Abhanga 1030

This abhang names the easy-in-kīrtana register:

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A this-never-stale-milk-is-Hari-kathā-the-mother-vaiṣṇavas-served-amṛta-stayed-back-embarrassed-by-this-great-rasa-brahma-ānanda-fallen-and-sinful-are-pāvana-in-the-row-become-catur-bhuja-like-Dēva-all-sukhas-turn-face-toward-where-vaiṣṇavas-crowd-nirguṇa-took-form-of-guṇavanta-with-prīti-sings-and-dances-sādhanas-strained-and-discarded-became-easy-in-kīrtana-stood-there abhang. Easy-in-kīrtana register. The classic kīrtana-as-feast-of-Hari-milk image. Six claims:

1. अविट-क्षीर — Hari-कथा-माउली — वैष्णव-सेविती. Never-stale-milk-claim. This aviṭa (un-fading, never-stale) kṣīra is Hari-kathā — the *māulī (mother); vaiṣṇava-jana* have served and have-been-served.

2. अमृत-लाजोनि — रस-ब्रह्म-आनंद. Amṛta-embarrassed-claim. Amrta has stayed back lājōnī (embarrassed); by this thōra *rasa, brahma-ānandē*. (Even amrta is embarrassed-and-falls-back at this rasa of Hari-kathā.)

3. पतित-पावन-पंगती — चतुर्भुज. Fallen-become-four-armed-claim. The patita-pātakī are pāvana in the panktī (sitting-row); they become *catur-bhuja (four-armed) like Dēva*.

4. सुख-मोहोरती — वैष्णव-दाटणी. Sukhas-turn-toward-vaiṣṇava-crowd-claim. All sukhas mōhōratī (turn-the-face-toward) that *ṭhāya; where there is dāṭaṇī (crowd) of vaiṣṇavas*.

5. निर्गुण-सोंग-गुणवंत — प्रीति-गाये-नाचे. Nirguṇa-took-form-claim. The nirguṇa took on this sōnga (role, form) of *guṇavanta; holding prīti, sings-and-dances. (The formless took on form for love's sake*.)

6. Tuka: साधन-गाळणी — सुलभ-कीर्तनीं. Easy-in-kīrtana-claim. Tuka says: sādhanas became gāḷaṇī (strained, sieved-and-discarded); became *sulabha (easy) in kīrtana, stood-there*. (All elaborate sādhanas were sieved out — only kīrtana remains, the easy way.)

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For someone today

This abhang names the easy-in-kīrtana register:

1. Never-stale milk is Hari-kathā the mother. Mother-milk.

2. Amṛta embarrassed by this great rasa. Amṛta-embarrassed.

3. Fallen-sinful pāvana in row — catur-bhuja like Dēva. Row-and-four-arms.

4. All sukhas turn toward vaiṣṇava-crowd. Sukhas-turn.

5. Nirguṇa took form of guṇavanta — sings and dances. Form-by-love.

6. Sādhanas strained — easy in kīrtana. Easy-in-kīrtana.

For today: aviṭa kṣīra, Hari-kathā māulī; amrta lājōnī, brahma-ānandē; patita-pātakī pāvana pankti, *catur-bhuja; sukha mōhōratī, vaiṣṇava-dāṭaṇī; nirguṇa — guṇavanta-sōnga, prīti gāyē-nācē; sādhana gāḷaṇī, sulabha kīrtanīm.

This abhang is Tukaram's easy-in-kīrtana register — one of the most-precise kīrtana-as-feast-of-mother-milk statements. The kēlīm sādhanē gāḷaṇī sulabha kīrtanīm hōūnī ṭhēlā (sādhanas strained, became easy in kīrtana) is the precise easy-in-kīrtana claim.

मराठी: ही ओवी easy-in-kīrtana register नाव सांगते:

1. Hari-कथा-माउली. Mother-milk.

2. अमृत-लाजोनि. Amṛta-embarrassed.

3. पतित-पंगती-चतुर्भुज. Row-and-four-arms.

4. वैष्णव-दाटणी. Sukhas-turn.

5. निर्गुण-सोंग. Form-by-love.

6. साधन-गाळणी; सुलभ-कीर्तन. Easy-in-kīrtana.

आज: Aviṭa kṣīra Hari-kathā māulī; Amrta lājōnī, brahma-ānandē; *Patita-pātakī pāvana pankti, catur-bhuja; Sukha mōhōratī, vaiṣṇava-dāṭaṇī; Nirguṇa-guṇavanta-sōnga, prīti gāyē-nācē; *Sādhana gāḷaṇī, sulabha kīrtanīm hōūnī ṭhēlā.

Tukaram च-easy-in-kīrtana-register — Most-precise kīrtana-as-feast-of-mother-milk statements पैकी एक. Sulabha kīrtanīm hōūnī ṭhēlā precise easy-in-kīrtana claim.

Where this applies

• Mother-milk.* Aviṭa-kṣīra.
• Amṛta-embarrassed.* Lājōnī.
• Row-and-four-arms.* Catur-bhuja.
• Sukhas-turn.* Dāṭaṇī.
• Form-by-love.* Nirguṇa-sōnga.
• Easy-in-kīrtana.* Gāḷaṇī.

Related verses

• Abhanga 4555
• Abhanga 4476
• Abhanga 1126 — English: Antarīcā bhāva guja — kāja Pāṇḍurangā.
• Abhanga 1708 — For today: our own country is in the three-bhuvanas — that's our dwelling; we are the belo