Abhanga 1453
Heartfelt devotion, not clever reasoning or analysis, is what truly matters, and once you surrender completely there is no need for further argument or strain.
The verse
ठेवा जाणीव गुंडून । येथें भाव चि प्रमाण ॥१॥ एका अनुसरल्या काज । अवघें जाणें पंढरिराज ॥ध्रु.॥ तर्कविर्कासी वाव । न लागे सायासीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे भावेंविण । अवघा बोलती तो सीण ॥३॥
Literal translation
Set aside jāṇīva, bundled — here, bhāva alone is pramāṇa. To one, surrendered, for the kāja — Paṇḍharī-rāja knows everything. For tarka-virka there's no vāva — no need of sāyāsa. Tuka says: without bhāva — whatever is spoken — is sīṇa.
मराठी: ठेवा — जाणीव — गुंडून; — येथें — भाव — चि — प्रमाण. एका — अनुसरल्या — काज; — अवघें — जाणें — पंढरि-राज. तर्क-विर्कासी — वाव; — न — लागे — सायासीं. Tukā म्हणे — भावेंविण; — अवघा — बोलती — तो — सीण.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ठेवा जाणीव गुंडून | "set aside (ṭhēvā) — jāṇīva (= self-awareness / awareness-of-knowing) — having bundled (guṇḍūna) (it)" |
| येथें भाव चि प्रमाण | "here — bhāva alone (chi) — (is) pramāṇa" |
| एका अनुसरल्या काज | "to one — having anusaralyā (= followed-completely / surrendered) — for the kāja (= work / sake of one)" |
| अवघें जाणें पंढरिराज | "everything (avaghēm) — Paṇḍharī-rāja — knows (jāṇē)" |
| तर्कविर्कासी वाव | "tarka-virka (= reasoning-and-counter-reasoning) — vāva (room) — there is none" |
| न लागे सायासीं | "no need (na lagē) — of sāyāsa (toil)" |
| तुका म्हणे भावेंविण | "Tuka says — without (-viṇa) bhāva" |
| अवघा बोलती तो सीण | "whatever (avaghā) — is spoken — that — is sīṇa (= toil / weariness)" |
What it means
Bundle-up-self-awareness-bhāva-is-pramāṇa abhang. Counterpart to 1438's pramāṇa-nāma-Viṭhōbācyā. Where 1438 said only nāma is our pramāṇa, this abhang says bhāva is the pramāṇa. The opening: ṭhēvā jāṇīva guṇḍūna — yēthēm bhāva chi pramāṇa — set aside (ṭhēvā) —jāṇīva— havingbundledit (guṇḍūna); —here—bhāva alone— ispramāṇa. Jāṇīva — self-awareness / awareness-of-one's-own-knowing — must be bundled-up-and-set-aside; — here, bhāva alone is the valid-knowing. (Striking anti-jñāna-pramāṇa move; cf. 1436's jāṇīvēcā-śrama-vāyām — toil of self-awareness in vain; same theme stated positively.)
The surrender-claim: ēkā anusaralyā kāja — avaghēm jāṇē Paṇḍharī-rāja — toone— havinganusaralyā(= followed-completely / utterly-surrendered) — for thekāja(= sake of one); —everything—Paṇḍharī-rāja—knows. When you've surrendered to one, the Paṇḍharī-king knows everything (= what to do for you). (Compare Bhagavad-Gītā 18.66: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam śaraṇam vraja — give up all dharmas, take refuge in me alone.)
The dismissal of reasoning: tarka-virkāsī vāva — na lagē sāyāsīm — fortarka-virka(= reasoning-and-counter-reasoning) — there's novāva(room); — no need ofsāyāsa(toil). Tarka-virka — the dialectic of arguments-and-counter-arguments — has no place here; no toil needed. (Compare 1444's na-lagē-vēḷa and 1447's na-lagē-śrama — same anti-strain-of-bhakti.)
The closing: bhāvēmviṇa — avaghā bōlatī tō sīṇa — withoutbhāva— whatever is spoken — issīṇa(= weariness / fatigue). Bhāva-less speech is fatigue (= it produces nothing, just tires the speaker and listener). (Compare 1407's bhūsa-siṇē-kāṇḍitī — tired pounding chaff; same theme.)
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For someone today
For today: bundle up self-awareness and set it aside — bhāva alone is the pramāṇa; surrender to one — the Paṇḍharī-king knows everything; no room for reasoning and counter-reasoning, no toil needed; without bhāva, whatever is spoken is just fatigue.
मराठी: आजसाठी: आत्मजाणीव बाजूला ठेवून द्या — इथे फक्त भावच खरा आधार आहे; एका ठिकाणी पूर्ण शरण गेलात की पंढरीराजाला सर्व काही आपसूक कळते; इथे युक्तिवाद आणि प्रतियुक्तिवादाला थारा नाही, कष्ट करण्याचीही गरज नाही; भावाशिवाय बोललेलं सगळं शब्दजाल केवळ शीण आणतं.
Where this applies
- When you try to think or argue your way into faith instead of simply feeling it
- When you are anxious about controlling every detail after you have already committed to trusting someone or something
- When you get stuck debating back and forth in your head instead of just acting from the heart
- When you notice a conversation about faith going in circles because no one really means what they say