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Abhanga 1143

English: Vōnavyā sōnkarī — pānkharī.

When birds ate the field; stay nida-surā-jāgā — and you have to recognize this register

When walked with cōra; laid waste — and you accept this image

When eyes shut night; kūrpī falls day — and you allow this image

The verse

वोनव्या सोंकरीं । सेत खादलें पांखरीं ॥१॥ तैसा खाऊं नको दगा । निदसुरा राहुनि जागा ॥ध्रु.॥ चोरासवें वाट । चालोनि केलें तळपट ॥ २॥ डोळे झांकुनि राती । कूर्पी पडे दिवसा जोती ॥३॥ पोसी वांज गाय । तेथें कैची दुध साय ॥४॥ फुटकी सांगडी । तुका म्हणे न पवे थडी ॥५॥

Literal translation

English: Vōnavyā sōnkarī — pānkharī. Dagā — nida-surā jāgā. Cōra — taḷa-paṭa. Ḍōḷē-jhānkun — kūrpī. Vāñja gā'ī — no dudha-sāya. Tuka says: phuṭakī sāngaḍī — na pavē thaḍī.

मराठी: वोनव्या सोंकरी — पांखरीं सेत खादलें. तैसा दगा खाऊं नको — निद-सुरा राहुनि जागा. चोरा-सवें वाट — चालोनि केलें तळ-पट. डोळे झांकुनि रातीं — दिवसा जोती कूर्पी पडे. वांज गाय पोसी — तेथें कैची दूध-साय? फुटकी सांगडी — Tuka म्हणे: न पवे थडी.

Word-by-word gloss

Marathi	Meaning
वोनव्या सोंकरीं	"vōnavyā sōnkarī"
सेत खादलें पांखरीं	"pānkharī"
तैसा खाऊं नको दगा	"dagā"
निदसुरा राहुनि जागा	"nida-surā jāgā"
चोरासवें वाट	"cōra"
चालोनि केलें तळपट	"taḷa-paṭa"
डोळे झांकुनि राती	"ḍōḷē-jhānkun"
कूर्पी पडे दिवसा जोती	"kūrpī"
पोसी वांज गाय	"vāñja gā'ī"
तेथें कैची दुध साय	"no dudha-sāya"
फुटकी सांगडी	"phuṭakī sāngaḍī"
न पवे थडी	"na pavē thaḍī"

What it means

Five proverb-like images of vain effort. Five claims:

सोंकरी-पांखर. Half-watch-birds-eat-claim.
चोर-वाट-तळ-पट. Walked-with-thief-claim.
रात-डोळ-कूर्पी-दिवसा. Wrong-time-claim.
वांज-गाय — दूध-नाहीं. Barren-cow-claim.
Tuka: फुटकी-सांगडी — थडी-न-पवे. Broken-raft-claim.

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For someone today

This abhang names the phuṭakī-sāngaḍī-na-pavē-thaḍī register (2nd of farming triplet).

For today: sōnkarī-pānkhar; cōra-vāṭa; rātī-kūrpī-divasā; vāñja-gāya; phuṭakī-sāngaḍī.

Where this applies

Half-watch.* Sōnkarī.
Walked-with-thief.* Vāṭa.
Wrong-time.* Kūrpī.
Barren-cow.* Vāñja.
Broken-raft.* Sāngaḍī.

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