Abhanga 1100
This verse paints the homecoming of Rama to Ayodhya: conches and drums sounding, the whole city shouting in joy, Bharata embraced by his brother, lamps waved in welcome. Tukaram ends on the real point: in that moment, cows and calves, men, women, and children were all joyful together. True Rama-rajya, true right order, is not measured by pomp but by whether every living being shares in the happiness. When you picture what a good homecoming, a good household, or a good community looks like, this is the test: does the joy reach everyone, down to the animals in the yard, or only the people at the center of attention?
The verse
आनंदले लोक नरनारी परिवार । शंखभेरीतुरें वाद्यांचे गजर ॥१॥ आनंद जाला अयोध्येसी आले रघुनाथ । अवघा जेजेकार आळंगिला भरत ॥ध्रु.॥ करिती अक्षवाणें ओंवाळिती रघुवीरा । लक्ष्मीसहित लक्ष्मण दुसरा ॥२॥ जालें रामराज्य आनंदलीं सकळें । तुका म्हणे गाईंवत्सें नरनारीबाळें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Ānandalē lōka nara-nārī — śamkha-bhērī-tūra. Raghu-nātha came — jay-jay-kāra — āḷangilā Bharata. Akṣa-vāṇē — ōmvāḷitī — Lakṣmī-sahita Lakṣmaṇa. Tuka says: Rāma-rājya — gā'īm-vatsē nara-nārī-bāḷē.
मराठी: आनंदले लोक नर-नारी परिवार — शंख-भेरी-तुरें वाद्यांचे गजर. आनंद जाला, Ayōdhyēसि Raghu-nātha आले — अवघा जय-जय-कार, Bharata आळंगिला. अक्ष-वाणें करिती, Raghu-vīrā ओंवाळिती — Lakṣmī-सहित Lakṣmaṇ दुसरा. Rāma-rājya जालें, सकळें आनंदलीं — Tuka म्हणे: गाईं-वत्सें, नर-नारी-बाळें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आनंदले लोक नरनारी परिवार | "ānandalē lōka nara-nārī" |
| शंखभेरीतुरें वाद्यांचे गजर | "śamkha-bhērī-tūra" |
| आनंद जाला अयोध्येसी आले रघुनाथ | "Raghu-nātha came" |
| अवघा जेजेकार आळंगिला भरत | "jay-jay-kāra — āḷangilā Bharata" |
| करिती अक्षवाणें ओंवाळिती रघुवीरा | "akṣa-vāṇē — ōmvāḷitī" |
| लक्ष्मीसहित लक्ष्मण दुसरा | "Lakṣmī-sahita Lakṣmaṇa" |
| जालें रामराज्य आनंदलीं सकळें | "Rāma-rājya" |
| गाईंवत्सें नरनारीबाळें | "gā'īm-vatsē nara-nārī-bāḷē" |
What it means
Rāmacaritra abhanga 11. The triumphant return to Ayōdhyā. Four claims, building the festal scene. Conch (śamkha), drum (bhērī), trumpet (tūra), the jay-jay-kāra of all the people, embracing Bharata, akṣa-vāṇē (the rice-and-vermilion welcome), ōmvāḷaṇē (the waving of lamps around the head to ward off evil-eye), Lakṣmaṇa with Lakṣmī. The final image: Rāma-rājya — and cows-and-calves, men-women-children all joyful. The traditional sign of Rāma-rule: every kind of being shares the bliss.
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For someone today
This verse paints the homecoming of Rama to Ayodhya: conches and drums sounding, the whole city shouting in joy, Bharata embraced by his brother, lamps waved in welcome. Tukaram ends on the real point: in that moment, cows and calves, men, women, and children were all joyful together. True Rama-rajya, true right order, is not measured by pomp but by whether every living being shares in the happiness. When you picture what a good homecoming, a good household, or a good community looks like, this is the test: does the joy reach everyone, down to the animals in the yard, or only the people at the center of attention?
मराठी: हा अभंग रामाच्या अयोध्येतील परतीचे वर्णन करतो: शंख-भेरी वाजतात, अवघी नगरी जयजयकार करते, भरत भावाला मिठी मारतो, ओवाळणी होते. पण तुकाराम खरा मुद्दा शेवटी सांगतात, त्या क्षणी गाई-वासरे, पुरुष, स्त्रिया आणि मुले सगळेच आनंदात होते. खरे रामराज्य म्हणजे थाटामाटाने मोजले जाणारे नसून, प्रत्येक जीवाला आनंद पोहोचतो की नाही यावरून ओळखले जाते. घर, गाव किंवा कोणताही उत्सव खरोखर चांगला आहे की नाही हे तपासायचे असेल तर हाच निकष लावा, आनंद फक्त मध्यभागी असलेल्या लोकांपुरता आहे की अंगणातल्या प्राण्यांपर्यंतही पोहोचतो आहे.
Where this applies
- Festal. Gajara.
- Return. Bharata.
- Welcome. Akṣa-vāṇē.
- Rāma-rājya. Gā'īm-vatsē.