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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1417 of 4582

Abhanga 1417

For today: no more talk now except of Deva; with one stroke, the vow was made — gave Hari krōdha-kāma; will look at those feet until sight has its fill; this is the mind's samkalpa to bear forward.

When you'd hand over the inner enemies to Hari — no more talk except of Deva; with one stroke, gave him krōdha-kāma; will look at his feet until eyes have their fill

The verse

बोलणें चि नाहीं । आतां देवाविण कांहीं ॥१॥ एकसरें केला नेम । देवा दिले क्रोध काम ॥ध्रु.॥ पाहेन ते पाय । जोंवरि हे दृष्टी धाय ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे मनें । हे चि संकल्प वाहाणें ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: No more talk now — except about Deva. With one stroke, the nēma was made — to Deva, (I) gave krōdha-kāma. I will look at those pāya — until this dṛṣṭi has its dhāya. Tuka says: by the mana — this very is the samkalpa to vāhāṇē.

मराठी: बोलणें — चि — नाहीं; — आतां — देवाविण — कांहीं. एकसरें — केला — नेम; — देवा — दिले — क्रोध — काम. पाहेन — ते — पाय; — जोंवरि — हे — दृष्टी — धाय. Tukā म्हणे — मनें; — हे — चि — संकल्प — वाहाणें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
बोलणें चि नाहीं "bōlaṇē (talking) alone (chi) — there is none"
आतां देवाविण कांहीं "now (ātām) — except for Deva (Devāviṇa) — anything (kāhīm)"
एकसरें केला नेम "with one stroke (ēka-sarēm) — nēma (= rule / vow) was made"
देवा दिले क्रोध काम "to Deva — gave (dilē) — krōdha (anger) — kāma (lust)"
पाहेन ते पाय "I will look (pāhēna) — at those pāya (feet)"
जोंवरि हे दृष्टी धाय "until (jōmvarī) — this — dṛṣṭi (sight) — has its fill (dhāya)"
तुका म्हणे मनें "Tuka says — by the mana"
हे चि संकल्प वाहाणें "this very (hē chi) — samkalpa (resolution) — to vāhāṇē (= bear / carry / drive forth)"

What it means

No-more-talk-except-of-Deva abhang. The opening declaration: bōlaṇē chi nāhīm — ātām Devāviṇa kāhīmthere is no bōlaṇē (talking) — now — anything — except about Deva. The bhakta's speech-vow: no other-talk anymore. (Compare 1407's let-ears-hear-as-if-not-hearing; here let-the-mouth-not-talk-of-anything-else.)

The decisive single-act: ēka-sarēm kēlā nēma — Devā dilē krōdha-kāmawith one stroke (ēka-sarēm) — the nēma (= rule / vow) was made; — to Deva — (I) gavekrōdha-kāma (anger and lust). The one-stroke nēma: handing the inner enemies over to Hari. Krōdha and kāma (the two of the ṣaḍ-ripu = six-enemies) are given to Hari (= no longer my responsibility — they're his now). (Tuka's typical give-it-to-Hari move; compare 1414's tumacē māthām — let it be on your head.)

The eye-vow: pāhēna tē pāya — jōmvarī hē dṛṣṭi dhāyaI will look (pāhēna) — at those pāya (feet); — until (jōmvarī) — this — dṛṣṭi (sight / faculty-of-seeing) — has its dhāya (= fill / satisfaction). The dṛṣṭi — the seeing-faculty — must drink-its-fill of Hari's feet. (Compare dṛṣṭi-pāna = drinking-with-the-eyes — seeing-as-drinking, classical bhakti-trope.)

The closing: Tukā mhaṇē manēm — hē chi samkalpa vāhāṇēTuka says — by the mana — this very (is) the samkalpa — to vāhāṇē (= bear / carry / drive forth). The mind's resolution-to-bear-forward is just this: no other talk; krōdha-kāma given to Hari; sight drinks his feet.

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For someone today

For today: no more talk now except of Deva; with one stroke, the vow was made — gave Hari krōdha-kāma; will look at those feet until sight has its fill; this is the mind's samkalpa to bear forward.

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