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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1099 of 4582

Abhanga 1099

This verse says that everyone who comes close to Rāma, his mother Kausalyā, the whole city of Ayodhyā, the monkey army who remembered Sītā, even the enemy's own city of Lankā, ends up taking on Rāma's own form. Nothing here is left uncertain; the verse calls it a sure thing, not a maybe. Even Rāvaṇa's Lankā becomes Rāma, suggesting that fixing your attention on Rāma, even in opposition, still transforms you. Tukārām says to meditate on Rāma constantly like this, and he bows at Rāma's feet.

When Kausalyā made Rāma-rūpa — and you have to recognize this register
When Ayōdhyā-people all became Rāma — and you accept this image
When kapis became Rāma-rūpa remembering Jānakī — and you allow this image

The verse

रामरूप केली । रामें कौसल्या माउली ॥१॥ राम होय त्यासी । संदेह नाहीं हा भरवसा ॥ध्रु.॥ अयोध्येचे लोक । राम जाले सकळीक ॥२॥ स्मरतां जानकी । रामरूप जाले कपि ॥३॥ रावणेसी लंका । राम आपण जाला देखा ॥४॥ ऐसा नित्य राम ध्याय । तुका वंदी त्याचे पाय ॥५॥

Literal translation

Kausalyā = Rāma-rūpa. Becomes Rāma — bharavasā. Ayōdhyā = Rāma. Smaratām Jānakī — kapis = Rāma-rūpa. With Rāvaṇa, Lankā = Rāma. Tuka says: nitya dhyāya — vandana.

मराठी: Rāmें Kausalyā माउली Rāma-रूप केली. राम तो होय त्यासि — संदेह नाहीं, हा भरवसा. Ayōdhyāचे लोक — सकळीक राम जाले. Jānakī स्मरतां — कपि Rāma-रूप जाले. Rāvaṇaेशीं — Lankā आपण Rāma जाला देखा. ऐसा नित्य Rāma ध्याय — Tuka त्याचे पाय वंदी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
रामरूप केली रामें कौसल्या माउली "Kausalyā = Rāma-rūpa"
राम होय त्यासी "becomes Rāma"
संदेह नाहीं हा भरवसा "bharavasā"
अयोध्येचे लोक राम जाले सकळीक "Ayōdhyā = Rāma"
स्मरतां जानकी रामरूप जाले कपि "kapis = Rāma-rūpa"
रावणेसी लंका राम आपण जाला देखा "Lankā = Rāma"
ऐसा नित्य राम ध्याय "nitya dhyāya"
तुका वंदी त्याचे पाय "vandana"

What it means

Rāmacaritra abhanga 10. Rāma transforms-everything-into-Rāma-rūpa. Six claims:

  1. Kausalyā-Rāma-रूप. Mother-made-Rāma-rūpa-claim.

  2. होय-राम — भरवसा. Becomes-Rāma-claim.

  3. Ayōdhyā-राम-सकळीक. Ayōdhyā-all-Rāma-claim.

  4. Jānakī-स्मरण — कपि-Rāma-रूप. Kapis-became-Rāma-claim.

  5. Rāvaṇ-Lankā-Rāma. Lankā-became-Rāma-claim. (Even Rāvaṇa, by fixating on Rāma in opposition, was made into Lankā-as-Rāma.)

  6. Tuka: नित्य-ध्याय — पाय-वंदी. Vandana-claim.

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For someone today

This verse says that everyone who comes close to Rāma, his mother Kausalyā, the whole city of Ayodhyā, the monkey army who remembered Sītā, even the enemy's own city of Lankā, ends up taking on Rāma's own form. Nothing here is left uncertain; the verse calls it a sure thing, not a maybe. Even Rāvaṇa's Lankā becomes Rāma, suggesting that fixing your attention on Rāma, even in opposition, still transforms you. Tukārām says to meditate on Rāma constantly like this, and he bows at Rāma's feet.

मराठी: हा अभंग सांगतो की रामाच्या जवळ येणारा प्रत्येकजण, त्याची आई कौसल्या, संपूर्ण अयोध्या नगरी, जानकीचे स्मरण करणारे वानरसैन्य, आणि अगदी शत्रूची लंकाही, शेवटी रामाचेच रूप धारण करतो. यात कोणतीही शंका नाही; हे निश्चित आहे, कदाचित नाही. रावणाची लंकासुद्धा रामरूप होते, यावरून असे सुचते की रामाकडे लक्ष लावले, अगदी विरोधातसुद्धा, तरी माणूस बदलतोच. तुकाराम म्हणतात, अशा प्रकारे रामाचे नित्य ध्यान करावे, आणि ते स्वतः रामाच्या चरणी वंदन करतात.

Where this applies

Bhakti Mother / Family bond

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