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Abhanga 1089

Tukaram says trusting Vitthal as a mother's flowing love removes worry the way a pampered child forgets to be afraid.

When cool shade is our mother; Viṭhāī overflows prema-pānhā — and you have to recognize this register
When going to lap and bosom; drink to my desire — and you accept this image
When grace suckles me; pushed into amṛta-life — and you allow this image

The verse

शीतळ साउली आमुची माउली । विठाईं वोळली प्रेमपान्हा ॥१॥ जाऊनि वोसंगा वोरस । लागलें तें इच्छे पीइन वरी ॥ध्रु.॥ कृपा तनु माझा सांभाळी दुभूनि । अमृतजीवनी लोटलीसे ॥२॥ आनंदाचा ठाव नाहीं माझा चित्तीं । सागर तो किती उपमेसी ॥३॥ सैर जाये पडे तयेसी सांकडें । सांभाळीत पुढें मागें आस ॥४॥ तुका म्हणे चिंता कैसी ते मी नेणें । लडिवाळ तान्हें विठाईंचें ॥५॥ रामचरित्र - अभंग ॥१४॥

Literal translation

Śītaḷa sā'ulī — māulī — Viṭhāī — vōḷalī — prēma-pānhā. Vōsangā vōrasa — icchē — drink. Krpā — dubhūni — amrta-jīvanī. Ānanda — chittī — sāgara upamā. Sair — sānkaḍē — sāmbhāḷīt — āsa. Tuka says: chinta unknown — laḍivāḷa tāṇhē Viṭhāīñcē. Rāmacaritra abhanga 14-marker.

मराठी: शीतळ साउली आमुची माउली — Viṭhāī प्रेम-पान्हा वोळली. जाऊनि वोसंगा-वोरस — लागलें तें इच्छें वरी पीइन. कृपा माझा तनु दुभूनि सांभाळी — अमृत-जीवनीं लोटलीसें. आनंदाचा ठाव माझा चित्तीं नाहीं — सागर तो किती उपमेसी? सैर जाये — सांकडें पडे — पुढें-मागें आसें सांभाळीत. Tuka म्हणे: चिंता कैसी, ते मी नेणें — लडिवाळ-तान्हें Viṭhāīचें. ॥रामचरित्र-अभंग १४॥

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
शीतळ साउली आमुची माउली "śītaḷa sā'ulī — māulī"
विठाईं वोळली प्रेमपान्हा "Viṭhāī — vōḷalī — prēma-pānhā"
जाऊनि वोसंगा वोरस "vōsangā vōrasa"
लागलें तें इच्छे पीइन वरी "icchē — drink"
कृपा तनु माझा सांभाळी दुभूनि "krpā — dubhūni"
अमृतजीवनी लोटलीसे "amrta-jīvanī"
आनंदाचा ठाव नाहीं माझा चित्तीं "ānanda — chittī"
सागर तो किती उपमेसी "sāgara — upamā"
सैर जाये पडे तयेसी सांकडें "sair — sānkaḍē"
सांभाळीत पुढें मागें आस "sāmbhāḷīt — āsa"
चिंता कैसी ते मी नेणें "chinta unknown"
लडिवाळ तान्हें विठाईंचें "laḍivāḷa tāṇhē"
रामचरित्र - अभंग ॥१४॥ "Rāmacaritra abhanga 14-marker"

What it means

A cool-shade-is-our-mother-Viṭhāī-overflows-with-the-milk-flood-of-love-going-to-her-lap-and-bosom-I-drink-to-my-desire-on-top-grace-nourishes-my-body-by-suckling-pushed-me-into-the-amṛta-life-bliss-has-no-place-in-my-mind-sāgara-comparison-pointless-wherever-I-go-and-fall-into-difficulty-she-takes-care-before-and-after-with-hope-I-don't-know-what-anxiety-is-I-am-the-pampered-baby-of-Viṭhāī abhang. Laḍivāḷa-tāṇhē-Viṭhāīñcē register. The most-tender Viṭhāī-as-māulī-suckling abhang. Six claims, then the closing marker introducing Rāmacaritra abhanga sub-series. Six claims:

  1. शीतळ-साउली — Viṭhāī-प्रेम-पान्हा. Cool-shade-prema-pānhā-claim. Śītaḷa sā'ulī is our māulī;Viṭhāī vōḷalīwithprēma-pānhā (milk-flood of love).

  2. वोसंग-वोरस — इच्छे-पी. Drink-to-icchā-claim. Going tovōsangā (lap) and vōrasa (bosom); drink toicchē(desire) on top.

  3. कृपा-तनु-दुभूनि — अमृत-जीवनी. Pushed-into-amṛta-life-claim. Krpā nourishes my tanu by dubhūni (suckling); pushed me intoamrta-jīvanī.

  4. आनंद-ठाव-नाहीं — सागर-उपमा. Sāgara-comparison-pointless-claim. Ānanda'sṭhāvanot in mychittī;what's the use of sāgara upama (comparison)?(Bliss can't becontainedin my chitta; comparing it to ocean istoo small.)

  5. सैर-सांकडें — सांभाळ-पुढें-मागें. She-takes-care-before-and-after-claim. Wherever (I) go, fall intosānkaḍē (riddle, difficulty); sāmbhāḷīt puḍhē māgē with āsa.

  6. Tuka: चिंता-नेणें — लडिवाळ-तान्हें-Viṭhāī. Pampered-baby-of-Viṭhāī-claim. Tuka says: whatchintais, I don't know; I am thelaḍivāḷa(pampered)tāṇhē(suckling-baby) ofViṭhāī.

Closing marker: रामचरित्र - अभंग ॥१४॥ — the Rāmacaritra abhanga sub-series, 14 poems, begins after this.

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For someone today

This abhang names the laḍivāḷa-tāṇhē-Viṭhāīñcē register:

  1. Cool shade is mother; Viṭhāī overflows prema-pānhā. Cool-shade-pānhā.

  2. Lap and bosom; drink to desire. Lap-and-bosom.

  3. Grace suckles; pushed into amṛta-life. Suckled.

  4. Bliss no place in chitta; sāgara comparison pointless. Bliss-uncontained.

  5. She takes care before-and-after. Taken-care.

  6. Don't know anxiety; pampered baby of Viṭhāī. Pampered-baby.

For today: śītaḷa sā'ulī, prēma-pānhā Viṭhāī; vōsangā vōrasa, icchē pī; krpā dubhūni, amrta-jīvanī; ānanda ṭhāva नाहीं, sāgara upamā किती;sair sānkaḍē,sāmbhāḷīt puḍhē-māgē; chinta unknown, laḍivāḷa tāṇhē Viṭhāīñcē.

This abhang is Tukaram'slaḍivāḷa-tāṇhē-Viṭhāīñcēregister — one of the most-tender Viṭhāī-as-suckling-mother statements. Thelaḍivāḷa tāṇhē Viṭhāīñcē(pampered baby of Viṭhāī) is the precise pampered-baby claim. Theरामचरित्र-अभंग १४-marker introduces the next sub-series.

मराठी: ही ओवी laḍivāḷa-tāṇhē-Viṭhāīñcē register नाव सांगते. ॥रामचरित्र-अभंग १४॥-नें पुढच्या sub-series-चा आरंभ:

  1. प्रेम-पान्हा. Cool-shade-pānhā.

  2. वोसंग-इच्छे. Lap-and-bosom.

  3. दुभूनि-अमृत-जीवन. Suckled.

  4. सागर-उपमा. Bliss-uncontained.

  5. पुढें-मागें-आस. Taken-care.

  6. लडिवाळ-तान्हें. Pampered-baby.

आज: Śītaḷa sā'ulī, Viṭhāī prēma-pānhā vōḷalī; Vōsangā vōrasa, icchē pī; Krpā tanu dubhūni, amrta-jīvanī; Ānanda chittī-त नाहीं, sāgara upamā किती?; Sair sānkaḍē, sāmbhāḷīt puḍhē-māgē āsa; Chinta nēṇē, laḍivāḷa tāṇhē Viṭhāīñcē.

Tukaram च-laḍivāḷa-tāṇhē-Viṭhāīñcē-register — Most-tender Viṭhāī-as-suckling-mother statements पैकी एक. ॥रामचरित्र-अभंग १४॥-नें Rāmacaritra sub-series सुरू.

Where this applies

Bhakti Mother / Family bond

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