Abhanga 876
English: Dina-rajanī — dhandā — Gōvinda — pavāḍē.
The verse
दिनरजनीं हा चि धंदा । गोविंदाचे पवाडे ॥१॥ संकिल्पला देह देवा । सकळ हेवा तये ठायीं ॥ध्रु.॥ नाहीं अवसान घडी । सकळ जोडी इंद्रियां ॥२॥ कीतिऩ मुखें गर्जे तुका । करी लोकां सावध ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Dina-rajanī — dhandā — Gōvinda — pavāḍē. Sankalpita-dēha — Dēva — hēvā — ṭhāyī. No — avasāna — ghaḍī; all — jōḍī — indriya. Tuka — kīrtana — garjē — lōka — sāva-dhāna.
मराठी: दिन-रजनीं हा-च धंदा — Gōvindाचे पवाडे (कीर्ति-गाण). देह संकल्पिला देवा — सकळ हेवा (इच्छा) त्या-ठायीं. नाहीं अवसान (आराम) घडी — सकळ इंद्रियां जोडी. Tuka मुखें कीर्तन गर्जे — लोकां सावध करी.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
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| दिनरजनीं हा चि धंदा | "dina-rajanī — dhandā" |
| गोविंदाचे पवाडे | "Gōvinda — pavāḍē" |
| संकिल्पला देह देवा | "sankalpita — dēha — Dēva" |
| सकळ हेवा तये ठायीं | "all — hēvā — tayē ṭhāyī" |
| नाहीं अवसान घडी | "no — avasāna — ghaḍī" |
| सकळ जोडी इंद्रियां | "all — jōḍī — indriya" |
| कीतिऩ मुखें गर्जे तुका | "kīrtana — mukha — garjē — Tuka" |
| करी लोकां सावध | "lōka — sāva-dhāna" |
What it means
A day-and-night-this-is-the-dhandā-pavāḍē-of-Gōvinda-deha-sankalpita-to-Dēva-all-yearning-there-no-idle-moment-all-indriyas-conjoint-Tuka-roars-kīrtana-makes-lōka-alert abhang. Kīrtana-makes-lōka-alert register. Three claims:
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दिन-रजनी-धंदा — Gōvindा-पवाडे — देह-संकल्पिला — सकळ-हेवा-तये-ठायीं. Day-night-business-and-deha-given-claim. Day-and-night, this is the dhandā (occupation, the daily-business) — the pavāḍē of Gōvinda (the great-deeds-songs of Gōvinda — the vāra-karī-pavāḍē-tradition); the dēha is sankalpita (resolved-and-given) to Dēva; all hēvā (yearning) is in tayē ṭhāyī (that place). Day-night-the-business-is-Gōvinda-songs; deha-given-to-Dēva.
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नाहीं-अवसान-घडी — सकळ-इंद्रियां-जोडी. No-idle-moment-indriyas-conjoint-claim. No avasāna (lull, rest-period) for a *ghaḍī; all the indriyas are in jōḍī (conjoint-effort). No-rest-for-a-moment; all-indriyas-yoked-together*.
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Tuka: कीर्तन-मुखें-गर्जे — लोकां-सावध-करी. Kīrtana-makes-lōka-alert-claim. Tuka — kīrtana with mukha — garjē (roars / resounds); makes the lōka sāva-dhāna (alert, watchful). Kīrtana-roars-and-wakes-the-people. (Closing-claim: Tuka's kīrtana is not just a private-devotion — it makes the lōka sāva-dhāna — wakes-the-public*. The teacher-function of kīrtana.)
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For someone today
This abhang names the kīrtana-makes-lōka-alert register:
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Day-night, this is the dhandā — Gōvinda-pavāḍē; deha given to Dēva; all yearning there. Total-business.
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No idle moment; all indriyas conjoint. Conjoint-effort.
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Tuka roars kīrtana; makes the lōka alert. Wakes-the-people.
For today: day-and-night, this is the dhandā — *Gōvinda-pavāḍē; the dēha sankalpita to Dēva; sakaḷa hēvā in that *ṭhāya; no avasāna for a ghaḍī; all indriyas in jōḍī; Tuka roars kīrtana with the mukha — makes the lōka sāva-dhāna*.
This abhang is Tukaram's kīrtana-makes-lōka-alert register — one of the most-self-conscious teaching-function-of-kīrtana statements. Compare 0866 Vaiṣṇava-territory-kāḷa-fled-and-Vaikuṇṭha-on-earth (Tuka's mudra); same kīrtana-context but here organized around day-and-night-business and makes-lōka-alert. The karī lōkā sāva-dhāna (makes lōka alert) is the precise teaching-function-of-kīrtana claim*.
मराठी: ही ओवी kīrtana-makes-lōka-alert register नाव सांगते:
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दिन-रजनी-धंदा-पवाडे; देह-देवा. Total-business.
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अवसान-घडी-नाहीं; इंद्रियां-जोडी. Conjoint-effort.
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Tuka-गर्जे-कीर्तन; लोक-सावध. Wakes-the-people.
आज: Dina-rajanī-त dhandā — Gōvinda-pavāḍē; Dēha sankalpita — hēvā त्या-ठायीं; Avasāna नाहीं — indriyās jōḍī; Tuka kīrtana garjē — lōka sāva-dhāna**.
Tukaram च-kīrtana-makes-lōka-alert-register — Most-self-conscious teaching-function-of-kīrtana statements पैकी एक. 0866 Vaiṣṇava-territory-kāḷa-fled-and-Vaikuṇṭha-on-earth (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच kīrtana-context पण इथे day-and-night-business आणि makes-lōka-alert च्या मार्गाने. Karī lōkā sāva-dhāna precise teaching-function-of-kīrtana claim.
Where this applies
- Total-business.* All-time.
- Conjoint-effort.* Indriyas-yoked.
- Wakes-the-people.* Teaching.