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Abhanga 1073

This abhang names the possibly-later-panegyric register — a tribute to Tuka by Rāmēśvara and Rāmacandra:

When among anantas you are ananta — līlā-clad, world-saver — and you have to recognize this register

When brahma-bliss weighed in Tuka; viśva-samkhyā plays in people — and you accept this image

When giving libation to desired-and-forbidden; brahma-offering without rite — and you allow this image

The verse

ऐसिया अनंतामाजी तूं अनंत । लीलावेश होत जगत्राता ॥१॥ ब्रम्हानंद तुकें तुळे आला तुका । तो हा विश्वसंख्या क्रीडे जनीं ॥ध्रु.॥ देऊनि तिळाजुळी काम्य निषिद्धांसी । विधिविण योगेशी ब्रम्हार्पण ॥२॥ संत वृंदें तीर्थ गौतमी हरिकथा । तुकया नर सिंहस्ता भेटों आली ॥३॥ क्षमा क्षमापणें प्रसद्धि प्रथा जगीं । तें तों तुझ्या अंगी मूर्तिमंत ॥४॥ वेदवाक्यबाहु उभारिला ध्वज । पूजिले देव द्विज सर्वभूतें ॥५॥ ब्रम्ह ऐक्यभावें भक्ति विस्तारिली । वाक्यें सपळ केलीं वेदविहितें ॥६॥ न घडो याचे पायीं बुद्धीचा व्यभिचार । मागे रामेश्वर रामचंद्र ॥७॥

Literal translation

English: Ananta-mājī — ananta — līlā-vēśa — jagat-trātā. Brahma-ānanda — tuḷē — Tuka — viśva-samkhyā krīḍē. Tilā-jaḷī kāmya-niṣiddha — brahma-arpaṇa yōga-īśī. Samta-tīrtha-Hari-kathā — nara-simha-stha bhēṭōm. Kṣamā prasiddhi prathā — mūrti-manta. Vēda-vākya-bāhū dhvaja — Dēva-dvija-sarva-bhūta. Brahma-aikya bhakti-vistāra — sa-paḷa vēda-vihita. Buddhi-vyabhicāra — Rāmēśvara, Rāmacandra.

मराठी: अशा अनंतां-मध्यें तूं अनंत — लीला-वेश होत, जगत्-त्राता. Brahma-ānanda तुकीं तुळे आला Tuka — हा-च विश्व-संख्या जनीं क्रीडे. काम्य-निषिद्धांसि तिळा-जुळी देऊनि — विधि-विण ब्रह्मार्पण योग-ईशी. संत-वृंदें, तीर्थ Gautamī, Hari-कथा — Tukayā नर-सिंह-स्थां भेटों आलीं. क्षमा, क्षमापणें — जगीं प्रसिद्धि-प्रथा — तेच तुझ्या अंगीं मूर्ति-मंत. Veda-वाक्य-बाहू ध्वज उभारिला — Dēva-द्विज-सर्व-भूतें पूजिलें. Brahma-ऐक्य-भावें भक्ति विस्तारिली — Veda-विहितें वाक्यें स-पळ केलीं. याचे पायीं बुद्धीचा व्यभिचार न घडो — मागे Rāmēśvara, Rāmacandra.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
ऐसिया अनंतामाजी तूं अनंत	"ananta-mājī — ananta"
लीलावेश होत जगत्राता	"līlā-vēśa — jagat-trātā"
ब्रम्हानंद तुकें तुळे आला तुका	"brahma-ānanda — tuḷē"
विश्वसंख्या क्रीडे जनीं	"viśva-samkhyā krīḍē"
तिळाजुळी काम्य निषिद्धांसी	"tilā-jaḷī kāmya-niṣiddha"
विधिविण योगेशी ब्रम्हार्पण	"brahma-arpaṇa yōga-īśī"
संत वृंदें तीर्थ गौतमी हरिकथा	"samta-tīrtha-Hari-kathā"
तुकया नर सिंहस्ता भेटों आली	"nara-simha-stha — bhēṭōm"
क्षमा क्षमापणें प्रसिद्धि प्रथा जगीं	"kṣamā — prasiddhi prathā"
तुझ्या अंगी मूर्तिमंत	"mūrti-manta"
वेदवाक्यबाहु उभारिला ध्वज	"vēda-vākya-bāhū dhvaja"
पूजिले देव द्विज सर्वभूतें	"Dēva-dvija-sarva-bhūta"
ब्रम्ह ऐक्यभावें भक्ति विस्तारिली	"brahma-aikya bhakti-vistāra"
वाक्यें सपळ केलीं वेदविहितें	"sa-paḷa vēda-vihita"
न घडो याचे पायीं बुद्धीचा व्यभिचार	"buddhi-vyabhicāra"
मागे रामेश्वर रामचंद्र	"Rāmēśvara — Rāmacandra"

What it means

A among-such-infinite-ones-you-are-the-infinite-clothed-in-līlā-becoming-the-world-saver-brahma-bliss-came-to-be-weighed-in-Tuka-this-cosmic-number-plays-among-people-giving-water-libation-to-the-desired-and-forbidden-without-rite-brahma-offering-to-the-yoga-lord-saint-multitude-tīrtha-Gautamī-Hari-story-came-to-meet-Tuka-the-man-lion-stationed-forgiveness-and-asking-forgiveness-celebrated-tradition-in-the-world-that-very-thing-is-embodied-in-your-body-veda-utterance-arms-raised-the-flag-Dēva-twice-born-and-all-beings-worshipped-by-brahma-unity-feeling-bhakti-was-extended-words-were-made-fruitful-by-vedic-prescription-let-no-perversion-of-mind-happen-at-his-feet-asks-Rāmēśvara-Rāmacandra abhang. Possibly-later-panegyric register. The closing names Rāmēśvara and Rāmacandra who māgē (request, ask) at-Tuka's-feet — strongly suggesting this is a panegyric to Tuka by later devotees Rāmēśvara and Rāmacandra, embedded in the corpus. Seven claims:

अनंत-माझ — लीला-वेश — जगत्-त्राता. Ananta-jagat-trātā-claim.
Brahma-ānanda-तुळे-Tuka — विश्व-संख्या-क्रीडे. Brahma-bliss-weighed-in-Tuka-claim. (Brahma-ānanda has come to weigh-out in Tuka; the cosmic-number plays in people through Tuka.)
काम्य-निषिद्ध-तिळ-जुळ — ब्रह्मार्पण. Brahma-offering-without-rite-claim. (Tuka has cast off both desired (kāmya) and forbidden (niṣiddha) actions and made everything brahma-arpaṇa even without prescribed vidhi.)
संत-तीर्थ-Gautami-Hari-कथा — Tuka-नर-सिंह-स्थ. Saints-and-tīrtha-came-to-Tuka-claim. (Even the saints, the tīrtha-Gautamī (= Gōdāvarī), and Hari-kathā come to meet Tuka the man-lion (nara-simha-stha — placed-as-a-narasimha — fierce protector of bhaktas).)
क्षमा-प्रसिद्ध — मूर्ति-मंत-अंगीं. Kṣamā-embodied-claim.
वेद-वाक्य-ध्वज — सर्व-भूत-पूजा. Vēda-vākya-flag-claim.
Tuka-पाय-व्यभिचार-न-घडो — Rāmēśvara-Rāmacandra-मागे. Asks-Rāmēśvara-Rāmacandra-claim. Let no buddhi-vyabhicāra happen at his (= Tuka's) *pāya; asks Rāmēśvara, Rāmacandra. (Two devotees — Rāmēśvara (likely the famous Rāmēśvar Bhaṭṭ, a Brahmin antagonist later turned bhakta) and Rāmacandra — request / pray at Tuka's feet that no perversion-of-buddhi befall them. This abhang appears to be either Tuka's recounting of their tribute, or a later editorial insertion in their voice.)

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For someone today

This abhang names the possibly-later-panegyric register — a tribute to Tuka by Rāmēśvara and Rāmacandra:

Ananta among anantas; jagat-trātā. Ananta-saver.
Brahma-bliss weighed in Tuka. Bliss-in-Tuka.
Brahma-offering without rite. Without-rite.
Saints and tīrtha came to meet Tuka. Came-to-Tuka.
Kṣamā embodied; veda-flag raised. Embodied-veda.
Brahma-aikya, bhakti extended. Bhakti-extended.
Asks Rāmēśvara, Rāmacandra. Asks-by-name.

For today: ananta-mājī ananta, jagat-trātā; brahma-ānanda Tuka, viśva-samkhyā krīḍē; kāmya-niṣiddha tilā-jaḷī, *brahma-arpaṇa; samta-tīrtha Tuka-meet; kṣamā mūrti-manta; vēda-vākya dhvaja; Rāmēśvara Rāmacandra māgē*.

This abhang is a panegyric-to-Tuka — one of the most-explicit Tuka-as-narasimha-stha statements. The māgē Rāmēśvara Rāmacandra (Rāmēśvara, Rāmacandra ask) is the precise asks-by-name claim — and the unique signature of this abhang.

मराठी: ही ओवी possibly-later-panegyric register नाव सांगते — Tukaला Rāmēśvara-Rāmacandra-कडून tribute:

जगत्-त्राता. Ananta-saver.
Brahma-Tuka. Bliss-in-Tuka.
विधि-विण-ब्रह्मार्पण. Without-rite.
संत-Tuka-भेट. Came-to-Tuka.
क्षमा-मूर्ति-मंत. Embodied-veda.
भक्ति-विस्तार. Bhakti-extended.
Rāmēśvara-Rāmacandra. Asks-by-name.

आज: Aiśiyā anamta-mājī ananta, līlā-vēśa, jagat-trātā; Brahma-ānanda Tukēn tuḷē Tuka, viśva-samkhyā krīḍē janī; *Kāmya-niṣiddha tilā-jaḷī, vidhi-viṇa brahma-arpaṇa; Samta vrndē, tīrtha Gautamī, Hari-kathā Tukayā nara-simha-stā bhēṭōm; Kṣamā prasiddhi prathā, mūrti-manta tujhyā angī; *Vēda-vākya-bāhū dhvaja, sarva-bhūtē pūjilē; Brahma aikya-bhāva, bhakti vistāra; Buddhī-vyabhicāra na ghaḍō, māgē Rāmēśvara Rāmacandra.

A panegyric-to-Tuka register — Most-explicit Tuka-as-narasimha-stha statements पैकी एक. Māgē Rāmēśvara Rāmacandra precise asks-by-name claim — unique to this abhang.

Where this applies

Ananta-saver.* Jagat-trātā.
Bliss-in-Tuka.* Tuḷē.
Without-rite.* Brahma-arpaṇa.
Came-to-Tuka.* Nara-simha-stha.
Embodied-veda.* Mūrti-manta.
Bhakti-extended.* Brahma-aikya.
Asks-by-name.* Rāmēśvara-Rāmacandra.

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