Abhanga 1382
For today: no other daivata equals Pāṇḍuranga in kaḷi; other tīrthas only redistribute pāpa, but at Paṇḍharī it cannot stay on the body; Hara himself told Girijā this; this deity is everywhere.
The verse
आणीक ऐसें कोठें सांगा । पांडुरंगा सारिखें ॥१॥ दैवत ये भूमंडळीं । उद्धार कळी पावितें ॥ध्रु.॥ कोठें कांहीं कोठें कांहीं । शोध ठायीं स्थळासी ॥२॥ आनेत्रींचें तीर्थी नासे । तीर्थी वसे वज्रलेप ॥३॥ पांडुरंगींचें पांडुरंगीं । पाप अंगीं राहेना ॥४॥ ऐसें हरें गिरिजेप्रति । गुह्य स्थिती सांगितली ॥५॥ तुका म्हणे तीर्थ क्षेत्र । सर्वत्र हें दैवत ॥६॥
Literal translation
English: Where else — say — is there one like Pāṇḍuranga? (What other) daivata in the bhū-maṇḍala is capable of uddhāra in kaḷi-yuga? Somewhere this, somewhere that — search the places. Pāpas of (other-place) get destroyed only at the tīrtha (and stick elsewhere as) vajra-lēpa. At Pāṇḍuranga's Pāṇḍurangī, pāpa cannot remain on the body. Such was the guhya-sthiti Hara told to Girijā. Tuka says: this is the tīrtha-and-kṣetra — sarvatra (everywhere) is this daivata.
मराठी: आणीक ऐसें — कुठें सांगा — पांडुरंगा-सारिखें (दैवत)? भू-मंडळीं — दैवत — कलियुगांत — उद्धार पावायला (समर्थ) तें-च. कुठें कांहीं — कुठें कांहीं — स्थळें-ठायीं — शोध करा. आ-नेत्रींच्या (अन्य-स्थळांच्या) पापांचा — तीर्थांत-च नाश होतो — पण (ती-च) तीर्थांत — वज्र-लेप (पण-घट्ट) म्हणून बसतें. पांडुरंगाच्या पांडुरंगींत-च — पाप अंगीं — राहत नाहीं. हें — हरानें गिरिजेला — गुह्य-स्थिति — सांगितली. Tukā म्हणे — तीर्थ-क्षेत्र — सर्वत्र — हें-च दैवत.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आणीक ऐसें कोठें सांगा पांडुरंगा सारिखें | "where else — say (sānga) — is there one like Pāṇḍuranga?" |
| दैवत ये भूमंडळीं उद्धार कळी पावितें | "(such a) daivata — in the bhū-maṇḍala — capable of uddhāra in kaḷi" |
| कोठें कांहीं कोठें कांहीं शोध ठायीं स्थळासी | "(somewhere this, somewhere that) — śōdha (search) the sthaḷas (places)" |
| आनेत्रींचें तीर्थी नासे | "(pāpa) of ānētra (= other-place) — at the tīrtha — destroyed" |
| तीर्थी वसे वज्रलेप | "(but) at (the other) tīrtha — (pāpa) stays — as vajra-lēpa (diamond-paste / indelible)" |
| पांडुरंगींचें पांडुरंगीं पाप अंगीं राहेना | "at Pāṇḍuranga's Pāṇḍurangī (= Paṇḍharī) — pāpa cannot remain on the body" |
| ऐसें हरें गिरिजेप्रति गुह्य स्थिती सांगितली | "Hara told this to Girijā — the guhya-sthiti (secret-state)" |
| तीर्थ क्षेत्र सर्वत्र हें दैवत | "tīrtha-and-kṣetra — everywhere — (this is) the daivata" |
What it means
Paṇḍharī-tīrtha-supremacy abhang. Framed as Hara-told-Girijā guhya-sthiti.
The opening rhetorical: āṇīka aisē kōṭhē sānga — Pāṇḍurangā sārikhē? — where else, say, is there one like Pāṇḍuranga? The challenge to the listener: name another deity equal.
The criterion: uddhāra kaḷī pāvitēm — capable of uddhāra (uplift) even in kaḷi-yuga. The kaḷi-yuga test: most deities have lost effectiveness in this degraded age; Pāṇḍuranga still works.
The unusual analytical claim about pāpa-tīrtha-mechanics: ānētrīcē tīrthī nāsē — tīrthī vasē vajra-lēpa — the pāpa of (other) tīrthas — at (its own) tīrtha is destroyed — but at (other) tīrtha, it stays as vajra-lēpa (= diamond-paste, indelible). The implicit cosmology: each tīrtha destroys its own kind of pāpa but fixes other kinds. So pilgrims wandering tīrtha-to-tīrtha don't lose pāpa; they redistribute it.
Pāṇḍurangīncē Pāṇḍurangīm — pāpa angīm rāhēnā — at Pāṇḍuranga's Pāṇḍurangī (= Paṇḍharī) — pāpa cannot remain on the body. Paṇḍharī uniquely dissolves all pāpas, not just its own kind.
The framing-claim: Hara Girijē-prati guhya sthitī sāngitalī — Hara (= Śiva) told this guhya-sthiti (secret-state) to Girijā (= Pārvatī). The reference to a Hara-Pārvatī cosmic-conversation as the source of this teaching frames it with maximum-traditional-authority — Śiva himself reveals Vaiṣṇava-Paṇḍharī-supremacy to Pārvatī in private.
The closing universalization: tīrtha kṣētra sarvatra hē daivata — tīrtha-and-kṣetra — sarvatra (everywhere) — (this is) the daivata. Pāṇḍuranga is both the specific Paṇḍharī-tīrtha and the universal-everywhere-deity. Both at once.
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For someone today
For today: no other daivata equals Pāṇḍuranga in kaḷi; other tīrthas only redistribute pāpa, but at Paṇḍharī it cannot stay on the body; Hara himself told Girijā this; this deity is everywhere.
Where this applies
- Where-else-is-Pāṇḍuranga's-equal.* Āṇīka-aisē-Pāṇḍurangā-sārikhē-kōṭhēm.
- Capable-of-uplift-in-kaḷi.* Uddhāra-kaḷī-pāvitēm.
- Other-tīrthas-fix-pāpa-as-vajra-lēpa.* Tīrthī-vasē-vajra-lēpa.
- At-Paṇḍharī-pāpa-cannot-remain.* Pāṇḍurangīm-pāpa-rāhēnā.
- Hara-Girijā-guhya-sthiti.* Hara-Girijē-guhya.
- Sarvatra-this-deity.* Sarvatra-hē-daivata.