Abhanga 1008

This abhang names the earth's-burden-don't-know register:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A such-is-my-burden-of-social-shame-I-the-famous-name-went-in-vain-no-genuine-service-or-power-no-pure-caste-or-clean-family-karma-no-tapas-or-dāna-dharma-no-strength-became-earth's-burden-don't-know-what-decision-will-happen abhang. Earth's-burden-don't-know register. Five claims:

1. भीड-भार — नांव-वांयां. Burden-of-shame-name-went-in-vain-claim. Such is my bhīḍa-bhāra (burden of-social-shame, the weight-of-keeping-up-appearances); I, the *nāvācā (famous-name, the one-of-(empty)-name), went very vāyām (in-vain). (Tuka has a name but the name is empty.)

2. सेवा-रुजू — सत्ता-बळ — राऊळ-कृपा. No-genuine-service-or-power-claim. What sēvā-rujū (genuine, in-order service) is there?; what sattā-baḷa (authority-strength)?; that the *rāūḷa (Vitthal's temple — i.e. Pāṇḍuranga himself) should do kṛpā?

3. याती-शुद्ध — कुळ-कर्म — वर्म-तुझ्या-ठायीं. No-pure-caste-or-clean-family-karma-claim. What yāti-śuddha, *kuḷa-karma?; by which the varma (secret-key) would fall in your ṭhāyīm (place)*?

4. तपो-निधि — दान-धर्म — बळ-सत्ता. No-tapas-or-dāna-claim. Which tapō-nidhi (treasure-of-tapas), *dāna-dharma-śīla (giver-of-charity-righteous)?; what one baḷa-sattā in (my) body?

5. Tuka: भूमी-भार — विचार-नेणों. Earth's-burden-don't-know-claim. Tuka says: I have gone vāyām, (became) the *bhūmī-bhāra (earth's-burden — a useless creature only weighing-down the earth); I don't know what vicāra (decision, deliberation) will happen. (Whatever you decide.)

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For someone today

This abhang names the earth's-burden-don't-know register:

1. Such is my burden of shame; name went in vain. Empty-name.

2. No genuine service, no power for rāūḷa to do kṛpā. No-service-no-power.

3. No pure caste, no clean family-karma. No-pedigree.

4. No tapas, no dāna-dharma-discipline; no strength. No-discipline.

5. Became earth's-burden; don't know what decision. Earth's-burden-don't-know.

For today: bhīḍa-bhāra, nāva-vāyām; no sēvā-rujū, no *sattā-baḷa; no yāti-śuddha, kuḷa-karma; no tapō-nidhi, dāna-dharma-śīla, baḷa-sattā; bhūmī-bhāra, vicāra unknown*.

This abhang is Tukaram's earth's-burden-don't-know register — one of the most-precise no-credentials-only-bhāra statements. The vāyām jālōm bhūmī-bhāra hōīla vicāra kāya nēṇōm (became earth's-burden, don't know what decision) is the precise earth's-burden claim.

मराठी: ही ओवी earth's-burden-don't-know register नाव सांगते:

1. नांव-वांयां. Empty-name.

2. सेवा-रुजू-नाहीं; सत्ता-बळ-नाहीं. No-service-no-power.

3. याती-शुद्ध-नाहीं; कुळ-कर्म-नाहीं. No-pedigree.

4. तपो-निधि-नाहीं; दान-धर्म-शील-नाहीं. No-discipline.

5. भूमी-भार; विचार-नेणों. Earth's-burden-don't-know.

आज: Bhīḍa-bhāra, nāva-vāyām; Sēvā-rujū, sattā-baḷa नाहीं; Yāti-śuddha, kuḷa-karma नाहीं; Tapō-nidhi, dāna-dharma-śīla, baḷa-sattā नाहीं; Bhūmī-bhāra — vicāra नेणों*.

Tukaram च-earth's-burden-don't-know-register — Most-precise no-credentials-only-bhāra statements पैकी एक. Vāyām jālōm bhūmī-bhāra precise earth's-burden claim.

Where this applies

• Empty-name.* Bhīḍa-bhāra.
• No-service-no-power.* Sēvā-rujū.
• No-pedigree.* Yāti-kuḷa.
• No-discipline.* Tapas-dāna.
• Earth's-burden-don't-know.* Bhūmī-bhāra.

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