Abhanga 1745
For today: (this is an editorial-biographical-marker by the gathā-compilers identifying the next abhang as) — by Anaghaḍasiddha's word-effect, burning-fever arose in Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa's body; the abhang which calmed-it follows.
The verse
अनघडसिद्धाच्या शब्देंकरून रामेश्वरभटाच्या शरीरीं दाह जाला तो ज्यानें शमला तो अभंग ॥ १ ॥
Literal translation
English: By Anaghaḍasiddha's word-effect, in Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa's body, dāha (burning-fever) came; that one which calmed it — that abhang ॥1॥.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अनघडसिद्धाच्या शब्देंकरून | "by Anaghaḍasiddha's word-effect" |
| रामेश्वरभटाच्या शरीरीं | "in Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa's body" |
| दाह जाला | "dāha (burning) came" |
| तो ज्यानें शमला | "that one which calmed (it)" |
| तो अभंग ॥१॥ | "that abhang ॥1॥" |
What it means
Editorial-biographical-marker abhang. A third-person editorial-stanza (not in Tukaram's own voice) that identifies the next abhang (1746) as the fever-extinguishing-abhang.
The Tukaram-Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa narrative: One of the foundational biographical-events in the Tukaram-tradition. Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa was a Brahmin scholar from Wāgholī who initially-opposed Tukaram-of-the-Kunbi-caste — claimed Tukaram had no-right (as a Śūdra) to compose Sanskrit-influenced abhangs and read scriptures. Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa allegedly had Tukaram's gathā-manuscripts thrown into the Indrāyaṇī river. The story: Tukaram fasted for thirteen days; Pāṇḍuranga returned the manuscripts to him from the river; thereafter Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa repented and became Tukaram's-disciple.
Anaghaḍasiddha is referenced here as having spoken-words that caused dāha (burning-fever) in Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa's body. Anaghaḍasiddha may be a siddha-saint whom Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa had-disrespected; the disrespect led to a yogic-curse-burning. (Some traditions identify Anaghaḍasiddha as related to Tukaram's lineage of saint-tradition.) The cure came when Tukaram composed-and-sent the abhang (= 1746); on hearing it, the burning was extinguished.
This makes 1746 a biographically-charged abhang — composed for a specific-occasion, with specific-curative-power. The editorial-stanza here is the gathā-compilers' identification of that-abhang's-context.
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For someone today
For today: (this is an editorial-biographical-marker by the gathā-compilers identifying the next abhang as) — by Anaghaḍasiddha's word-effect, burning-fever arose in Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa's body; the abhang which calmed-it follows.
Where this applies
- Anaghaḍasiddha-word-Rāmeśvara-bhaṭṭa-fever.* Anaghaḍasiddha-Rāmeśvara-bhaṭa-dāha.
- Abhang-that-calmed-fever-follows.* Jyānē-śamalā-abhanga.