Abhanga 1313
For today: cite the biography even when delivering teaching — the occasion of an abhang is itself part of the abhang's meaning; this header tells you the next composition was sung while burning.
The verse
लोहागांवीं स्वामींच्या अंगावर ऊन पाणी घातलें - तो अभंग ॥१॥
Literal translation
English: (At) Lōhagāmva — hot water was poured on Swāmī's body — (this is) that abhang ॥1॥
मराठी: लोहागांवीं — स्वामींच्या अंगावर — ऊन पाणी घातलें — तो अभंग ॥१॥
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| लोहागांवीं | "at Lōhagāmva" |
| स्वामींच्या अंगावर | "on Swāmī's (Tukaram's) body" |
| ऊन पाणी घातलें | "hot (ūna) water (pāṇī) was poured (ghātalēm)" |
| तो अभंग ॥१॥ | "(this is) that abhang ॥१॥ (one abhang in this set)" |
What it means
Biographical contextual-header in the Gatha — editor's voice.
This entry is not a Tukaram-composition but the editor's biographical heading placed immediately before the next abhang (1314). Such headings are characteristic of the Sakal-Sant-Gatha tradition: they frame an abhang's occasion, telling the reader the vid-ghaṭanā (incident) under which the abhang was sung.
The Lōhagāmva incident. Lōhagāmva is a village near Dehū (Tukaram's home village). The traditional account: someone — variously identified as a brahmin opponent, a household antagonist, or an accidental kitchen mishap — poured hot water on Tukaram's body. In the moment of physical agony, Tukaram cried out to Hari — and that cry is preserved as the abhang at 1314 (jaḷē mājhī kāyā lāgalā vōṇavā).
The Sakal-Sant-Gatha tradition includes such event-abhangs (also called prasanga-abhanga) — abhangs composed in the very moment of crisis — preserved with their occasion-headings. They are biographical evidence and devotional models simultaneously.
The marker ॥१॥ indicates one abhang in this prasanga-set (= 1314 alone).
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For someone today
For today: cite the biography even when delivering teaching — the occasion of an abhang is itself part of the abhang's meaning; this header tells you the next composition was sung while burning.
Where this applies
- Biographical-heading.* Lōhagāmvīm-incident.
- Hot-water-incident.* Ūna-pāṇī-ghātalēm.
- Frame-for-1314. Tō abhanga ॥१॥.*
- Editor's-voice-not-Tukaram's.* Gatha's prasanga-marking.