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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1093 of 4582

Abhanga 1093

Tukaram says that simply saying the name Rama makes you become Rama, the way sitting in a seat lets you take on its rank. He insists this happiness is not just a claim in words, you can put it to the test yourself and trust your own experience. Once you have tasted the flavor of Rama, he says, no other pleasure can taste as satisfying again. He closes by saying he is not repeating something he heard, he is telling us what he has tasted and felt in his own body.

When saying Rāma becomes Rāma; sit in pada — and you have to recognize this register
When such sukha in vacana; by viśvāsa, see anubhava — and you accept this image
When Rāma-rasa flavor; how do other rasas appeal — and you allow this image

The verse

राम म्हणतां राम चि होइजे । पदीं बैसोन पदवी घेइजे ॥१॥ ऐसें सुख वचनीं आहे । विश्वासें अनुभव पाहें ॥ध्रु.॥ रामरसाचिया चवी । आन रस रुचती केवीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे चाखोनि सांगें । मज अनुभव आहे अंगें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Rāma-ci hōijē — padī padavī. Sukha vacanī — viśvāsa anubhava. Rāma-rasa cavī — āna rasa. Tuka says: cākhōnī sāngē — anubhava angē.

मराठी: राम म्हणतां राम-च होइजे — पदीं बैसोन पदवी घेइजे. ऐसें सुख वचनीं आहे — विश्वासें अनुभव पाहें. राम-रसाचिया चवी — आन रस रुचती केवीं? Tuka म्हणे: चाखोनि सांगें — मज अनुभव आहे अंगें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
राम म्हणतां राम चि होइजे "Rāma-ci hōijē"
पदीं बैसोन पदवी घेइजे "padī padavī"
ऐसें सुख वचनीं आहे "sukha vacanī"
विश्वासें अनुभव पाहें "viśvāsa anubhava"
रामरसाचिया चवी "Rāma-rasa cavī"
आन रस रुचती केवीं "āna rasa"
चाखोनि सांगें "cākhōnī sāngē"
मज अनुभव आहे अंगें "anubhava angē"

What it means

Rāmacaritra abhanga 4. Four claims:

  1. राम-होईजे — पद-पदवी. Becomes-Rāma-claim. SayingRāmabecomesRāma-ci;sit in padī, take the padavī (rank). (The sound and the substance are one — saying the nameis becoming.)

  2. वचन-सुख — विश्वास-अनुभव. Sukha-in-word-claim. Suchsukhais invacanī;by viśvāsa, see anubhava.

  3. राम-रस-चवी — आन-रस. Rāma-rasa-flavor-claim. TheRāma-rasa'scavī (flavor, taste); how doāna rasa(other rasas) appeal?

  4. Tuka: चाखोनि-सांगें — अंगें-अनुभव. Tasted-anubhava-mine-claim. Tuka says: cākhōnī sāngē (tasted, telling); anubhava is mine byangē (in my own body).

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For someone today

Tukaram says that simply saying the name Rama makes you become Rama, the way sitting in a seat lets you take on its rank. He insists this happiness is not just a claim in words, you can put it to the test yourself and trust your own experience. Once you have tasted the flavor of Rama, he says, no other pleasure can taste as satisfying again. He closes by saying he is not repeating something he heard, he is telling us what he has tasted and felt in his own body.

मराठी: तुकाराम म्हणतात की नुसतं रामाचं नाव घेतल्याने माणूस राम बनतो, जसं एखाद्या पदावर बसल्याने त्याची पदवी मिळते. हे सुख फक्त शब्दांत सांगितलेला दावा नाही, असं ते सांगतात, तर याचा अनुभव तू स्वतः घेऊन खात्री करून घे. एकदा रामरसाची चव चाखली की मग दुसरा कुठलाही रस तितका गोड वाटत नाही, असं ते म्हणतात. शेवटी तुकाराम सांगतात की हे त्यांनी कुठून ऐकलेलं नाही, तर स्वतः चाखलेलं आणि स्वतःच्या अंगावर अनुभवलेलं सत्य आहे.

Where this applies

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