Abhanga 1034

The truly generous one draws no line between rich and poor, forgets no one who asks sincerely, and answers real faith with overflowing abundance rather than status with favor.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A for-the-mighty-no-distinction-of-caste-the-provisions-are-all-complete-at-home-where-respect-is-much-more-respect-what's-asked-he-gives-more-doesn't-say-relative-friend-needed-king-and-pauper-are-alike-where-he-sees-faith-there-he-lavishes-the-dull-he-keeps-separate-no-one-at-the-petitioner's-place-is-forgotten-by-prayer-Dēva-removes-doubt-he-fills-the-belly-and-leaves-leftover-shows-by-experience-that-one-is-full abhang. Fills-belly-leaves-leftover register. Six claims:

1. समर्थ-न-वर्ण — सामग्री-सद्धि-घरीं. No-caste-distinction-claim. For thesamartha there is no varṇāvarṇa-bhēda;the sāmagrī are all saddhi (complete) at gharī. (The mighty doesn't discriminate by caste; he has everything ready.)

2. आदर-बहु — मागे-वाढी. More-respect-more-given-claim. In the place ofādara, much ādara;what is asked-for, there vāḍhī (he gives more).

3. सोइरा-न-म्हणे — राजा-रंक-सारिखा. King-and-pauper-alike-claim. He doesn't saysōīrā, suhrda, āvaśyaka;rājā and ranka are sārikhā-ci (alike).

4. भाव-देखे-लडबड — जड-निराळें. Where-bhāva-seen-lavishes-claim. Where he seesbhāva, there laḍa-baḍa (lavishes, fawns-over-with-affection);the jaḍa (heavy / dull) he keeps separate from the jaḍa (i.e. distinguishes the dull and keeps them apart).

5. याचक-न-विसंभे — शंका-फेडी. Yācaka-not-forgotten-claim. No one isvisambhē (forgotten / left-unattended) at the yācaka's (beggar's) place;by vinavī (prayer), Dēva removes śankā.

6. Tuka: पोट-भरुनी-उरवी — अनुभव. Fills-belly-leaves-leftover-claim. Tuka says: he fills thepōṭaand leavesuravī (leftover);shows by anubhava (experience) that one is dhālē (full).

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For someone today

This verse describes a place where the social hierarchies that structure ordinary life simply do not apply. The truly capable, generous one draws no line between castes; whatever is asked for, he gives even more freely than requested. He treats a king and a beggar exactly alike, and no one who comes asking is ever forgotten or turned away. What decides how he responds is not your status but the sincerity of your bhāva, your faith; where he sees that sincerity he lavishes attention, while the merely dull or unfaithful are simply kept apart, not out of cruelty but because sincerity is what he answers to. He does not just feed you enough, he fills you until there is leftover, and that fullness is something you come to know through your own experience, not by being told about it.

मराठी: ही ओवी अशा एका ठिकाणाचे वर्णन करते जिथे सामान्य जगातील उच्च-नीचतेचे भेद लागू होत नाहीत. खरोखर समर्थ आणि उदार असणारा जातिभेद मानत नाही; जे मागाल त्याहून अधिकच भरभरून देतो. राजा असो वा रंक, तो दोघांनाही सारखेच वागवतो, आणि याचना करणाऱ्या कोणालाही तो विसरत नाही किंवा दुर्लक्षित करत नाही. तुमचा दर्जा नव्हे, तर तुमच्या भावातील प्रामाणिकपणा ठरवतो की तो कसा प्रतिसाद देईल; जिथे खरा भाव दिसतो तिथे तो भरभरून प्रेम करतो, आणि जे भाव न ठेवता येतात त्यांना तो केवळ वेगळे ठेवतो. तो फक्त पोटापुरते देत नाही, तर इतके भरभरून देतो की उरतेसुद्धा — आणि ही तृप्ती शब्दांनी नव्हे, तर स्वतःच्या अनुभवानेच कळते.

Where this applies

• No-distinction. Varṇa-bhēda.
• More-respect. Vāḍhī.
• King-pauper-alike. Rājā-ranka.
• Lavish-on-bhāva. Laḍa-baḍa.
• Doubt-removed. Yācaka.
• Anubhava-fills. Uravī.

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