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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 928 of 4582

Abhanga 928

When every sense turns fully toward what you love, sight, taste, and hearing are cleansed and deepened, and the mind grows clear like crystal until you find life's real treasure.

When looking at the śrī-mukha; sukha itself made sukhier — and you have to recognize this register
When three akṣaras' rasa on tongue; amṛta bland before it — and you accept this image
When śravaṇa cleansed; bhēdā-bhēda gone — and you allow this image

The verse

पाहातां श्रीमुख सुखावलें सुख । डोळियांची भूक न वजे माझी ॥१॥ जिव्हे गोडी तीन अक्षरांचा रस । अमृत जयास फिकें पुढें ॥ध्रु.॥ श्रवणीची वाट चोखाळली शुद्ध । गेले भेदाभेद वारोनियां ॥२॥ महामळें मन होतें जें गांदलें । शुद्ध चोखाळलें स्पटिक जैसें ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे माझ्या जीवाचें जीवन । विठ्ठल निधान सांपडलें ॥४॥

Literal translation

Śrī-mukhasukhasukhāvalēḍōḷābhūka. Jivhā — three-akṣararasaamṛtaphikē. Śravaṇacōkhāḷalībhēdā-bhēdavārōniyām. Mahā-maḷamanagāndalēspaṭika. Tuka says: jīva-jīvanaViṭṭhal-nidhāna — found.

मराठी: श्री-मुख पाहातां — सुखावलें सुख — डोळियांची भूक माझी न-वजे. जिव्हे तीन-अक्षरांच्या रसाची गोडी — अमृत जयास फिकें पुढें. श्रवणीची वाट शुद्ध चोखाळली — भेदा-भेद वारोनियां गेले. महा-मळें मन होतें गांदलेलें — शुद्ध चोखाळलें, स्पटिक-जैसें. Tuka म्हणे: माझ्या जीवाचें जीवन — Viṭṭhal-निधान सांपडलें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
पाहातां श्रीमुख सुखावलें सुख "śrī-mukhasukhāvalē sukha"
डोळियांची भूक न वजे माझी "ḍōḷābhūka"
जिव्हे गोडी तीन अक्षरांचा रस "jivhā — three — akṣararasa"
अमृत जयास फिकें पुढें "amṛtaphikē"
श्रवणीची वाट चोखाळली शुद्ध "śravaṇacōkhāḷalī"
गेले भेदाभेद वारोनियां "bhēdā-bhēdavārōniyām"
महामळें मन होतें जें गांदलें "mahā-maḷamanagāndalē"
शुद्ध चोखाळलें स्पटिक जैसें "cōkhāḷalēspaṭika"
माझ्या जीवाचें जीवन "jīvajīvana"
विठ्ठल निधान सांपडलें "Viṭṭhal-nidhāna — found"

What it means

A looking-at-śrī-mukha-sukha-itself-sukhier-eyes-hunger-stays-three-akṣaras'-rasa-on-tongue-amṛta-bland-śravaṇa-cleansed-bhēdā-bhēda-driven-away-mind-cleansed-like-crystal-Viṭṭhal-nidhāna-found abhang. Viṭṭhal-nidhāna-found-faculties-cleansed register. Five claims (one per faculty):

  1. श्री-मुख — सुखावलें-सुख — डोळ्यांची-भूक. Eyes-cleansed-by-mukha-sight-claim. Looking at theśrī-mukha; sukha itself was sukhāvalē; theḍōḷā'sbhūkadoesn't go (= remains-hungrily-eager).

  2. जिव्हे-गोडी-तीन-अक्षर-रस — अमृत-फिकें. Tongue-tastes-three-akṣaras-rasa-claim. On thejivhā, the gōḍī of the three akṣaras' rasa; amṛta itself is phikē before it. (Thethree-akṣara= theVi-Ṭṭha-la — three-syllabled Name.)

  3. श्रवण-वाट-शुद्ध — भेदा-भेद-वारले. Śravaṇa-cleansed-claim. The path ofśravaṇawascōkhāḷalī śuddha; bhēdā-bhēda gone, vārōniyām.

  4. महा-मळ-गांदलेलें-मन — स्पटिक. Mind-like-crystal-claim. Themanathat wasgāndalēbymahā-maḷa; cōkhāḷalē like spaṭika.

  5. Tuka: जीव-जीवन — Viṭṭhal-निधान-सांपडलें. Viṭṭhal-nidhāna-found-claim. Tuka says: myjīva'sjīvana; Viṭṭhal-nidhāna has been found.Found-the-treasure-of-my-jīva.

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For someone today

When you truly encounter what you love, every sense wakes up and wants more. Tukaram says his eyes feasted on the divine face and only grew hungrier for more, never satisfied. On his tongue, the taste of the sacred three-syllable name outshone even nectar, making everything else taste bland by comparison. His hearing was cleansed until distinctions and divisions fell away, and his mind, once clouded and disturbed, became clear like crystal, until finally, he says, he found the real treasure of his life.

मराठी: जेव्हा तुम्हाला खरोखर आवडणाऱ्या गोष्टीचा अनुभव येतो, तेव्हा प्रत्येक इंद्रिय जागं होतं आणि अजून मागतं. तुकाराम म्हणतात, त्यांचे डोळे श्रीमुख पाहून सुखावले, पण त्यांची भूक अजूनही भागली नाही, ती अधिकच वाढली. जिभेवर तीन अक्षरांच्या नामाची गोडी अमृतालाही फिकी पाडते, बाकी सगळं त्यापुढे बेचव वाटतं. त्यांचे कान शुद्ध झाले आणि भेदाभेद नाहीसा झाला, आणि पूर्वी मलिन व अस्वस्थ असलेलं मन स्पटिकासारखं निर्मळ झालं, आणि शेवटी तुकाराम म्हणतात, त्यांना त्यांच्या आयुष्यातलं खरं धन सापडलं.

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