Abhanga 934
The infinite God shrinks into your loving heart and asks only for a humble, sincere offering, not grandeur.
The verse
एवढा प्रभु भावें । तेणें संपुष्टी राहावें ॥१॥ होय भक्तीं केला तैसा । पुरवी धरावी ते इच्छा ॥ध्रु.॥ एवढा जगदानी । मागे तुळसीदळ पाणी ॥२॥ आला नांवा रूपा । तुका म्हणे जाला सोपा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Prabhu — bhāva — sampuṣṭa. Bhakti — icchā. Jagadānī — tuḷasī-daḷa pāṇī. Nāma-rūpa — Tuka says: sōpā.
मराठी: एवढा प्रभु — भावें — तेणें संपुष्टीं राहावें. भक्तीं तैसा केला — होय — पुरवी धरावी ते इच्छा. एवढा जगदानी — मागे तुळसी-दळ-पाणी. आला नांवा-रूपा — Tuka म्हणे: जाला सोपा.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| एवढा प्रभु भावें | "ēvaḍhā prabhu — bhāva" |
| तेणें संपुष्टी राहावें | "sampuṣṭa — stays" |
| होय भक्तीं केला तैसा | "bhakti — makes" |
| पुरवी धरावी ते इच्छा | "icchā — fulfills" |
| एवढा जगदानी | "jagadānī" |
| मागे तुळसीदळ पाणी | "tuḷasī-daḷa pāṇī" |
| आला नांवा रूपा | "nāma-rūpa" |
| जाला सोपा | "sōpā" |
What it means
A such-a-great-prabhu-in-bhāva-stays-in-sampuṣṭa-becomes-as-bhakti-makes-fulfills-icchā-such-a-great-jagadānī-asks-only-tuḷasī-leaf-and-water-came-into-nāma-rūpa-has-become-easy abhang. Hari-easy-by-bhāva register. Three claims:
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एवढा-प्रभु-भावें — संपुष्टीं-राहावें — भक्ती-तैसा-होय — इच्छा-पुरवी. Stays-in-sampuṣṭa-by-bhāva-claim. Such greatprabhu, bybhāva; stays in (the)sampuṣṭa; becomes asbhaktimakes; fulfills (the)icchāheld. Great-shrunk-into-small-by-bhāva.
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एवढा-जगदानी — तुळसी-दळ-पाणी-मागे. Asks-only-tuḷasī-and-water-claim. Such greatjagadānī; asks (only) fortuḷasī-daḷa pāṇī. Cosmos-giver-asks-only-leaf-and-water.
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Tuka: नांवा-रूपा — जाला-सोपा. Came-into-nāma-rūpa-easy-claim. Tuka says: came intonāma-rūpa; has becomesōpā.
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For someone today
God is vast enough to hold the whole universe, yet love shrinks him down until he fits inside your small, ordinary heart. He becomes whatever your bhakti shapes him into, and he answers the longing you actually hold. This same giver of everything asks you for almost nothing back, just a tulsi leaf and a little water, offered sincerely. Once the infinite takes on a name and a form you can hold in your mind, reaching him stops being hard and becomes simple.
मराठी: देव इतका विशाल आहे की संपूर्ण विश्व त्याच्यात सामावते, तरीही भक्तीच्या प्रेमामुळे तोच देव तुमच्या छोट्या, साध्या हृदयात राहायला तयार होतो. तुमची भक्ती जशी घडवते तसाच तो बनतो आणि तुमच्या मनातली खरी इच्छा पूर्ण करतो. हा सर्वदाता तुमच्याकडून जवळजवळ काहीच मागत नाही, फक्त एक तुळशीचे पान आणि थोडे पाणी, प्रामाणिकपणे अर्पण केलेले. तो अनंत जेव्हा नाव आणि रूप घेतो, तेव्हा त्याच्यापर्यंत पोहोचणे अवघड राहत नाही, सोपे होऊन जाते.
Where this applies
- Stays-in-small. Bhāva-shrinks.
- Asks-only-leaf. Modest.
- Easy. Nāma-rūpa.