Abhanga 944
Giving or accepting blessings of wealth and children, and letting praise or blame into your mind, both tie you to the same net of craving that keeps you from reaching what matters most.
The verse
माझ्या मुखावाटा नयो हें वचन । व्हावें संतान द्रव्य कोणां ॥१॥ फुकाचा विभाग पतनदुःखासी । दोहींमुळें त्यासी तें चि साधे ॥ध्रु.॥ नाइकावी निंदा स्तुति माझ्या कानें । सादर या मनें होऊनियां ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे देव असाध्य यामुळें । आशामोहजाळें गुंतलिया ॥३॥
Literal translation
Mukha-vāṭā — vacana — santāna — dravya. Phukā — vibhāga — patana-duḥkha. Nindā — stuti — kāna — sādara. Tuka says: asādhya — āśā-mōha-jāḷa.
मराठी: माझ्या मुखा-वाटा नयो हें वचन — कोणाला संतान, द्रव्य व्हावें (अशी आशीर्वाद-वचनं नकोत). फुकाचा विभाग पतन-दुःखासी — दोहीं-मुळें त्यासी तें-च साधे. निंदा-स्तुति माझ्या कानें न-ऐकावी — मनें सादर होऊनियां. Tuka म्हणे: देव असाध्य यामुळें — आशा-मोह-जाळें गुंतलिया.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| माझ्या मुखावाटा नयो हें वचन | "mukha-vāṭā — vacana" |
| व्हावें संतान द्रव्य कोणां | "santāna — dravya" |
| फुकाचा विभाग पतनदुःखासी | "phukā — vibhāga — patana-duḥkha" |
| दोहींमुळें त्यासी तें चि साधे | "dōhīm-mūḷē — sādhē" |
| नाइकावी निंदा स्तुति माझ्या कानें | "nindā — stuti — kāna" |
| सादर या मनें होऊनियां | "sādara — mana" |
| देव असाध्य यामुळें | "asādhya" |
| आशामोहजाळें गुंतलिया | "āśā-mōha-jāḷa" |
What it means
A let-not-this-vacana-come-from-my-mouth-blessings-of-children-or-wealth-free-share-is-fall-suffering-by-both-achieved-let-not-blame-or-praise-enter-my-ears-attentively-Dēva-unattainable-by-entanglement-in-āśā-mōha abhang. Mouth-and-ears-guarded-from-jana-ties register. Three claims:
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माझ्या-मुखावाटा-संतान-द्रव्य-नयो — फुका-विभाग-पतन-दुःख — दोही-मुळें-साधे. No-blessings-from-my-mouth-claim. Let novacanacome frommukha-vāṭā— that someone havesantānaordravya; thephukā vibhāgais part ofpatana-duḥkha; by-both (giving-blessing and receiving-thanks), that-very (fall) is achieved. No-blessings-of-worldly-things-from-my-mouth. (Both giving and receiving such blessings are sources of patana-duḥkha.)
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निंदा-स्तुति-कानें-न-ऐकावी — मनें-सादर. No-blame-or-praise-into-ears-claim. Letnindā-stutinot enter mykāna; (I'll be)sādarainmana. No-public-talk-in-ears.
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Tuka: देव-असाध्य-यामुळें — आशा-मोह-जाळ-गुंतलिया. Dēva-unattainable-claim. Tuka says:Dēvaisasādhyaby-this; entangled ināśā-mōha-jāḷa. Sansāra-and-public-talk-net-keeps-Dēva-out.
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For someone today
Tukaram refuses to let his own mouth offer blessings like wishing someone wealth or children, because he says both the giving and the accepting of such blessings quietly tie people to worldly craving and eventual suffering. He also will not let praise or blame enter his ears; he keeps his attention turned inward instead. The point he lands on is that God becomes unreachable exactly when a person is caught in the net of desire and attachment.
मराठी: तुकाराम महाराज सांगतात की कुणाला मुलं व्हावीत किंवा भरपूर पैसा मिळावा असे आशीर्वाद ते स्वतः देणार नाहीत, कारण असे आशीर्वाद देणे आणि स्वीकारणे दोन्हीही माणसाला ऐहिक हव्यासाच्या आणि पुढे येणाऱ्या दुःखाच्या जाळ्यात अडकवतात. ते आपल्या कानांतही निंदा किंवा स्तुती शिरू देत नाहीत, उलट आपले लक्ष मनाकडेच वळवतात. शेवटी ते म्हणतात की देव अप्राप्य होतो जेव्हा माणूस आशा आणि मोहाच्या जाळ्यात गुंततो.
Where this applies
- No-worldly-blessings. Mouth-guarded.
- No-public-noise. Ears-guarded.
- Net-blocks. Āśā-mōha.