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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 968 of 4582

Abhanga 968

English: Ullanghilē — vacana — none.

When I haven't transgressed anyone's word; why is Nārāyaṇa far? — and you have to recognize this register
When unhesitating call; no settledness — and you accept this image
When forgetting dāsa is improper — and you allow this image

The verse

नाहीं उल्लंघिले कोणाचे वचन । मज कां नारायण दुरी जाला ॥१॥ अशंकितें मनें करीं आळवण । नाहीं समाधान निश्चिंतीचें ॥ध्रु.॥ दासांचा विसर हें तों अनुचित । असे सर्व नीत पायांपाशीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे तुम्हां लाज येत नाहीं । आम्हां चिंताडोहीं बुडवितां ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Ullanghilē — vacana — none. Nārāyaṇa — durī. Aśankitē — āḷavaṇa. Samādhāna — niścinti — none. Dāsa — anucita. Nīta — pāyām-pāśīm. Tuka says: lāja — none — cintā-ḍōha.

मराठी: नाहीं उल्लंघिलें कोणाचें वचन — मज कां Nārāyaṇa दुरी जाला?. अशंकित मनें करीं आळवण — नाहीं समाधान निश्चिंतीचें. दासांचा विसर — हें तों अनुचित — असे सर्व नीत पायां-पाशीं. Tuka म्हणे: तुम्हां लाज येत नाहीं — आम्हांला चिंता-डोहीं बुडवितां?.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
नाहीं उल्लंघिले कोणाचे वचन "ullanghilē — vacana"
मज कां नारायण दुरी जाला "durī"
अशंकितें मनें करीं आळवण "aśankitē — āḷavaṇa"
नाहीं समाधान निश्चिंतीचें "samādhāna — niścinti"
दासांचा विसर हें तों अनुचित "dāsa — anucita"
असे सर्व नीत पायांपाशीं "nīta — pāyām-pāśīm"
तुम्हां लाज येत नाहीं "lāja — none"
आम्हां चिंताडोहीं बुडवितां "cintā-ḍōha — drowning"

What it means

A I-haven't-transgressed-why-Nārāyaṇa-far-unhesitating-call-no-niścinti-forgetting-dāsa-improper-rule-at-feet-aren't-You-ashamed-drowning-us abhang. Aren't-You-ashamed-drowning-us register. Three claims:

  1. उल्लंघिलें-नाहीं-वचन — Nārāyaṇa-दुरी-कां — अशंकित-आळवण — समाधान-नाहीं. Why-far-claim. No transgression; why durī?; unhesitating āḷavaṇa; no samādhāna of niścinti**.

  2. दासांचा-विसर-अनुचित — नीत-पायां-पाशीं. Forgetting-dāsa-improper-claim. Forgetting dāsa is anucita; all nīta at the pāyām-pāśīm.

  3. Tuka: लाज-नाहीं-येत — चिंता-डोहीं-बुडवितां. Aren't-You-ashamed-claim. Tuka says: lāja doesn't come?; drowning us in cintā-ḍōha? Public-rebuke*.

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For someone today

This abhang names the aren't-You-ashamed-drowning-us register:

  1. Haven't transgressed; why far? Innocent.

  2. Forgetting dāsa is improper; rule at master's feet. Master's-rule.

  3. Aren't You ashamed drowning us? Direct-rebuke.

For today: no transgression; why Nārāyaṇa durī?; unhesitating āḷavaṇa; no niścinti-samādhāna; dāsa-visara is anucita; aren't You lāja-yēta, drowning us in cintā-ḍōha**?

This abhang is Tukaram's aren't-You-ashamed-drowning-us register — one of the most-bold direct-rebuke statements. Compare 0954 rupture-and-cintana-meeting (Tuka's mudra); same complaint but here organized as aren't-You-ashamed. The cintā-ḍōhī buḍavitām (drowning us in the anxiety-pool) is the precise drowning-image*.

मराठी: ही ओवी aren't-You-ashamed-drowning-us register नाव सांगते:

  1. उल्लंघिलें-नाहीं. Innocent.

  2. दास-विसर-अनुचित. Master's-rule.

  3. लाज-येत-नाहीं. Direct-rebuke.

आज: Vacana-ullanghilē नाहीं — Nārāyaṇa कां durī?; Aśankita-āḷavaṇa; samādhāna नाहीं; Dāsa-visara anucita; Tumhām-lāja येत-नाहीं — cintā-ḍōha-त बुडवितां.

Tukaram च-aren't-You-ashamed-drowning-us-register — Most-bold direct-rebuke statements पैकी एक. 0954 (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच complaint पण इथे direct-shame च्या मार्गाने. Cintā-ḍōhī buḍavitām precise drowning-image.

Where this applies

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