Abhanga 1403
For today: let nāma-rūpa burn — my pāpa is in my gāmṭha; let saints' caraṇa-raja unload the clay-body's load; the laṭikā's abhimāna was just sīṇa; the formless's sukha is true and nameless.
The verse
जळो आतां नांव रूप । माझें पाप गांठींचें ॥१॥ संतांचिया चरणरजें । उतरूं ओझें मातीचें ॥ध्रु.॥ लटिकियाचा अभिमान । होता सीण पावित ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे अरूपींचें । सुख साचें निनांवें ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Let nāma-rūpa burn now — my pāpa is in (my) gāmṭha. By saints' caraṇa-raja, let the load of mātī be unloaded. The laṭikā's abhimāna was undergoing sīṇa. Tuka says: the arūpī's sukha is true (and) nameless.
मराठी: जळो — आतां — नांव — रूप; — माझें — पाप — गांठींचें. संतांचिया — चरण-रजें; — उतरूं — ओझें — मातीचें. लटिकियाचा — अभिमान; — होता — सीण — पावित. Tukā म्हणे — अरूपींचें; — सुख — साचें — निनांवें.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| जळो आतां नांव रूप | "let burn (jaḷō) — now (ātām) — nāma-rūpa" |
| माझें पाप गांठींचें | "my (mājhēm) — pāpa (sin) — (is) of the gāmṭha (= knot / bundle / treasury)" |
| संतांचिया चरणरजें | "by saints' (samtāñciyā) — caraṇa-raja (= foot-dust)" |
| उतरूं ओझें मातीचें | "let (us / me) unload — ōjhē (load) — of mātī (= clay / dirt = earth-body)" |
| लटिकियाचा अभिमान | "laṭikiyā (= the false / counterfeit one)'s — abhimāna (= ego-pride)" |
| होता सीण पावित | "was — sīṇa (= toil / fatigue) — undergoing (pāvita)" |
| अरूपींचें | "the arūpī's (= formless one's) — (sukha)" |
| सुख साचें निनांवें | "sukha — (is) sācēm (true) — ninānvēm (= nameless)" |
What it means
Let-name-and-form-burn abhang. The opening declaration: jaḷō ātām nāmva rūpa — mājhēm pāpa gāmṭhīñcēm — let nāma-rūpa burn now; — my pāpa (sin) — is in (my) gāmṭha (= knot / bundle). Nāma-rūpa are what should burn — and what burns is my own gāmṭhī-pāpa (= the bundled-up sin I've been carrying as my gāmṭha (= treasured-bundle / inheritance-bundle)). Pāpa-gāmṭhīcē — the sin is in the bundle I've been hoarding; let nāma-rūpa (the bundle's contents) burn.
The means: samtāñciyā caraṇa-rajēm — utarūm ōjhē mātīcēm — by samtas' caraṇa-raja (= foot-dust); — let the ōjhē (load) of mātī (= clay / earth-body) be utara (= unloaded). The saints' foot-dust is what unloads the clay-body-load. (Compare 1380's ākasmāta caraṇa-raja jōḍē — accidental encountering of foot-dust — confers reverse-samsāra.)
The honest self-judgment: laṭikiyācā abhimāna — hōtā sīṇa pāvita — the laṭikiyā (= the false / counterfeit)'s abhimāna — was undergoing sīṇa (= toil / fatigue / weariness). The bhakta's confession: what I had been being proud of was a laṭikā (= a counterfeit) — and that abhimāna itself was sīṇa — kept me weary.
The closing: Tukā mhaṇē arūpīñcēm — sukha sācēm ninānvēm — Tuka says — the arūpī's (= formless one's) — sukha — is sācēm (true) — ninānvēm (= nameless). The true sukha is of the formless and is nameless. The opening let nāma-rūpa burn connects to the closing the true sukha is nameless — once nāma burns, the ninānvē sukha opens.
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For someone today
For today: let nāma-rūpa burn — my pāpa is in my gāmṭha; let saints' caraṇa-raja unload the clay-body's load; the laṭikā's abhimāna was just sīṇa; the formless's sukha is true and nameless.
Where this applies
- Let-name-and-form-burn.* Jaḷō-nāma-rūpa-pāpa-gāmṭha.
- Saints'-foot-dust-unloads-clay-load.* Caraṇa-raja-ōjhē-mātī-utarūm.
- Counterfeit's-abhimāna-was-fatigue.* Laṭikiyā-abhimāna-sīṇa.
- Formless-one's-sukha-true-nameless.* Arūpī-sukha-sācēm-ninānvēm.