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Abhanga 1131

English: Janī Janārdana māta — vrttānta unknown.

When Janārdana-in-jana but vrttānta unknown — and you have to recognize this register

When who is the bhōgī of janma-jarā-maraṇa-vyādhi — and you accept this image

When who did pāpa-puṇya, śuddha-aśuddha — and you allow this image

The verse

जनीं जनार्दन ऐकतों हे मात । कैसा तो वृत्तांत न कळे आम्हां ॥१॥ जन्म जरा मरण कवण भोगी भोग । व्याधि नाना रोग सुखदुःखें ॥ध्रु.॥ पापपुण्यें शुद्धाशुद्ध आचरणें । हीं कोणांकारणें कवणें केलीं ॥२॥ आम्हां मरण नाश तूं तंव अविनाश । कैसा हा विश्वास साच मानूं ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे तूं चि निवडीं हा गुढार । दाखवीं साचार तें चि मज ॥४॥

Literal translation

English: Janī Janārdana māta — vrttānta unknown. Janma-jarā-maraṇa bhōga bhōgī — vyādhi rōga sukha-duḥkha. Pāpa-puṇya śuddhā-aśuddha — for-whom by-whom. Maraṇa nāśa — avināśa — viśvāsa sāca. Tuka says: tūm-ci nivaḍī guḍhāra — sācāra.

मराठी: जनीं जनार्दन ही मात ऐकतों — पण कैसा तो वृत्तांत आम्हांस न-कळे. जन्म-जरा-मरण — कवण भोगी हा भोग? — व्याधि-नाना-रोग, सुख-दुःखें. पाप-पुण्य, शुद्ध-अशुद्ध-आचरणें — हीं कोणां-कारणें कवणें केलीं? आम्हांस मरण-नाश — तूं तंव अविनाश — हा विश्वास कैसा साच मानूं? Tuka म्हणे: तूं-च हा गुढार निवडीं — साचार तें-च माज दाखवीं.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
जनीं जनार्दन ऐकतों हे मात	"janī Janārdana māta"
कैसा तो वृत्तांत न कळे आम्हां	"vrttānta unknown"
जन्म जरा मरण कवण भोगी भोग	"janma-jarā-maraṇa bhōga bhōgī"
व्याधि नाना रोग सुखदुःखें	"vyādhi rōga sukha-duḥkha"
पापपुण्यें शुद्धाशुद्ध आचरणें	"pāpa-puṇya śuddhā-aśuddha"
हीं कोणांकारणें कवणें केलीं	"for-whom by-whom"
आम्हां मरण नाश	"maraṇa nāśa"
तूं तंव अविनाश	"avināśa"
कैसा हा विश्वास साच मानूं	"viśvāsa sāca"
तूं चि निवडीं हा गुढार	"tūm-ci nivaḍī guḍhāra"
दाखवीं साचार तें चि मज	"sācāra"

What it means

A philosophical-doubt abhang. If Janārdana is in jana, who suffers janma-jarā-maraṇa-vyādhi-rōga-sukha-duḥkha? The doubt is honest: the doctrinal claim jana-Janārdana (people are God) doesn't resolve the actual suffering of those people. Five claims:

जन-जनार्दन-वृत्तांत-न. Doctrine-but-don't-know-detail-claim.
जन्म-जरा-मरण — भोगी-कवण. Who-experiences-claim.
पाप-पुण्य — कोणां-कारणें-कवणें. For-whom-by-whom-claim.
मरण-अविनाश — विश्वास-साच. Trust-as-truth-claim.
Tuka: निवडीं-गुढार — साचार-दाखवी. Resolve-puzzle-claim. (You yourself solve the puzzle and show me the sācāra (true-thing).)

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For someone today

This abhang names the tūm-ci-nivaḍī-guḍhāra register.

For today: jana-Janārdana māta; bhōga-bhōgī-vyādhi; pāpa-puṇya-kavaṇē; maraṇa-avināśa-viśvāsa; guḍhāra-sācāra.

Where this applies

Doctrine.* Vrttānta.
Who-suffers.* Bhōgī.
For-whom.* Kavaṇē.
Trust.* Avināśa.
Resolve-puzzle.* Guḍhāra.

Mortality / Vairāgya Bhakti