Abhanga 884
True devotion is capital that never runs out and profits everyone who comes to it in good faith, so once you find it you can rest without a divided mind.
The verse
खरें भांडवल सांपडलें गांठी । जेणें नये तुटी उदमासी ॥१॥ संवगाचें केणें सांपडलें घरीं । भरूनि वैखरी सांटविलें ॥ध्रु.॥ घेतां देतां लाभ होतसे सकळां । सदेवां दुर्बळा भाव तैसा ॥२॥ फडा आलिया तो न वजे निरासे । जरि कांहीं त्यास न कळतां ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे आतां जालीसे निश्चिंती । आणीक तें चित्तीं न धरूं दुजें ॥४॥
Literal translation
Kharēm-bhāṇḍavala — gānṭhī. Tuṭi — udama — none. Savanga-kēṇē — home — vaikharī — sāmṭavilē. Lābha — all. Sa-dēvā-durbaḷa — bhāva. Phaḍā — nirāsē — none. Kaḷatām — none. Tuka says: niścinti — citta — duja — not.
मराठी: खरें भांडवल गांठीं सांपडलें — जेणें उदमा-ला तुटि येत नाहीं. सवंगाचें केणें घरीं सांपडलें — वैखरी भरूनि सांटविलें. घेतां-देतां लाभ सकळांला होतसे — सदेव-दुर्बळ, भाव-त्या-प्रमाणें. फडा (दुकाना) आल्यावर तो निरासें जात नाहीं — जरि त्याला कांहीं कळत नसलं तरीही. Tuka म्हणे: आतां निश्चिंति जालीसे — आणीक चित्तीं दुजें न धरूं.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| खरें भांडवल सांपडलें गांठी | "kharēm-bhāṇḍavala — gānṭhī" |
| जेणें नये तुटी उदमासी | "tuṭi — udama" |
| संवगाचें केणें सांपडलें घरीं | "savanga-kēṇē — home" |
| भरूनि वैखरी सांटविलें | "vaikharī — sāmṭavilē" |
| घेतां देतां लाभ होतसे सकळां | "ghētām dētām — lābha" |
| सदेवां दुर्बळा भाव तैसा | "sa-dēvā durbaḷa — bhāva" |
| फडा आलिया तो न वजे निरासे | "phaḍā — nirāsē" |
| जरि कांहीं त्यास न कळतां | "even — not — kaḷatām" |
| आतां जालीसे निश्चिंती | "now — niścinti" |
| आणीक तें चित्तीं न धरूं दुजें | "other — citta — not-hold" |
What it means
A true-capital-found-in-the-knot-no-loss-to-business-cheap-rate-goods-found-at-home-stocked-in-vaikharī-taking-giving-lābha-to-all-by-bhāva-no-one-disappointed-even-without-knowing-niścinti-now-no-other-in-citta abhang. Mature-trader-niścinti register. Five claims:
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खरें-भांडवल-गांठीं — उदमा-तुटि-नाहीं — सवंग-केणें-वैखरी-सांटविलें. Capital-and-cheap-goods-claim. Thekharēm bhāṇḍavalain thegānṭhī; notuṭito theudama; thesavanga kēṇē(cheap-rate goods) at home;the vaikharī (speech) is filled and stocked.Sturdy-capital; cheap-goods-stocked-in-speech.
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घेतां-देतां-लाभ — सदेव-दुर्बळ-भाव-त्या-प्रमाणें. Lābha-to-all-by-bhāva-claim. Taking-and-giving,lābhato all; tosa-dēvā durbaḷaalike — according-to-bhāva. Profit-to-everyone-by-their-bhāva. (Beautifully democratic: fortunate-and-weak both profit, according-to-their-bhāva.)
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फडा-आला-निरासें-न-जाय — कळत-नसलं-तरीही. No-one-disappointed-claim. Whoever comes to thephaḍādoesn't gonirāsē; even if (he) doesn'tkaḷatāmanything. No-one-leaves-empty; even-the-uninstructed.
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Tuka: निश्चिंति — दुजें-चित्तीं-नाहीं. Niścinti-no-other-in-citta-claim. Nowniścintihas come; nodujaincitta. Anxiety-gone; no-other-in-citta.
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For someone today
This abhang shows Tukaram as a mature shopkeeper of devotion. His true capital is held safe within his heart, so his trade in bhakti never runs into loss, and he keeps his home and even his own words stocked with this wealth. In this trade, both giving and receiving bring profit to everyone, rich or poor, each according to their own faith. No one who comes to him leaves empty-handed, even those who don't fully understand what they've received. Now that he has found this treasure, his mind is at rest, settled, with no other thought dividing it.
मराठी: ही अभंग तुकारामांना भक्तीच्या प्रगल्भ दुकानदारासारखे दाखवते. त्यांचे खरे भांडवल त्यांच्या हृदयात सुरक्षित आहे, त्यामुळे त्यांच्या भक्तीच्या व्यापारात कधीच तोटा होत नाही, आणि त्यांनी आपले घर व आपले शब्दही या संपत्तीने भरून ठेवले आहेत. या व्यापारात घेणे आणि देणे दोन्हीही सर्वांना - श्रीमंत असो वा गरीब - आपापल्या भावाप्रमाणे लाभ मिळवून देतात. जो कोणी त्यांच्याकडे येतो तो रिकाम्या हाताने परत जात नाही, जरी त्याला पूर्ण समज नसली तरीही. आता हा खजिना सापडल्यामुळे त्यांचे मन शांत, स्थिर झाले आहे, दुसरा कुठलाही विचार त्यात उरलेला नाही.
Where this applies
- Capital-stocked. Bhāṇḍavala.
- Lābha-by-bhāva. Each-his-own.
- No-one-empty. Generosity.
- Niścinti. Settled.