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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1028 of 4582

Abhanga 1028

Once real love and friendship with God fill the heart, fear and desperate need fall away, and you rest in the certainty that you will never be abandoned.

When belly is full; sat in the row; no need of mukti now — and you have to recognize this register
When cry made; running-to-help coming now — and you accept this image
When no time for singing left; ānanda has filled all — and you allow this image

The verse

तेव्हां धालें पोट बैसलों पंगती । आतां आम्हां मुक्तिपांग काईं ॥१॥ धांवा केला आतां होईंल धांवणे । तया कायी करणें लागे सध्या ॥ध्रु.॥ गायनाचा आतां कोठें उरला काळ । आनंदें सकळ भरी आलें ॥२॥ देवाच्या सख्यत्वें विषमासी ठाव । मध्यें कोठें वाव राहों सके ॥३॥ तेव्हां जाली अवघी बाधा वाताहात । प्रेम हृदयांत प्रवेशलें ॥४॥ तुका म्हणे आम्हीं जिंतिलें भरवसा । देव कोठें दासा मोकलितो ॥५॥

Literal translation

Pōṭa dhālēpanktīmukti-pānga — what. Dhāvādhāvaṇēsadhyā. Gāyana-kāḷaānandabharī. Sakhya-tvaviṣamavāva. Bādhāvātā-hātaprēmahrdaya. Tuka says: bharavaṣādāsa-mōkalitō.

मराठी: तेव्हां पोट धालें — पंगती बैसलों — आतां आम्हां मुक्ति-पांग कायी? धांवा केला — आतां धांवणे होईंल — सध्या तया कायी करणें लागे? गायनाचा कोठें कांळ उरला आतां? — आनंदें सकळ भरी आलें. Dēvाच्या सख्य-त्वें — विषमासी ठाव — मध्यें कोठें वाव राहों सके? तेव्हां अवघी बाधा वाता-हात जाली — प्रेम हृदयांत प्रवेशलें. Tuka म्हणे: आम्हीं भरवसा जिंतिलें — Dēva कोठें दासा मोकलितो?

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
तेव्हां धालें पोट बैसलों पंगती "pōṭa dhālēpanktī"
आतां आम्हां मुक्तिपांग काईं "mukti-pānga — what"
धांवा केला आतां होईंल धांवणे "dhāvādhāvaṇē"
तया कायी करणें लागे सध्या "what is needed sadhyā"
गायनाचा आतां कोठें उरला काळ "gāyana-kāḷa"
आनंदें सकळ भरी आलें "ānandabharī"
देवाच्या सख्यत्वें विषमासी ठाव "sakhya-tvaviṣama"
मध्यें कोठें वाव राहों सके "vāva — middle"
तेव्हां जाली अवघी बाधा वाताहात "bādhāvātā-hāta"
प्रेम हृदयांत प्रवेशलें "prēmahrdaya"
आम्हीं जिंतिलें भरवसा "bharavaṣā — won"
देव कोठें दासा मोकलितो "dāsa-mōkalitō"

What it means

A then-the-belly-is-full-we-sat-in-the-row-of-the-fed-now-what-need-of-mukti-cry-made-running-to-help-coming-what-else-needed-where-is-the-time-for-singing-left-bliss-filled-everything-with-Dēva's-friendship-no-place-for-calamity-no-room-in-middle-all-obstruction-wind-blown-away-prema-entered-heart-won-the-assurance-where-would-Dēva-abandon-his-dāsa abhang. Won-the-bharavaṣā register. The rare full-bellied-after-the-meal-no-more-need-of-mukti victory abhang. Six claims:

  1. पोट-धालें — मुक्ति-पांग-नाहीं. No-need-of-mukti-now-claim. Then thepōṭaisdhālē (full);(we) sat in the panktī (row of-those-being-fed);now what (need of) mukti-pānga (mukti-as-need)?(When the soul-belly is full of bhakti, mukti is no longer aneed.)

  2. धांवा-धांवणें — सध्या-काय. Cry-made-help-coming-claim. Thedhāvā (cry) was made;now there'll be dhāvaṇē (running-to-help);what is needed at-the-moment?

  3. गायन-काळ-नाहीं — आनंद-भरी. Bliss-filled-claim. Where now is thekāḷaforgāyana left?;ānandahas come into all (parts)bharī (filled-to-overflowing). (When ānanda overflows, even thetime for singing is full.)

  4. Dēva-सख्य — विषम-ठाव-नाहीं. No-place-for-calamity-claim. With Dēva'ssakhya-tva (friendship), no place for viṣama (calamity, unevenness);what vāva (room) can remain in-the-middle?

  5. बाधा-वाता-हात — प्रेम-हृदय. Obstruction-blown-away-claim. Then allbādhābecamevātā-hāta (wind-blown-away, scattered);prēmaentered thehrdaya.

  6. Tuka: भरवसा-जिंतिलें — दास-मोकलित-नाहीं. Won-the-bharavaṣā-claim. Tuka says: we have won thebharavaṣā (assurance, certainty);where would Dēva forsake (his) dāsa?

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For someone today

This abhang names the won-the-bharavaṣā register:

  1. Belly full; sat in row; no need of mukti now. No-mukti-need.

  2. Cry made; help coming. Help-coming.

  3. No time for singing left; bliss has filled all. Bliss-filled.

  4. With Dēva's friendship, no place for calamity. Friendship-no-calamity.

  5. All obstruction wind-blown-away; prema entered heart. Obstruction-blown.

  6. Won the assurance; where would Dēva abandon his dāsa. Won-bharavaṣā.

For today: pōṭa dhālē, panktī, no mukti-pānga; dhāvādhāvaṇē; no kāḷa for gāyana, ānanda bharī; sakhya-tva — no viṣama; bādhā vātā-hāta, prēma hrdayāmta; bharavaṣā jimtilē, no dāsa-mōkalitō.

This abhang is Tukaram'swon-the-bharavaṣāregisterone of the rare full-bellied-victory statements. TheDēva kōṭhē dāsā mōkalitō(where would Dēva abandon his dāsa) is the precise won-bharavaṣā claim.

मराठी: ही ओवी won-the-bharavaṣā register नाव सांगते — एक दुर्मिळ full-bellied-victory abhang:

  1. पोट-धालें; मुक्ति-नाहीं. No-mukti-need.

  2. धांवा-धांवणें. Help-coming.

  3. आनंद-भरी. Bliss-filled.

  4. सख्य; विषम-नाहीं. Friendship-no-calamity.

  5. बाधा-वाता; प्रेम-हृदय. Obstruction-blown.

  6. भरवसा-जिंतिलें. Won-bharavaṣā.

आज: Pōṭa dhālē, panktī, mukti-pānga काय?;Dhāvā-dhāvaṇē; Gāyana-kāḷa नाहीं, ānanda bharī; Sakhya-tva — viṣama नाहीं;Bādhā vātā-hāta — prēma hrdayāmta; Bharavaṣā jimtilē — Dēva dāsā कोठें मोकलितो?

Tukaram च-won-the-bharavaṣā-registerRare full-bellied-victory statements पैकी एक. Dēva kōṭhē dāsā mōkalitō precise won-bharavaṣā claim.

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