Abhanga 1291
For today: every dharma-niti reduces to one ṭhāva — śuddha bhāva in Viṭṭhala; kṣara-akṣara meet at Paṇḍharī; that's the navanīta of the churned āgamas.
The verse
पृथक मी सांगों किती । धर्म नीती सकळां ॥१॥ अवघियांचा एक ठाव । शुद्ध भाव विठ्ठलीं ॥ध्रु.॥ क्षराअक्षराचा भाग । करा लाग पंढरीये ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आगमींचें । मथिलें साचें नवनीत ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: How much pṛthak should I tell — all dharma-niti? One ṭhāva for all — śuddha bhāva in Viṭṭhala. The bhāga of kṣara-akṣara — make their lāga at Paṇḍharī. Tuka says: of the āgamas — the truly-churned navanīta (butter).
मराठी: सकळ धर्म-नीति — पृथक-पृथक — किती सांगू? अवघ्यांचा एक-च ठाव — शुद्ध भाव — विठ्ठलीं. क्षर-अक्षरांचा भाग — पंढरीयेला लाग करा (सांधा करा). Tukā म्हणे — आगमांचें — मथून-झालेलें — साचें नवनीत — हें-च.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| पृथक मी सांगों किती | "how much pṛthak (separately) shall I tell?" |
| धर्म नीती सकळां | "all dharma-nīti" |
| अवघियांचा एक ठाव | "(there is) one ṭhāva (place) — for all" |
| शुद्ध भाव विठ्ठलीं | "śuddha bhāva — in Viṭṭhala" |
| क्षराअक्षराचा भाग | "the bhāga (parts/halves) of kṣara-akṣara (perishable-and-imperishable)" |
| करा लाग पंढरीये | "make (their) lāga (junction / combination) — at Paṇḍharī" |
| आगमींचें मथिलें साचें नवनीत | "of the āgamas — the (truly) churned (mathilēm) — sāce (true) navanīta (butter)" |
What it means
Paṇḍharī-as-essence abhang. The teaching scales: - Pṛthak mī sāngōm kitī — dharma-nīti sakaḷām — How much should I describe all dharma-nīti separately? The answer: don't bother. Everything reduces to one. - Avaghiyāncā ēka ṭhāva — śuddha bhāva Viṭṭhalīm — one ṭhāva for all — śuddha bhāva in Viṭṭhala. - Kṣarā-akṣarācā bhāga — karā lāga Paṇḍharīyē — the kṣara-akṣara halves combine at Paṇḍharī. The kṣara-akṣara dichotomy is from Bhagavad-Gītā 15.16-18 (the perishable creation and the imperishable Brahman, with the Puruṣottama above both). Tuka says these reconcile at Paṇḍharī — the third pole, Puruṣottama-Viṭṭhala.
The closing image: āgamīncē mathilēm sāce navanīta — of the āgamas, the truly-churned navanīta (butter). The śāstras-and-āgamas are the milk; when churned, the butter (the essence) is Paṇḍharī. The navanīta (fresh butter, just-churned) is the warkari-tradition's concentration of all the scriptural milk into one experiential point.
The image of churning recalls the cosmic kṣīra-sāgara-manthana (ocean-of-milk churning) — the gods churned the ocean to extract amṛta. Here, the āgamas are the ocean; Paṇḍharī is the navanīta.
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For someone today
For today: every dharma-niti reduces to one ṭhāva — śuddha bhāva in Viṭṭhala; kṣara-akṣara meet at Paṇḍharī; that's the navanīta of the churned āgamas.
Where this applies
- One-place-for-all-dharma.* Avaghiyāncā-ēka-ṭhāva.
- Śuddha-bhāva-in-Viṭṭhala.* Śuddha-bhāva-Viṭṭhalīm.
- Kṣara-akṣara-meet-at-Paṇḍharī.* Kṣarā-akṣarācā-bhāga-Paṇḍharīyē.
- Paṇḍharī-as-churned-butter.* Āgamīncē-mathilēm-sāce-navanīta.