Abhanga 931
English: Kapāḷa — sarisē.
The verse
जेथें जावें तेथें कपाळ सरिसें । लाभ तो विशेषें संतसंगें ॥१॥ पूर्व पुण्यें जरि होतीं सानुकूळ । अंतरायमूळ नुपजे तेथें ॥ध्रु.॥ भाग्य तरी नव्हे धन पुत्र दारा । निकट वास बरा संतांपायीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे हे चि करावी मिरासी । बळी संतांपाशीं द्यावा जीव ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Kapāḷa — sarisē. Lābha — santa-sanga. Pūrva-puṇya — sānukūḷa. Antarāya-mūḷa — nupajē. Bhāgya — dhana-putra-dārā — none. Nikaṭa vāsa — santāñ-pāyī. Tuka says: mirāsī — baḷi — jīva.
मराठी: जेथें जावें तेथें कपाळ सरिसें (बरोबर) — लाभ तो विशेषें संत-संगें. पूर्व-पुण्यें जरि सानुकूळ होतीं — अंतराय-मूळ तेथें न-उपजे. भाग्य तरी धन-पुत्र-दारा नव्हे — निकट वास बरा संतां-पायीं. Tuka म्हणे: हे-च मिरासी करावी — बळी संतां-पाशीं जीव द्यावा.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| जेथें जावें तेथें कपाळ सरिसें | "wherever — kapāḷa — sarisē" |
| लाभ तो विशेषें संतसंगें | "lābha — viśēṣē — santa-sanga" |
| पूर्व पुण्यें जरि होतीं सानुकूळ | "pūrva-puṇya — sānukūḷa" |
| अंतरायमूळ नुपजे तेथें | "antarāya-mūḷa — nupajē" |
| भाग्य तरी नव्हे धन पुत्र दारा | "bhāgya — dhana-putra-dārā — none" |
| निकट वास बरा संतांपायीं | "nikaṭa vāsa — santāñ-pāyī" |
| हे चि करावी मिरासी | "mirāsī" |
| बळी संतांपाशीं द्यावा जीव | "baḷi — jīva" |
What it means
A wherever-you-go-forehead-goes-along-special-lābha-by-santa-sanga-if-past-puṇya-favorable-no-obstacle-root-sprouts-bhāgya-not-wealth-sons-wife-but-close-vāsa-at-santas-feet-make-this-our-mirāsī-give-jīva-as-baḷi-at-santas-side abhang. Give-jīva-as-baḷi-at-santas'-feet register. Three claims:
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कपाळ-सरिसें — लाभ-संत-संगें-विशेषें — पूर्व-पुण्य-सानुकूळ — अंतराय-न-उपजे. Forehead-goes-but-santa-sanga-special-claim. Wherever, kapāḷa goes along; but lābha is special by santa-sanga; if pūrva-puṇya is sānukūḷa, antarāya-mūḷa doesn't upajē. Past-fate-goes-with-but-santa-sanga-overrides-with-pūrva-puṇya*.
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भाग्य-धन-पुत्र-दारा-नव्हे — निकट-वास-संतां-पायीं. Real-bhāgya-claim. Bhāgya is not dhana-putra-dārā; the nikaṭa vāsa at the santāñ-pāyī is barā. Real-fortune-is-close-residence-at-saints'-feet*.
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Tuka: मिरासी-करावी — बळी-संतांपाशीं-जीव. Make-mirāsī-give-jīva-claim. Tuka says: make this mirāsī; give the jīva as baḷi at the santām-pāśī. Make-it-heritable; offer-the-jīva-as-bali. (The baḷi image: like the animal-sacrifice offered to a deity, give the jīva itself as offering at the saints' side.)
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For someone today
This abhang names the give-jīva-as-baḷi-at-santas'-feet register:
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Forehead-goes-everywhere, but lābha is special by santa-sanga. Forehead-and-sanga.
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Bhāgya is not wealth, sons, wife — close vāsa at santas' feet. Real-bhāgya.
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Make this our mirāsī; give jīva as baḷi at santas' side. Heritable-offering.
For today: kapāḷa goes everywhere; lābha special by santa-sanga; pūrva-puṇya sānukūḷa — antarāya-mūḷa doesn't *upajē; bhāgya — not dhana, putra, dārā — but nikaṭa-vāsa at santāñ-pāyī; make this our mirāsī, baḷi of jīva at santām-pāśī*.
This abhang is Tukaram's give-jīva-as-baḷi-at-santas'-feet-and-this-is-real-bhāgya register — one of the most-precise santa-sanga-as-real-fortune statements. Compare 0930 māulī-Viṭṭhal-and-santa-sangata (Tuka's mudra); same santa-zone but here organized as make-it-heritable-give-jīva-as-baḷi. The baḷī santām-pāśī dyāvā jīva (give the jīva as baḷi at santas' side) is the precise heritable-offering claim*.
मराठी: ही ओवी give-jīva-as-baḷi-at-santas'-feet register नाव सांगते:
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कपाळ-सरिसें; लाभ-संग. Forehead-and-sanga.
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भाग्य-संतां-पायीं. Real-bhāgya.
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मिरासी; बळी-जीव. Heritable-offering.
आज: Kapāḷa सरिसें — lābha santa-sanga विशेष; Pūrva-puṇya sānukūḷa — antarāya-mūḷa नाहीं; Bhāgya dhana-putra-dārā नव्हे — nikaṭa-vāsa santāñ-pāyī; Mirāsī-करा; baḷi-jīva santām-pāśī*.
Tukaram च-give-jīva-as-baḷi-at-santas'-feet-and-this-is-real-bhāgya-register — Most-precise santa-sanga-as-real-fortune statements पैकी एक. 0930 māulī-Viṭṭhal-and-santa-sangata (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच santa-zone पण इथे make-it-heritable-give-jīva-as-baḷi च्या मार्गाने. Baḷī santām-pāśī dyāvā jīva precise heritable-offering claim.
Where this applies
- Forehead-and-sanga.* Fate-and-sanga.
- Real-bhāgya.* Saints'-feet.
- Heritable-offering.* Mirāsī.