Abhanga 937
This abhang names the Viṭṭhal-anāphora register:
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
English: Viṭṭhal — gīta — citta — viṭa. Anātha-bandhu — kṛpā-sindhu — bhava-bandhu — Yama-pāśa. Mukti-dātā — santām-samāgama. Guṇa-nidhi — sarva-siddhi — samādhi. Tuka says: gōḍāvalē — mukha.
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 |
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| विठ्ठल गीतीं गावा | "Viṭṭhal — gīta — sing" |
| विठ्ठल चित्तीं ध्यावा | "Viṭṭhal — citta — dhyāvā" |
| विठ्ठल उभा पाहावा विटेवरी | "Viṭṭhal — ubhā — viṭa" |
| अनाथाचा बंधु विठ्ठल कृपासिंधु | "anātha-bandhu — kṛpā-sindhu" |
| तोडी भवबंधु यमपाश | "bhava-bandhu — Yama-pāśa" |
| शरणागतां मुक्तिदाता | "śaraṇā-gata — mukti-dātā" |
| संतांसमागमें | "santām-samāgama" |
| गुणनिधि सर्व सिद्धि | "guṇa-nidhi — sarva-siddhi" |
| लागली समाधि विठ्ठलनामें | "samādhi — Viṭṭhal-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:
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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.)
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अनाथ-बंधु-कृपा-सिंधु — भव-बंधु-यम-पाश-तोडी. Anātha-kin-cuts-bonds-claim. Viṭṭhal is anātha-bandhu, kṛpā-sindhu; cuts bhava-bandhu and Yama-pāśa. Bonds-cut*.
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शरणागतां-मुक्ति-दाता — संतांसमागमें-Viṭṭhal. Mukti-dātā-in-santas-claim. Mukti-dātā for śaraṇā-gata; Viṭṭhal in santām-samāgama**.
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गुण-निधि-सर्व-सिद्धि — समाधि-नामें. Samādhi-by-Name-claim. Viṭṭhal — guṇa-nidhi, sarva-siddhi; samādhi by Viṭṭhal-nāma**.
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Tuka: नाम-घेतां-सुख — गोडावलें-मुख. Mouth-sweetened-claim. Taking the nāma, sukha came; the mukha has been *gōḍāvalē. Mouth-sweetened.
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For someone today
This abhang names the Viṭṭhal-anāphora register:
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Sing-Viṭṭhal, meditate-Viṭṭhal, see-Viṭṭhal-on-the-brick. Three-instructions.
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Viṭṭhal cuts bhava-bandhu and Yama-pāśa. Bonds-cut.
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Mukti-dātā in santas' company; samādhi by the Name. Samādhi-by-Name.
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Mouth sweetened by the Name. Mouth-sweetened.
For today: Viṭṭhal — gītī-gāvā, citti-dhyāvā, viṭē-vari-pāhāvā; anātha-bandhu, kṛpā-sindhu, bhava-bandhu and Yama-pāśa tōḍī; śaraṇāgatā mukti-dātā, santām-samāgama; guṇa-nidhi, sarva-siddhi, *samādhi by Viṭṭhal-nāma; taking the nāma, sukha, mukha sweetened*.
This abhang is Tukaram's Viṭṭhal-anāphora register — one of the most-celebrated daily-sung abhangs of Vārkarī tradition; opening line is the canonical Vārkarī invocation. Compare 0857 Viṭṭhal-totality (Tuka's mudra); same Viṭṭhal-saturation but here organized as anāphora. The gōḍāvalē mukha (the mouth has been sweetened) is the precise sweet-mouth-by-Name image*.
मराठी: ही ओवी Viṭṭhal-anāphora register नाव सांगते:
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गीतीं-गावा-चित्तीं-ध्यावा-विटेवरी. Three-instructions.
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भव-बंधु-तोडी. Bonds-cut.
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मुक्ति-दाता; समाधि. Samādhi-by-Name.
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मुख-गोडावलें. Mouth-sweetened.
आज: Viṭṭhal — गीतीं, चित्तीं, विटेवरी; Anātha-bandhu, kṛpā-sindhu, bhava-bandhu तोडी; Mukti-dātā, santām-samāgama; Guṇa-nidhi, sarva-siddhi, samādhi; Nāma — sukha, *mukha gōḍāvalē.
Tukaram च-Viṭṭhal-anāphora-register — Most-celebrated daily-sung abhangs of Vārkarī tradition पैकी एक; opening line canonical Vārkarī-invocation. 0857 (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच Viṭṭhal-saturation पण इथे anāphora. Gōḍāvalē mukha precise sweet-mouth-by-Name image.
Where this applies
- Three-instructions.* Sing-meditate-see.
- Bonds-cut.* Bhava-Yama.
- Samādhi-by-Name.* Effortless.
- Mouth-sweetened.* Sweetness.