Abhanga 1071
Tukaram says that the servants of God are so powerful in their goodness that simply keeping company with them can purify even a deeply flawed person. Stand near these devoted people and whatever is inauspicious in your life turns auspicious just by being in their presence. Their love and joy are so overflowing that not even a trace of sin survives near them, and wherever they are, Tukaram says, they turn ordinary earth into heaven itself. The lesson is simple: who you spend your time with matters, because good company can genuinely change you.
The verse
पुनीत केलें विष्णुदासीं । संगें आपुलिया दोषी ॥१॥ कोण पाहे तयांकडे । वीर विठ्ठलाचे गाढे । अशुभ त्यांपुढें शुभ होउनियां ठाके ॥ध्रु.॥ प्रेमसुखाचिया रासी । पाप नाहीं ओखदासी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे त्यांनीं । केली वैकुंठ मेदिनी ॥३॥
Literal translation
Punīta — Viṣṇu-dāsīm — sanga-dōṣī. Vīra gāḍhē — aśubha-śubha. Prēma-sukha rāsi — pāpa — ōkhada. Tuka says: Vaikuṇṭha mēdinī.
मराठी: Viṣṇu-दासीं पुनीत केलें — संगें आपुलिया दोषी. कोण पाहे त्यां-कडे? — Viṭṭhalाचे वीर गाढे — अशुभ त्यां-पुढें शुभ होउनियां ठाके. प्रेम-सुखाचिया रासी — पाप ओखदा-स नाहीं. Tuka म्हणे: त्यांनीं — Vaikuṇṭha मेदिनी केली.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| पुनीत केलें विष्णुदासीं | "punīta — Viṣṇu-dāsīm" |
| संगें आपुलिया दोषी | "sanga-dōṣī" |
| कोण पाहे तयांकडे | "who looks" |
| वीर विठ्ठलाचे गाढे | "vīra gāḍhē" |
| अशुभ त्यांपुढें शुभ होउनियां ठाके | "aśubha-śubha" |
| प्रेमसुखाचिया रासी | "prēma-sukha rāsi" |
| पाप नाहीं ओखदासी | "pāpa — ōkhada" |
| केली वैकुंठ मेदिनी | "Vaikuṇṭha mēdinī" |
What it means
A the-servants-of-Viṣṇu-have-made-others-pure-even-the-faulty-by-their-own-company-who-looks-toward-them-Viṭṭhala's-warriors-are-deep-and-firm-the-inauspicious-becomes-auspicious-standing-before-them-heaps-of-the-bliss-of-love-no-sin-even-for-medicine-by-them-the-earth-has-been-made-Vaikuṇṭha abhang. Made-the-earth-into-Vaikuṇṭha register. Four claims:
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Viṣṇu-दासीं-पुनीत — संग-दोषी. Made-pure-by-sanga-claim. TheViṣṇu-dāsīmhave made (others)punīta (pure); (even)dōṣī(the faulty) by their ownsanga.
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वीर-गाढे — अशुभ-शुभ. Aśubha-becomes-śubha-claim. Who looks toward them?; Viṭhṭhalācē vīra are gāḍhē (deep, firm); aśubha becomes śubha standing-before them.
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प्रेम-सुख-राशि — पाप-ओखदा-नाहीं. No-pāpa-even-for-medicine-claim. Rāsi of prēma-sukha;no pāpa even for ōkhada (medicine, even-as-medicinal-dose). (Pāpa is so absent that there isn't even amedicinal trace of it left.)
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Tuka: Vaikuṇṭह-मेदिनी. Made-the-earth-into-Vaikuṇṭha-claim. Tuka says: by them; they have mademēdinī (the earth) into Vaikuṇṭha.
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For someone today
Tukaram says that the servants of God are so powerful in their goodness that simply keeping company with them can purify even a deeply flawed person. Stand near these devoted people and whatever is inauspicious in your life turns auspicious just by being in their presence. Their love and joy are so overflowing that not even a trace of sin survives near them, and wherever they are, Tukaram says, they turn ordinary earth into heaven itself. The lesson is simple: who you spend your time with matters, because good company can genuinely change you.
मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की देवाच्या भक्तांची चांगुलपणाची शक्ती इतकी मोठी असते की केवळ त्यांची संगत केल्याने अगदी दोषी माणूसही शुद्ध होऊ शकतो. अशा भक्तांच्या जवळ उभे राहिले की जीवनातील अशुभ गोष्टी त्यांच्या सहवासानेच शुभ बनतात. त्यांचे प्रेम आणि आनंद इतका भरलेला असतो की त्यांच्याजवळ पापाचा लवलेशही टिकत नाही, आणि जिथे ते असतात तिथे साधी पृथ्वीही वैकुंठ बनते, असे तुकाराम सांगतात. तात्पर्य साधे आहे: तुम्ही कोणाच्या सहवासात राहता हे महत्त्वाचे आहे, कारण चांगली संगत खरोखर तुम्हाला बदलू शकते.
Where this applies
- Pure-by-sanga. Viṣṇu-dāsa.
- Vīra-gāḍhē. Aśubha-śubha.
- No-pāpa-trace. Ōkhada.
- Earth-Vaikuṇṭha. Mēdinī.