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Abhanga 958

English: Abhaya — sthaḷa — acaḷa.

When this is the immovable place of fearlessness — and you have to recognize this register
When I held viśvāsa, became a dāsa, stayed — and you accept this image
When longing fulfilled; sweetness at feet — and you allow this image

The verse

अभयाचें स्थळ । तें हें एक अचळ ॥१॥ तरि धरिला विश्वास । ठेलों होउनियां दास ॥ध्रु.॥ पुरली आवडी । पायीं लागलीसे गोडी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कंठीं नाम । अंगीं भरलें सप्रेम ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Abhaya — sthaḷa — acaḷa. Viśvāsa — dāsa. Āvaḍī — puralī — pāyī — gōḍī. Tuka says: kaṇṭha — nāma — anga — sa-prema.

मराठी: अभयाचें स्थळ — तें हें एक अचळ. तरि विश्वास धरिला — दास होउनियां ठेलों. आवडी पुरली — पायीं गोडी लागलीसे. Tuka म्हणे: कंठीं नाम — अंगीं सप्रेम भरलें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
अभयाचें स्थळ "abhaya — sthaḷa"
तें हें एक अचळ "acaḷa"
तरि धरिला विश्वास "viśvāsa"
ठेलों होउनियां दास "dāsa"
पुरली आवडी "āvaḍī — puralī"
पायीं लागलीसे गोडी "pāyī — gōḍī"
कंठीं नाम "kaṇṭha — nāma"
अंगीं भरलें सप्रेम "anga — sa-prema"

What it means

A immovable-place-of-fearlessness-held-viśvāsa-became-dāsa-stayed-longing-fulfilled-sweetness-at-feet-Name-in-throat-body-filled-with-prema abhang. Place-of-fearlessness-immovable register. Three claims:

  1. अभय-स्थळ-अचळ — विश्वास-दास-ठेलों. Immovable-fearless-place-claim. The abhaya-sthaḷa is acaḷa; I held viśvāsa; stayed as dāsa**.

  2. आवडी-पुरली — पायीं-गोडी. Longing-fulfilled-claim. Āvaḍī fulfilled; gōḍī at pāyī*.

  3. Tuka: कंठीं-नाम — अंगीं-सप्रेम. Name-and-prema-claim. Tuka says: in kaṇṭha, nāma; in anga, *sa-prema-bharalē. Name-in-throat-body-prema-filled.

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For someone today

This abhang names the place-of-fearlessness-immovable register:

  1. Immovable place of fearlessness; held viśvāsa, stayed as dāsa. Fearless-place.

  2. Longing fulfilled; sweetness at feet. Sweetness.

  3. Name in throat; body filled with prema. Filled.

For today: abhaya-sthaḷa — acaḷa; viśvāsa held, dāsa stayed; āvaḍī puralī; gōḍī at pāyī; *kaṇṭhī nāma, angī sa-prema-bharalē*.

This abhang is Tukaram's place-of-fearlessness-immovable register — one of the most-tender post-anxiety-rest statements. Compare 0856 all-sukhas-gathered-here (Tuka's mudra); same arrival but here organized as acaḷa-fearless-place. The angī bharalē sa-prema (body filled with sa-prema) is the precise filled-claim*.

मराठी: ही ओवी place-of-fearlessness-immovable register नाव सांगते:

  1. अभय-अचळ. Fearless-place.

  2. पायीं-गोडी. Sweetness.

  3. कंठीं-नाम; अंगीं-प्रेम. Filled.

आज: Abhaya-sthaḷa — acaḷa; viśvāsa-dāsa — ठेलों; Āvaḍī puralī; gōḍī pāyī; Kaṇṭha-nāma; anga-sa-prema-bharalē**.

Tukaram च-place-of-fearlessness-immovable-register — Most-tender post-anxiety-rest statements पैकी एक. 0856 (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच arrival पण इथे acaḷa-fearless-place च्या मार्गाने. Angī bharalē sa-prema precise filled-claim.

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