Abhanga 870
English: Ādhāra-vāmcunī — what — kāhāṇī.
The verse
आधारावांचुनी । काय सांगसी काहाणी ॥१॥ ठावा नाहीं पंढरीराव । तोंवरी अवघें चि वाव ॥ध्रु.॥ मानिताहे कोण । तुझें कोरडें ब्रम्हज्ञान ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे ठेवा । जाणपण एक सवा ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Ādhāra-vāmcunī — what — kāhāṇī. Ṭhāvā — none — Paṇḍharī-rāva — until — all — vāva. Mānitāhē — who — kōraḍē — brahma-jñāna. Tuka says: ṭhēvā — jāṇa-paṇa — eka savā.
मराठी: आधारा-वांचुनी — काय सांगसी काहाणी?. पंढरी-राव ठावा नाहीं — तों-वरी अवघें-च वाव (फुकट). कोण मानितो — तुझं कोरडें ब्रम्ह-ज्ञान?. Tuka म्हणे: ठेवा — जाण-पण एक-सवा (अल्प, क्षुद्र).
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आधारावांचुनी | "ādhāra-vāmcunī" |
| काय सांगसी काहाणी | "what — sāngasi — kāhāṇī" |
| ठावा नाहीं पंढरीराव | "ṭhāvā — none — Paṇḍharī-rāva" |
| तोंवरी अवघें चि वाव | "until — all — vāva" |
| मानिताहे कोण | "mānitāhē — who" |
| तुझें कोरडें ब्रम्हज्ञान | "your — kōraḍē — brahma-jñāna" |
| ठेवा | "ṭhēvā" |
| जाणपण एक सवा | "jāṇa-paṇa — eka savā" |
What it means
A without-ādhāra-empty-story-Paṇḍharī-rāva-not-known-all-is-vāva-no-one-values-dry-brahma-jñāna-knowledge-mere-pittance abhang. Kōraḍē-brahma-jñāna-anti-dry-knowledge register. Three claims:
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आधारा-वांचुनी — काहाणी-काय — Paṇḍharī-राव-ठावा-नाहीं — अवघें-वाव. Without-ādhāra-empty-story-claim. Without ādhāra (foundation), what kāhāṇī do you tell?; until Paṇḍharī-rāva is known, until-then all-(of-it) is vāva (empty). No-foundation; no-story; without-Paṇḍharī-rāva, everything-is-empty.
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कोण-मानितो — कोरडें-ब्रम्ह-ज्ञान. Anti-dry-brahma-jñāna-claim. Who values — your kōraḍē (dry) *brahma-jñāna? No-one-values-dry-Brahman-knowledge. (Strong polemic: bare jñāna without bhakti is kōraḍē (dry — no juice, no sap, no life) and no-one-values-it*.)
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Tuka: ठेवा — जाण-पण-एक-सवा. Knowledge-mere-pittance-claim. Tuka says: the ṭhēvā (deposit, treasure) — jāṇa-paṇa (knowledge / the conceit-of-knowing) is just eka savā (one-and-a-quarter, a trivial-amount). Knowledge-is-a-pittance-of-deposit. (The eka savā image: a trivial-coin-amount — like saying a paltry one-and-a-quarter. Knowledge, without the Paṇḍharī-rāva-foundation, is just-this trivial-amount.)
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For someone today
This abhang names the kōraḍē-brahma-jñāna-anti-dry-knowledge register:
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Without ādhāra, what story? Until Paṇḍharī-rāva is known, all empty. Without-foundation.
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Who values your dry brahma-jñāna? Dry-jñāna-rejected.
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Knowledge is a mere pittance. Pittance.
For today: without ādhāra, what kāhāṇī?; until Paṇḍharī-rāva is *ṭhāvā, all-(of-it) vāva; who mānitāhē your kōraḍē brahma-jñāna?; the ṭhēvā — jāṇa-paṇa is just eka savā*.
This abhang is Tukaram's kōraḍē-brahma-jñāna-anti-dry-knowledge register — one of the most-precise anti-dry-jñāna statements. Compare 0869 only-bhōḷē-paṇa-reaches-jāṇīva-empty-measure (Tuka's mudra); same anti-jāṇīva-position but here organized around kōraḍē (dry) and eka savā (pittance). The jāṇa-paṇa eka savā (knowledge is one-and-a-quarter) is the precise pittance-image*.
मराठी: ही ओवी kōraḍē-brahma-jñāna-anti-dry-knowledge register नाव सांगते:
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आधार-नाहीं; Paṇḍharī-राव-नाहीं; वाव. Without-foundation.
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कोरडें-ब्रम्ह-ज्ञान-कोण-मानी. Dry-jñāna-rejected.
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जाण-पण-एक-सवा. Pittance.
आज: Ādhāra विना — काय kāhāṇī?; Paṇḍharī-rāva ṭhāvā नाहीं — सर्व vāva; कोरडें ब्रम्ह-ज्ञान कोण मानी?; Jāṇa-paṇa — eka savā**.
Tukaram च-kōraḍē-brahma-jñāna-anti-dry-knowledge-register — Most-precise anti-dry-jñāna statements पैकी एक. 0869 only-bhōḷē-paṇa-reaches-jāṇīva-empty-measure (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच anti-jāṇīva-position पण इथे kōraḍē आणि eka savā च्या मार्गाने. Jāṇa-paṇa eka savā precise pittance-image.
Where this applies
- Without-foundation.* Empty-story.
- Dry-jñāna.* Rejected.
- Pittance.* Trivial-deposit.