Abhanga 1035

This verse pictures devotion as a marketplace. Fresh goods have arrived, as at a fair, and taking part in this trade honestly is how a person escapes the endless coming and going of rebirth. Paṇḍharī, where Viṭṭhal stands on a brick, is described as a marketplace granted specially for this purpose; the road there is thronged with travelers, and the whole world has turned to face it. But Tuka's real point comes at the end: at any market what matters most is that the measure be true, so he asks God, his father, for honest dealing and a fair, true measure, not just a share of the crowd's excitement.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A the-goods-have-come-for-filling-up-by-which-going-and-coming-rebirth-is-avoided-he-is-set-up-standing-on-the-brick-Paṇḍharī-is-the-granted-marketplace-the-road-flows-the-whole-world-has-turned-its-face-bring-the-true-measure-my-father abhang. Bring-true-measure-my-father register. The Pandhari-as-marketplace image. Four claims:

1. केणें-भरा — येरझार-चुके. Goods-come-rebirth-avoided-claim. Thekēṇē (goods, merchandise — i.e. the bhakti-merchandise) have come bharā (for-filling-up);by which yēra-jhāra (going-and-coming, re-birth) is cukē (avoided). (The bhakti-goods have arrived at this fair — and by buying them, one escapes samsāra.)

2. विटे-वरी — पंढरी-पेंठ-इनाम. Paṇḍharī-granted-marketplace-claim. He is set-up-standing on theviṭā (brick — Vitthal stands on a brick at Paṇḍharī);Paṇḍharī is the iṇāma-pēnṭha (the granted market-place / inām-village-market). (Paṇḍharī is thevillage granted-as-fee where the bhakti-fair is held.)

3. मारग-वाहाती — जग-मोहोरलें. Road-flows-world-has-turned-face-claim. Themārga (road) is vāhātī (flowing — i.e. crowded with travellers);the entire jaga has mōhōrāḷē (turned its face) (toward it).

4. Tuka: माप-खरें — बाप. Bring-true-measure-my-father-claim. Tuka says: bring thekharē (true) māpa (measure-vessel);my bāpa (father). (At a marketplace, themeasureis what counts.Bring the true measure — give honest weight, my father.)

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For someone today

This verse pictures devotion as a marketplace. Fresh goods have arrived, as at a fair, and taking part in this trade honestly is how a person escapes the endless coming and going of rebirth. Paṇḍharī, where Viṭṭhal stands on a brick, is described as a marketplace granted specially for this purpose; the road there is thronged with travelers, and the whole world has turned to face it. But Tuka's real point comes at the end: at any market what matters most is that the measure be true, so he asks God, his father, for honest dealing and a fair, true measure, not just a share of the crowd's excitement.

मराठी: ही ओवी भक्तीला बाजारपेठेच्या रूपकातून मांडते. जणू एखाद्या जत्रेत ताजा माल आलेला असतो, तसाच हा भक्तीचा प्रसंग आलेला आहे — आणि यात प्रामाणिकपणे सामील झाल्याने माणूस जन्म-मृत्यूच्या फेऱ्यातून सुटतो. पंढरी, जिथे विठ्ठल विटेवर उभा आहे, ती जणू खास याच व्यवहारासाठी दिलेली बाजारपेठ आहे. वाट माणसांनी ओसंडून वाहते आहे, अवघे जग तिकडे वळले आहे. पण तुकारामांची खरी मागणी शेवटी येते — कोणत्याही बाजारात खरी गोष्ट म्हणजे माप प्रामाणिक असणे. म्हणून ते आपल्या बापाला, विठोबाला, विनवतात की खरे माप द्या — केवळ गर्दीत सामील होणे पुरेसे नाही.

Where this applies

• Goods-come. Kēṇē-bharā.
• Granted-marketplace. Iṇāma-pēnṭha.
• Road-flows. Vāhātī-mārga.
• True-measure. Kharē-māpa.

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