Abhanga 1022

English: Na vajē vāyām — Hari-kathā — doing.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A nothing-goes-in-vain-in-Hari-kathā-doing-temple-pūjā-pilgrimage-vow-saint-darśana-pure-conduct-with-or-without-bhāva-effort-doesn't-go-in-vain abhang. Effort-not-in-vain register. The anaphoric na vajē vāyām refrain (8 times). Five claims, with the closing being especially bold. Five claims:

1. ऐकतां-Hari-कथा — करितां. Hari-kathā-claim. Nothing goes in-vāyām (in-vain) in listening to Hari-kathā; doing it (oneself) doesn't go vāyām.

2. देवळ-पूजा. Temple-and-pūjā-claim. Nothing in-vāyām in going to dēvaḷa; pūjā-ing Dēva doesn't go vāyām.

3. तीर्थ-व्रत. Pilgrimage-or-vow-claim. Nothing in-vāyām in tīrtha-doing; or even *vrata doesn't go vāyām.

4. संत-दर्शन — शुद्ध-आचरण. Saint-darśana-and-pure-conduct-claim. Nothing in-vāyām in samta-darśana; śuddha-ācaraṇa doesn't go vāyām.

5. Tuka: भाव-असतां-नसतां — सायास-न-वायां. Effort-not-in-vain-claim. Tuka says: with bhāva or without; doing sāyāsa (effort) doesn't go vāyām. (Counterintuitive — most of the Gatha emphasizes bhāva over outward action; here Tuka grants that even the outer effort isn't wasted, even without* bhāva.)

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For someone today

This abhang names the effort-not-in-vain register:

1. Nothing in vain in Hari-kathā or doing it. Hari-kathā.

2. Nothing in vain in temple or pūjā. Temple.

3. Nothing in vain in pilgrimage or vow. Pilgrimage.

4. Nothing in vain in saint-darśana or pure conduct. Darśana.

5. With or without bhāva — effort doesn't go in vain. Effort-not-in-vain.

For today: Hari-kathā listening or doing — na vāyām; dēvaḷa-pūjā — na vāyām; tīrtha-vrata — *na vāyām; samta-darśana, śuddha-ācaraṇa — na vāyām; with-or-without bhāva, sāyāsa — na vāyām*.

This abhang is Tukaram's effort-not-in-vain register — one of the most-precise even-without-bhāva-effort-counts statements. The bhāva asatām nasatām sāyāsa karitām vāyām na vajē (with-or-without bhāva, effort doesn't go in vain) is the precise effort-claim — and counterintuitively bold for Tuka who usually demands bhāva.

मराठी: ही ओवी effort-not-in-vain register नाव सांगते:

1. Hari-कथा. Hari-kathā.

2. देवळ-पूजा. Temple.

3. तीर्थ-व्रत. Pilgrimage.

4. संत-दर्शन. Darśana.

5. भाव-असतां-नसतां. Effort-not-in-vain.

आज: Hari-कथा ऐकतां-करितां — na vāyām; Dēvaḷa-pūjā — na vāyām; Tīrtha-vrata — *na vāyām; Samta-darśana, śuddha-ācaraṇa — na vāyām; Bhāva असतां-नसतां — sāyāsa karitām vāyām na vajē*.

Tukaram च-effort-not-in-vain-register — Most-precise even-without-bhāva-effort-counts statements पैकी एक. Bhāva asatām nasatām sāyāsa karitām vāyām na vajē precise effort-claim.

Where this applies

• Hari-kathā.* Listening-doing.
• Temple.* Pūjā.
• Pilgrimage.* Vrata.
• Darśana.* Pure-conduct.
• Effort-not-in-vain.* With-or-without-bhāva.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2464
• Abhanga 2490
• Abhanga 2494
• Abhanga 4481