Abhanga 984
English: Kalpa-taru — rui-bābhūḷa — none.
The verse
कल्पतरु रुया नव्हती बाभुळा । पुरविती फळा इच्छितिया ॥१॥ उदंड त्या गाई म्हैसी आणि शेळ्या । परि त्या निराळ्या कामधेनु ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे देव दाखवील दृष्टी । तया सवें भेटी थोर पुण्य ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Kalpa-taru — rui-bābhūḷa — none. Phaḷa — icchitiyā. Udaṇḍa — gāī mhaisī śēḷyā — kāma-dhēnu — nirāḷyā. Tuka says: Dēva — dākhavīla — dṛṣṭi — bhēṭi — thōra puṇya.
मराठी: कल्प-तरु — रुयां नव्हती बाभुळा — पुरविती फळा इच्छितिया. उदंड त्या गाई-म्हैसी-आणि-शेळ्या — परि त्या निराळ्या काम-धेनु. Tuka म्हणे: देव दाखवील दृष्टी — तया-सवें भेटी थोर पुण्य.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| कल्पतरु रुया नव्हती बाभुळा | "kalpa-taru — rui-bābhūḷa" |
| पुरविती फळा इच्छितिया | "phaḷa — icchitiyā" |
| उदंड त्या गाई म्हैसी आणि शेळ्या | "udaṇḍa — gāī mhaisī śēḷyā" |
| परि त्या निराळ्या कामधेनु | "nirāḷyā — kāma-dhēnu" |
| देव दाखवील दृष्टी | "Dēva — dākhavīla — dṛṣṭi" |
| तया सवें भेटी थोर पुण्य | "bhēṭi — thōra puṇya" |
What it means
A kalpa-taru-is-not-every-rui-or-acacia-cows-buffaloes-goats-many-but-kāma-dhēnu-separate-meeting-with-one-who-shows-Dēva-is-great-puṇya abhang. Kalpa-taru-and-kāma-dhēnu-are-separate register. Three claims:
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कल्प-तरु-रुयां-बाभुळा-नव्हती — फळ-पुरविती-इच्छितिया. Kalpa-taru-claim. Kalpa-taru is not (every) rui or bābhūḷa; fulfills phaḷa for icchitiyā*.
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उदंड-गाई-म्हैसी-शेळ्या — काम-धेनु-निराळ्या. Kāma-dhēnu-separate-claim. Cows, buffaloes, goats — many; but kāma-dhēnu is nirāḷī**.
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Tuka: देव-दाखवील-दृष्टी — भेटी-थोर-पुण्य. Meeting-shower-of-Dēva-claim. Tuka says: who shows Dēva to dṛṣṭi; meeting with him is thōra puṇya. Saint-shows-the-Dēva.
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For someone today
This abhang names the kalpa-taru-and-kāma-dhēnu-are-separate register:
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Kalpa-taru is not every tree. Wish-fulfilling-rare.
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Cows-many; kāma-dhēnu separate. Cow-rare.
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Meeting the Dēva-shower is great puṇya. Saint-meeting.
For today: kalpa-taru not every rui-bābhūḷa; fulfills icchitiyā; cows etc many — kāma-dhēnu nirāḷī; the one who dākhavīla Dēva — thōra puṇya bhēṭi*.
This abhang is Tukaram's kalpa-taru-and-kāma-dhēnu-are-separate-and-meeting-Dēva-shower-is-great-puṇya register — one of the most-precise saint-rarity statements. Compare 0939 bhakta-supreme-Vaikuṇṭha-waits (Tuka's mudra); same saint-supremacy but here organized as kalpa-taru-vs-rui-and-kāma-dhēnu-vs-cow. The Dēva dākhavīla dṛṣṭī tayā savē bhēṭi thōra puṇya (meeting with the one who shows Dēva is great puṇya) is the precise saint-meeting-puṇya claim*.
मराठी: ही ओवी kalpa-taru-and-kāma-dhēnu-are-separate register नाव सांगते:
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कल्प-तरु-रुयां-नव्हती. Wish-fulfilling-rare.
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काम-धेनु-निराळ्या. Cow-rare.
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भेटी-थोर-पुण्य. Saint-meeting.
आज: Kalpa-taru — rui-bābhūḷa नव्हती; icchitiyā-phaḷa puravitī; Gāī-mhaisī-śēḷyā udaṇḍa — kāma-dhēnu nirāḷī; Dēva-dākhavīla — bhēṭi thōra puṇya**.
Tukaram च-kalpa-taru-and-kāma-dhēnu-are-separate-and-meeting-Dēva-shower-is-great-puṇya-register — Most-precise saint-rarity statements पैकी एक. 0939 (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच saint-supremacy पण इथे kalpa-taru-vs-rui-and-kāma-dhēnu-vs-cow च्या मार्गाने. Dēva dākhavīla dṛṣṭī tayā savē bhēṭi thōra puṇya precise saint-meeting-puṇya claim.
Where this applies
- Wish-fulfilling-rare.* Kalpa-taru.
- Cow-rare.* Kāma-dhēnu.
- Saint-meeting.* Great-puṇya.