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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 989 of 4582

Abhanga 989

English: Dhana — caraṇa — vandāvē.

When this is my dhana — to bow at Your feet — and you have to recognize this register
When by this fortune let me live — having offered up this citta — and you accept this image
When You have protected me, an anātha jīva — and you allow this image

The verse

हें चि माझे धन । तुमचे वंदावे चरण ॥१॥ येणें भाग्यें असों जीत । एवढें समर्पूनी चित्त ॥ध्रु.॥ सांभाळिलें देवा । मज अनाथा जी जीवा ॥२॥ जोडूनियां कर । तुका विनवितो किंकर ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Dhana — caraṇa — vandāvē. Bhāgya — jīta. Samarpūnī citta. Sāmbhāḷilē — Dēva. Anātha jīva. Tuka — kinkara — beseeches.

मराठी: हें-च माझे धन — तुमचे चरण वंदावे. येणें भाग्यें असों जीत — एवढें चित्त समर्पूनी. सांभाळिलें देवा — मज अनाथा जी जीवा. जोडूनियां कर — Tuka विनवितो, किंकर.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
हें चि माझे धन "dhana"
तुमचे वंदावे चरण "caraṇa — vandāvē"
येणें भाग्यें असों जीत "bhāgya — jīta"
एवढें समर्पूनी चित्त "samarpūnī citta"
सांभाळिलें देवा "sāmbhāḷilē"
मज अनाथा जी जीवा "anātha jīva"
जोडूनियां कर "jōḍūni kara"
तुका विनवितो किंकर "kinkara"

What it means

A this-is-my-dhana-to-bow-at-feet-by-this-fortune-live-having-offered-citta-You-protected-anātha-Tuka-kinkara-beseeches abhang. Tuka-the-kinkara-beseeches register. Three claims:

  1. धन-वंदावे-चरण — भाग्य-जीत — चित्त-समर्पूनी. Bowing-at-feet-is-my-dhana-claim. This is my dhana; vandāvē (bow at) the *caraṇa; by this bhāgya, jīta; with this much citta samarpūnī.

  2. सांभाळिलें-देवा — अनाथ-जीव. You-protected-anātha-claim. You have sāmbhāḷilē, Dēva; me — an *anātha-jīva.

  3. Tuka: कर-जोडूनि — किंकर-विनवितो. Kinkara-beseeches-claim. Tuka beseeches with hands joined, the kinkara**.

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For someone today

This abhang names the Tuka-the-kinkara-beseeches register:

  1. My dhana is bowing at Your feet. Bowing-as-wealth.

  2. You protected me, an anātha jīva. Protection.

  3. Tuka the kinkara beseeches. Servant-petitions.

For today: dhana — vandāvē caraṇa; bhāgya jīta; samarpūnī citta; *sāmbhāḷilē, Dēva, anātha jīva; jōḍūni kara, kinkara, vinavitō*.

This abhang is Tukaram's Tuka-the-kinkara-beseeches register — one of the most-tender post-protection acknowledgement statements. Compare 0847 rescue-thanksgiving (Tuka's mudra); same thanksgiving but here organized as this-bowing-itself-is-my-dhana. The Tuka vinavitō kinkara (Tuka the kinkara beseeches) is the precise servant-petitioner closing*.

मराठी: ही ओवी Tuka-the-kinkara-beseeches register नाव सांगते:

  1. धन-चरण. Bowing-as-wealth.

  2. अनाथ-सांभाळ. Protection.

  3. किंकर-विनवितो. Servant-petitions.

आज: Dhana — caraṇa-vandāvē; bhāgya jīta, samarpūnī citta; Anātha-jīva-sāmbhāḷilē, Dēva; Tuka kinkara विनवितो.

Tukaram च-Tuka-the-kinkara-beseeches-register — Most-tender post-protection acknowledgement statements पैकी एक. 0847 (Tuka mudra) compare; तीच thanksgiving पण इथे bowing-as-dhana च्या मार्गाने. Tuka vinavitō kinkara precise servant-petitioner closing.

Where this applies

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