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Abhanga 885

Giving yourself fully at every step turns distraction into empty talk, and even while still in this mortal body you can taste an expansive, joyful, liberated state.

When at each step the body was given; the kāraṇa was whole — and you have to recognize this register

When I have plugged up my place; for the jagat, all (else) is empty-talk — and you accept this image

When the mind goes onward; deha grows in santōṣa — and you allow this image

The verse

पदोपदीं दिलें अंग । जालें सांग कारण ॥१॥ रुधवूनि ठेलों ठाव । जगा वाव सकळ ॥ध्रु.॥ पुढती चाली मनालाहो । वाढे देहो संतोष ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे क्षरभागीं । जालों जगीं व्यापक ॥३॥

Literal translation

Padō-padī — anga — gave. Sānga-kāraṇa. Rudhavūni — ṭhāva. Jagat — vāva — all. Manā-lāhō — onward — dēha-santōṣa. Tuka says: kṣara-bhāga — jagat — vyāpaka.

मराठी: पदो-पदीं अंग दिलें — कारण सांग जालें. ठाव रुधवूनि ठेलों — जगाला सकळ-वाव. पुढती चाली मना-लाहो — देहो संतोष वाढे. Tuka म्हणे: क्षर-भागीं — जगीं व्यापक जालों.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
पदोपदीं दिलें अंग	"padō-padī — gave — anga"
जालें सांग कारण	"sānga — kāraṇa"
रुधवूनि ठेलों ठाव	"rudhavūni — ṭhāva"
जगा वाव सकळ	"jagat — vāva — all"
पुढती चाली मनालाहो	"onward — running — manā-lāhō"
वाढे देहो संतोष	"dēha — santōṣa"
क्षरभागीं	"kṣara-bhāga"
जालों जगीं व्यापक	"became — jagat — vyāpaka"

What it means

A at-each-step-gave-body-whole-kāraṇa-plugged-up-place-jagat-all-empty-talk-mind-goes-onward-deha-grows-santōṣa-in-the-kṣara-bhāga-became-pervading-in-jagat abhang. Attained-state-claim register. Three claims:

पदो-पदी-अंग-दिलें — कारण-सांग — ठाव-रुधवूनि — जगा-वाव. Body-given-place-occupied-claim. At each step, I gave theanga; thekāraṇabecamesānga (whole);I have rudhavūni ṭhēlōm (plugged-up, steadfastly-occupied) (my) ṭhāva; for thejagat, all (else) isvāva. At-every-step-gave-body; place-fully-occupied; world-is-empty-talk-now.
मना-लाहो-पुढती-चाली — देह-संतोष-वाढे. Mind-onward-deha-grows-santōṣa-claim. Themanā-lāhō(the running-of-the-mind) goes onward; thedēhagrows insantōṣa. Mind-runs-onward; body-grows-in-bliss.
Tuka: क्षर-भागीं — व्यापक. In-kṣara-share-became-pervading-claim. Tuka says: in the kṣara-bhāga (in the perishable-share — i.e., still-in-the-mortal-body)—I have become vyāpaka (pervading) in the jagat. In-the-mortal-share-became-cosmically-pervading. (Profound attained-state claim: while-still-in-the-perishable-body, become vyāpaka in the jagat. Living-Brahman / jīvanmukti statement.)

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For someone today

Tukaram describes a state reached by giving himself completely at every single step, so fully that the world's usual distractions now feel like empty talk. His mind moves forward freely, and his body fills with contentment. Remarkably, he says that even while still living in this perishable body, he has become as vast and pervasive as the whole world itself — a taste of liberation while still alive, not something reserved for after death.

मराठी: तुकाराम अशा अवस्थेचे वर्णन करतात जी प्रत्येक पावलावर स्वतःला पूर्णपणे अर्पण केल्याने प्राप्त होते, इतकी पूर्णपणे की जगातील नेहमीचे विचलित करणारे व्यवहार आता निरर्थक वाटतात. त्यांचे मन मुक्तपणे पुढे जाते, आणि त्यांचा देह संतोषाने भरून जातो. विशेष म्हणजे, ते सांगतात की या नाशवंत देहात असतानाही ते संपूर्ण जगाइतके व्यापक झाले आहेत - म्हणजे मृत्यूनंतर नव्हे तर याच जन्मात मुक्तीचा अनुभव.

Where this applies

Place-occupied. Steadfast.
Onward-and-content. State.
Pervading-in-mortal. Jīvanmukti.