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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1080 of 4582

Abhanga 1080

Tukaram realizes the gap between him and God is only social custom, and that Hari, though all-knowing, kindly speaks with him in plain human terms instead of overwhelming him.

When gap goes only up to folk-custom — and you have to recognize this register
When throw down blanket; one place — and you accept this image
When opposition breaks; no deceit in belly — and you allow this image

The verse

तुम्हां आम्हां उरी तोंवरी । जनाचारी ऐसें तैसी ॥१॥ माझें घोंगडें टाकुन देई । एके ठायीं मग असों ॥ध्रु.॥ विरोधानें पडे तुटी । कपट पोटीं नसावें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे तूं जाणता हरी । मज वेव्हारीं बोलविसी ॥३॥

Literal translation

Urī — janācārī. Ghōngaḍa — ēkē ṭhāyī. Virōdha tuṭi — kapaṭa pōṭīm. Tuka says: jāṇatā Hari — vēvhārī.

मराठी: तुम्हां-आम्हां उरी तों-वरी — जनाचारीं ऐसें-तैसी. माझें घोंगडें टाकुन देई — एके ठायीं मग असों. विरोधानें तुटी पडे — कपट पोटीं नसावें. Tuka म्हणे: तूं जाणता Hari — मज वेव्हारीं बोलविसी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
तुम्हां आम्हां उरी तोंवरी "urī — up-to"
जनाचारी ऐसें तैसी "janācārī"
माझें घोंगडें टाकुन देई "ghōngaḍa — throw"
एके ठायीं मग असों "ēkē ṭhāyī"
विरोधानें पडे तुटी "virōdha tuṭi"
कपट पोटीं नसावें "kapaṭa pōṭīm"
तूं जाणता हरी "jāṇatā Hari"
मज वेव्हारीं बोलविसी "vēvhārī"

What it means

Ghōngaḍyācē abhanga 6. Four claims:

  1. उरी-तोंवरी — जनाचारी. Distance-only-up-to-folk-custom-claim. Between us,urī(gap) goes-only-up-to; byjanācārī (folk-custom), like-this-or-like-that.

  2. घोंगडें-टाकुन — एके-ठायीं. One-place-claim. Throw down myghōngaḍa;let's be in ēkē ṭhāyī (one place) then.

  3. विरोध-तुटी — कपट-पोट-नसावें. No-deceit-claim. Byvirōdha (opposition), tuṭi falls;let kapaṭa not be in pōṭa.

  4. Tuka: जाणता-Hari — वेव्हारी-बोलविसी. Jāṇatā-Hari-makes-me-speak-claim. Tuka says: you,jāṇatāHari; make me speak invēvhārī (transactional dealing). (Hari knows everything but lets me speak in worldly-transactional-style — playing along with the blanket-bargain.)

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For someone today

Tukaram tells Viṭṭhal that the distance between them is really only a matter of social custom, a formality, not anything real underneath. He asks to throw down his blanket, the last prop of the game they've been playing, and simply be together in one place, no pretense left. He adds that disagreement is what breaks a bond, so there must be no deceit sitting in the heart. Then he notices something tender, that Hari already knows everything, yet still lets Tukaram speak to him in the ordinary give and take language of human relationship, playing along instead of overwhelming him with divine knowledge.

मराठी: तुकाराम विठ्ठलाला सांगतात की आपल्यातील अंतर हे खरे तर फक्त लोकाचाराचे, एक औपचारिकता आहे, त्याखाली खरे काही नाही. ते आपली घोंगडी टाकून देण्याची विनंती करतात, जो त्यांच्या खेळातला शेवटचा आधार आहे, आणि निखळ एकाच ठिकाणी एकत्र राहण्याची इच्छा व्यक्त करतात, कोणतीही बतावणी न ठेवता. ते पुढे म्हणतात की विरोधामुळेच नाते तुटते, म्हणून पोटात कपट नसावे. मग त्यांना एक हळुवार गोष्ट जाणवते, की हरीला सगळे आधीच माहीत आहे, तरीही तो तुकारामाला रोजच्या व्यवहारी भाषेत बोलू देतो, आपले दिव्य ज्ञान लादण्याऐवजी त्याच्या खेळात सामील होतो.

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