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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 1516 of 4582

Abhanga 1516

For today: we Viṣṇu-dāsas swing the cloth in the world — we don't let pāpa-puṇya touch our body; nirbhara always in the antara, since Deva took the entire load; the all-Constructor's power is ours, his marked-servants'; we don't even see anything other than Deva.

When you'd see the Viṣṇu-dāsa's confidence — paṭē-ḍhāḷūm; pāpa-puṇya don't touch; Deva took the load; we don't see anything but Deva

The verse

पटे ढाळूं आम्ही विष्णुदास जगीं । लागों नेदूं अंगीं पापपुण्य ॥१॥ निर्भर अंतरीं सदा सर्वकाळ । घेतला सकळ भार देवें ॥ध्रु.॥ बळिवंत जेणें रचिलें सकळ । आम्हां त्याचें बळ अंकितांसी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आम्ही देखत चि नाहीं । देवाविण कांहीं दुसरें तें ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Paṭē-ḍhāḷūm — we Viṣṇu-dāsas — in the jaga; we don't let pāpa-puṇya touch the body. Nirbhara in antara, sadā sarva-kāḷa — Deva took sakaḷa-bhāra. The baḷivanta who racilēm sakaḷa — his baḷa is for us, his ankita-s. Tuka says: we don't even see — anything other than Deva.

मराठी: पटे — ढाळूं — आम्ही — विष्णु-दास — जगीं; — लागों — नेदूं — अंगीं — पाप-पुण्य. निर्भर — अंतरीं — सदा — सर्व-काळ; — घेतला — सकळ — भार — देवें. बळिवंत — जेणें — रचिलें — सकळ; — आम्हां — त्याचें — बळ — अंकितांसी. Tukā म्हणे — आम्ही — देखत — चि — नाहीं; — देवा-विण — कांहीं — दुसरें — तें.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
पटे ढाळूं आम्ही विष्णुदास जगीं "paṭa (cloth) — we swing (ḍhāḷūm) — we Viṣṇu-dāsas — in the jaga"
लागों नेदूं अंगीं पापपुण्य "we don't allow (nēdūm) — touch (lāgōm) — to (the) body — pāpa-puṇya"
निर्भर अंतरीं सदा सर्वकाळ "nirbhara (= filled / un-burdened) — in (the) antara — always — sarva-kāḷa"
घेतला सकळ भार देवें "taken — entire (sakaḷa) — bhāra (load) — by Deva"
बळिवंत जेणें रचिलें सकळ "the baḷivanta (mighty) — by whom — constructed (racilēm) — entire"
आम्हां त्याचें बळ अंकितांसी "to us — his — baḷa (power) — to (his) ankitas (= marked / servants)"
तुका म्हणे आम्ही देखत चि नाहीं "Tuka says — we — do not see at all (dēkhata chi nāhīm)"
देवाविण कांहीं दुसरें तें "except Devaanythingother — that"

What it means

Viṣṇu-dāsa-confidence-portrait abhang. The opening paṭē-ḍhāḷūm image: paṭē ḍhāḷūm āmhī Viṣṇu-dāsa jagīm — lāgōm nēdūm angīm pāpa-puṇyawe swing the paṭa (cloth / banner) — we Viṣṇu-dāsas — in the jaga; — we don't letpāpa-puṇyatouch the body. The paṭa-ḍhāḷūmswinging-the-cloth-as-a-flag — the bhakta-warrior's banner-swing. (Compare 1488's vīra-juñjhāra-portrait; 1493's juñjhāra-Viṣṇu-dāsa; this is a third in the series. Pāpa-puṇya don't touch — same theme as 1493.)

The internal-state: nirbhara antarīm sadā sarva-kāḷa — ghētalā sakaḷa bhāra Devēmnirbhara — in the antara — always — sarva-kāḷa; — Deva took — the entire load. Nirbhara puns: un-burdened + fully-laden — both work — we are fully filled / fully unburdened in our interior, always; because Deva took the entire load. (Compare 1406's kaḍē-baisōm-tēṇēm-asōm-nirbhara — sit on hip, be nirbhara; same theme.)

The power-borrowing: baḷivanta jēṇē racilēm sakaḷa — āmhām tyācēm baḷa ankitāmsīthe mighty one — by whom — constructed — entire; — to us — his power — for (us his) ankitas (= servants). The Constructor-of-all's power is at our disposal because we are his marked-servants. (= classical bhakta-borrowing-divine-power; cf. 1495's Hari-as-bhakta's-debtor — same Hari-aligned-with-bhakta theme.)

The closing-claim: āmhī dēkhata chi nāhīm — Devāvīṇa kāhīm dusarēmwe — don't even seeanythingother — except Deva. Strong: we don't perceive anything-non-Hari at all. (Compare 1503's jēm-jēm-bhēṭē-mī-aisēm — same sarva-bhūta-sama-darśana, here applied as only-Deva-perception*.)

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For someone today

For today: we Viṣṇu-dāsas swing the cloth in the world — we don't let pāpa-puṇya touch our body; nirbhara always in the antara, since Deva took the entire load; the all-Constructor's power is ours, his marked-servants'; we don't even see anything other than Deva.

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