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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1160 of 4582

Abhanga 1160

Whose mansion is it really, whose hut, Tukaram asks; without the one Rama, both are equally worthless. Whose body, whose wealth; without Rama, everything simply perishes and passes away. All of it, he says, is just borrowed and temporary; without that one presence there's no true, lasting home anywhere. So why let yourself be fooled by the terror of chasing riches? Sing Rama's name instead, my friend.

When whose mandara, whose jhōparī; except Rāma, all phukarī — and you have to recognize this register
When whose kāyā, whose māyā; except Rāma, all jāyā — and you accept this image
When all celakta-hāra; except Rāma, no vāsāra — and you allow this image

The verse

कवनका मंदर कवनकी झोपरी । एकारामबिन सब हि फुकरी ॥१॥ कवनकी काया कवनकी माया । एकरामबिन सब हि जाया ॥२॥ कहे तुका सब हि चेलक्तहार । एकारामविन नहिं वासार ॥३॥ काहे भुला धनसंपत्तीघोर । रामराम सुन गाउ हो बाप रे ॥ध्रु.॥

Literal translation

Mandara jhōparī — ēkā-Rāma-bina phukarī. Kāyā māyā — jāyā. Tuka says: celakta-hāra — vāsāra. Dhana-sampattī — Rāma-Rāma — bāpa.

मराठी: कोणाची मंदिर — कोणाची झोपडी? — एका Rāma-शिवाय सब फुकरी. कोणाची काया — कोणाची माया? — एका Rāma-शिवाय सब जाया. Tuka म्हणे: सब हि चेलक्त-हार (मात्र-संपादन) — एका Rāma-शिवाय वासार (वास्तव्य) नाहीं. काहे भुला, धन-संपत्ती-घोर — Rāma-Rāma सुनो-गाओ, हो, बाप रे!

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi/Hindi Meaning
कवनका मंदर कवनकी झोपरी "mandara jhōparī"
एकारामबिन सब हि फुकरी "ēkā-Rāma-bina phukarī"
कवनकी काया कवनकी माया "kāyā māyā"
एकरामबिन सब हि जाया "jāyā"
कहे तुका सब हि चेलक्तहार "celakta-hāra"
एकारामविन नहिं वासार "vāsāra"
काहे भुला धनसंपत्तीघोर "dhana-sampattī"
रामराम सुन गाउ हो बाप रे "Rāma-Rāma — bāpa"

What it means

Hindi abhang. Except eka-Rāma, all is vain. Four anaphoric kavanakā claims.

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For someone today

Whose mansion is it really, whose hut, Tukaram asks; without the one Rama, both are equally worthless. Whose body, whose wealth; without Rama, everything simply perishes and passes away. All of it, he says, is just borrowed and temporary; without that one presence there's no true, lasting home anywhere. So why let yourself be fooled by the terror of chasing riches? Sing Rama's name instead, my friend.

मराठी: खरंतर कोणाची हवेली, कोणाची झोपडी, तुकाराम विचारतात - एका Rāma-शिवाय दोन्ही सारख्याच निरुपयोगी. कोणाची काया, कोणाचं धन - Rāma-शिवाय सगळं नाहीसं होऊन जातं. हे सगळं, ते म्हणतात, फक्त उसनं आणि तात्पुरतं आहे - त्या एका उपस्थितीशिवाय कुठेही खरं, टिकणारं घर नाही. मग धन-संपत्तीच्या भीतीने का फसतोस? त्याऐवजी Rāma-Rāma गा, बाबा रे.

Where this applies

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