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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 937 of 4582

Abhanga 937

Sing, meditate on, and picture Viṭṭhal all at once, because that simple combined practice itself cuts worldly bonds and brings real, immediate sweetness.

When Viṭṭhal — sing in song, meditate in citta, see on the brick — and you have to recognize this register
When Viṭṭhal cuts the bhava-bandhu and the Yama-pāśa — and you accept this image
When Viṭṭhal — mukti-dātā in santas' company — and you allow this image

The verse

विठ्ठल गीतीं गावा विठ्ठल चित्तीं ध्यावा । विठ्ठल उभा पाहावा विटेवरी ॥१॥ अनाथाचा बंधु विठ्ठल कृपासिंधु । तोडी भवबंधु यमपाश ॥ध्रु.॥ तो चि शरणागतां हा विठ्ठल मुक्तिदाता । विठ्ठल या संतांसमागमें ॥२॥ विठ्ठल गुणनिधि विठ्ठल सर्व सिद्धि । लागली समाधि विठ्ठलनामें ॥३॥ विठ्ठलाचें नाम घेतां जालें सुख । गोडावलें मुख तुका म्हणे ॥४॥

Literal translation

Viṭṭhal — gītacittaviṭa. Anātha-bandhukṛpā-sindhubhava-bandhuYama-pāśa. Mukti-dātāsantām-samāgama. Guṇa-nidhisarva-siddhisamādhi. Tuka says: gōḍāvalēmukha.

मराठी: Viṭṭhal गीतीं गावा — Viṭṭhal चित्तीं ध्यावा — Viṭṭhal उभा पाहावा विटेवरी. अनाथांचा बंधु, Viṭṭhal कृपा-सिंधु — तोडी भव-बंधु, यम-पाश. तो-च शरणा-गतां, हा Viṭṭhal मुक्ति-दाता — Viṭṭhal ह्या संतांसमागमें. Viṭṭhal गुण-निधि, Viṭṭhal सर्व-सिद्धि — लागली समाधि Viṭṭhal-नामें. Viṭṭhalाचे नाम घेतां जालें सुख — गोडावलें मुख, Tuka म्हणे.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
विठ्ठल गीतीं गावा "Viṭṭhal — gīta — sing"
विठ्ठल चित्तीं ध्यावा "Viṭṭhal — cittadhyāvā"
विठ्ठल उभा पाहावा विटेवरी "Viṭṭhal — ubhāviṭa"
अनाथाचा बंधु विठ्ठल कृपासिंधु "anātha-bandhukṛpā-sindhu"
तोडी भवबंधु यमपाश "bhava-bandhuYama-pāśa"
शरणागतां मुक्तिदाता "śaraṇā-gatamukti-dātā"
संतांसमागमें "santām-samāgama"
गुणनिधि सर्व सिद्धि "guṇa-nidhisarva-siddhi"
लागली समाधि विठ्ठलनामें "samādhiViṭṭhal-nāma"
गोडावलें मुख "mouth — gōḍāvalē"

What it means

A Viṭṭhal-sing-meditate-see-on-the-brick-anātha-kin-kṛpā-sindhu-cuts-bhava-bandhu-Yama-pāśa-mukti-dātā-in-santas'-company-guṇa-nidhi-sarva-siddhi-samādhi-by-Name-mouth-sweetened abhang. Viṭṭhal-anāphora register. Five claims:

  1. Viṭṭhal-गीतीं-गावा — Viṭṭhal-चित्तीं-ध्यावा — Viṭṭhal-विटेवरी-पाहावा. Three-instructions-claim. Sing-Viṭṭhal-in-gīta; meditate-Viṭṭhal-in-citta; see-Viṭṭhal-standing-on-the-brick. Sing-meditate-see. (Iconic-triplet — three-fold vāṇī, manas, dṛṣṭi-engagement.)

  2. अनाथ-बंधु-कृपा-सिंधु — भव-बंधु-यम-पाश-तोडी. Anātha-kin-cuts-bonds-claim. Viṭṭhal is anātha-bandhu, kṛpā-sindhu; cutsbhava-bandhuandYama-pāśa. Bonds-cut.

  3. शरणागतां-मुक्ति-दाता — संतांसमागमें-Viṭṭhal. Mukti-dātā-in-santas-claim. Mukti-dātā for śaraṇā-gata; Viṭṭhal in santām-samāgama.

  4. गुण-निधि-सर्व-सिद्धि — समाधि-नामें. Samādhi-by-Name-claim. Viṭṭhalguṇa-nidhi, sarva-siddhi; samādhi by Viṭṭhal-nāma.

  5. Tuka: नाम-घेतां-सुख — गोडावलें-मुख. Mouth-sweetened-claim. Taking thenāma, sukha came;the mukha has been gōḍāvalē. Mouth-sweetened.

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For someone today

Tukaram gives a simple threefold practice: sing of Vitthal, meditate on Vitthal in your heart, and picture Vitthal standing on the brick. He is a brother to the orphaned, an ocean of grace, who cuts through the bonds of worldly life and the noose of death. He grants liberation to all who take refuge in him, especially in the company of saints. He is the treasure of every virtue and every accomplishment, and simply chanting his name brings deep absorption in him. Tuka says that just taking the Name has brought him joy — it has literally made his mouth sweet.

मराठी: तुकाराम एक सोपी त्रिविध साधना सांगतात: विठ्ठलाचे गीत गा, विठ्ठलाचे मनात ध्यान कर, आणि विटेवर उभा असलेला विठ्ठल डोळ्यांसमोर पहा. तो अनाथांचा बंधू आहे, कृपेचा सागर आहे, जो संसाराचे बंधन आणि यमाचा पाश तोडतो. जे शरण येतात त्या सर्वांना तो मुक्ती देतो, विशेषतः संतांच्या सहवासात. तो सर्व गुणांचा आणि सर्व सिद्धींचा खजिना आहे, आणि केवळ त्याचे नाम घेतल्याने समाधी लागते. तुका म्हणतात की केवळ नाम घेतल्याने त्यांना सुख झाले - त्यांचे मुखच जणू गोड झाले.

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