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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1286 of 4582

Abhanga 1286

For today: the mind alone is all the upacāras; jīva-bhāva at the feet is the offering; citta is the āsana — kīrtana is the only act needed.

When all upacāras are replaced by mind-alone — citta is the āsana, kīrtana is the act

The verse

अवघ्या उपचारा । एक मनें चि दातारा ॥१॥ घ्यावी घ्यावी हे चि सेवा । माझी दुर्बळाची देवा ॥ध्रु.॥ अवघियाचा ठाव । पायांवरि जीवभाव ॥२॥ चित्ताचें आसन । तुका करितो कीर्तन ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: For all the upacāras — only the manas alone, dātārā. Take, take this very sēvā — the durbaḷa's (mine), Deva. The place of all — at the feet — the jīva-bhāva. The citta is the āsana — Tuka does kīrtana.

मराठी: अवघ्या उपचारांना — एक मन-च, दातारा. घ्यावी-घ्यावी — हीच-च सेवा — माझी, दुर्बळाची, देवा. अवघियाचा ठाव — पायांवरीं — जीव-भाव. चित्ताचें आसन — Tukā कीर्तन करतो.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
अवघ्या उपचारा "for all upacāras (ritual offerings)"
एक मनें चि दातारा "only the manas (mind) alone, dātārā"
घ्यावी घ्यावी हे चि सेवा "take, take — this very sēvā"
माझी दुर्बळाची देवा "(the) durbaḷa's (mine), Deva"
अवघियाचा ठाव "the ṭhāva (place) of everything"
पायांवरि जीवभाव "(is) on the feet — the jīva-bhāva"
चित्ताचें आसन "the citta is the āsana (sitting-place / posture)"
तुका करितो कीर्तन "Tuka does kīrtana"

What it means

The mind-alone-pūjā abhang. The traditional pūjā has upacāras — ritual services: arghya (water), pādya (foot-water), āsana (seat), snāna (bath), vastra (clothing), gandha (sandal-paste), puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya — sixteen-or-eighteen offerings. Tuka collapses them all into one: ēka manē chi dātārāonly the mind alone, dātārā (giver). The mind is the entire upacāra-set.

The closing makes the reduction internal-anatomical: - Avaghiyā cā ṭhāva — pāyāmvarī jīva-bhāvathe place of all is at the feet — the jīva-bhāva (the bhāva of the very life) - Cittācē āsana — Tukā karitō kīrtanathe citta is the āsana — Tuka does kīrtana. The citta is the seat (āsana) on which the deity sits; Tuka offers kīrtana as the activity.

This is the pure-internal-pūjā teaching — no bell, no flower, no lamp; mind is everything.

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For someone today

For today: the mind alone is all the upacāras; jīva-bhāva at the feet is the offering; citta is the āsana — kīrtana is the only act needed.

Where this applies

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