Abhanga 1010

English: No kaṇṭāḷa — bhaya — what to do — not knowing.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A not-tired-but-fear-seems-not-knowing-what-to-do-jana-vana-have-become-equal-kāma-krōdha-gone-in-steps-six-enemies-conquered-by-power-of-your-name-chief-dharma-of-us-servants-obey-with-our-head-what-master-commands-gazing-at-feet-waiting-for-one-word abhang. Waiting-for-one-word register. Five claims:

1. न-कंटाळ — पण-भय — काय-न-कळतां. Not-tired-but-fear-claim. I am not kaṇṭāḷalōm (tired, fed-up); but bhaya (fear) seems — what should be done, not knowing. (Not weariness, but the not-knowing* what to do.)

2. जन-वन-समान — काम-क्रोध-पावटणी. Jana-vana-equal-claim. Jana-vana (people-and-forest, social-and-solitary) have become samāna (equal) to us; kāma-krōdha have gone in pāvaṭaṇī (steps, gradual descents). (The world-renunciation has worked: jana and vana are equal*.)

3. षड-ऊर्मी-शत्रु-जिंतिले — नाम-सत्ता-बळ. Six-enemies-conquered-by-name-claim. The ṣaḍ-ūrmī (six waves — kṣud, pipāsā, śōka, mōha, jarā, mrtyu; or kāma-krōdha-lōbha-mōha-mada-mātsarya) enemies are conquered, O *Anamta; by the sattā-baḷa of your nāma*.

4. मुख्य-धर्म — स्वामी-शिरसा-पाळावें. Chief-dharma-of-servant-claim. Therefore the mukhya (chief) dharma of us sēvakas is this: what the svāmī commands, by (our) *śirasā (with our head — i.e. accept-with-bowed-head) we should pālāvē (obey).

5. Tuka: अवलोकुनी-पाय — वचन-वास. Waiting-for-one-word-claim. Tuka says: gazing at (your) pāya; I am watching for the *vāsa (waiting, scent-of-arrival) of one vacana (word, command). (One word is enough.)

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For someone today

This abhang names the waiting-for-one-word register:

1. Not tired, but fear seems — don't know what to do. Fear-of-not-knowing.

2. Jana-vana equal; kāma-krōdha gone in steps. Equal-and-gone.

3. Six enemies conquered by power of your name. Six-conquered.

4. Chief dharma of servant — obey with head what master commands. Servant-dharma.

5. Gazing at feet — waiting for one word. Waiting-one-word.

For today: not kaṇṭāḷa, but bhaya; jana-vana samāna, kāma-krōdha pāvaṭaṇī; ṣaḍ-ūrmī conquered by *nāma-sattā-baḷa; svāmī commands, śirasā pālāvē; avalōkunī pāya, vacana-vāsa**.

This abhang is Tukaram's waiting-for-one-word register — one of the most-precise jana-vana-equal-and-waiting-for-master's-word statements. The vacanācī pāhē vāsa ēkā (waiting for one word's arrival) is the precise waiting-one-word claim.

मराठी: ही ओवी waiting-for-one-word register नाव सांगते:

1. भय; न-कळतां. Fear-of-not-knowing.

2. जन-वन-समान; काम-क्रोध-पावटणी. Equal-and-gone.

3. षड-ऊर्मी; नाम-बळ. Six-conquered.

4. स्वामी-शिरसा. Servant-dharma.

5. पाय-अवलोकुनी; वचन-वास. Waiting-one-word.

आज: Kaṇṭāḷa नाहीं — bhaya वाटे; Jana-vana samāna, kāma-krōdha pāvaṭaṇī; Ṣaḍ-ūrmī जिंतिले — *nāma-sattā-baḷa; Svāmī करी, śirasā pālāvē; Avalōkunī pāya — vacana-vāsa**.

Tukaram च-waiting-for-one-word-register — Most-precise jana-vana-equal-and-waiting-for-master's-word statements पैकी एक. Vacanācī pāhē vāsa ēkā precise waiting-one-word claim.

Where this applies

• Fear-of-not-knowing.* Not-tired.
• Equal-and-gone.* Jana-vana.
• Six-conquered.* Nāma-baḷa.
• Servant-dharma.* Śirasā.
• Waiting-one-word.* Vacana-vāsa.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2448
• Abhanga 2467
• Abhanga 2494
• Abhanga 4481