where this applies
- Knows-thought. Internal-knowledge.
- Shares-rasa. Bhōgī-non-different.
- Sama-caraṇa. Equal-Pandharī-pose.