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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2062 of 4582

Abhanga 2062

For today: the fruit is in the belly — even by viyoga the meeting happens; do chintana — essence is recollection; chitta is chitta's witness — no need for upachāra; Tuka says — Deva — inner sēvā reaches (you).

When you'd express fruit-in-belly-meeting-by-viyoga + inner-sēvā-reaches-Lord — phaḷāchī-pōṭīm-viyōgē-bhēṭī; chintana-sāra-āṭhavaṇa; chitta-chittī-gvāhī-upachārē-na; antarīñchī-sēvā-pāvē

The verse

फळाची तों पोटीं । घडे वियोगें ही भेटी ॥१॥ करावें चिंतन । सार तें चि आठवण ॥ध्रु.॥ चित्त चित्ती ग्वाही । उपचारें चाड नाहीं ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे देवा । पावे अंतरींची सेवा ॥३॥ ॥१५॥

Literal translation

English: The fruit is in the belly — even by viyoga the meeting happens. Do chintana — essence is recollection. Chitta is chitta's witness — no need for upachāra. Tuka says: Deva — inner sēvā reaches (you). ॥15॥

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
फळाची तों पोटीं "the fruit is in the belly"
घडे वियोगें ही भेटी "even by viyoga the meeting happens"
करावें चिंतन "do chintana"
सार तें चि आठवण "essence is recollection"
चित्त चित्ती ग्वाही "chitta is chitta's witness"
उपचारें चाड नाहीं "no need for upachāra"
तुका म्हणे देवा "Tuka says — Deva"
पावे अंतरींची सेवा "inner sēvā reaches (you)"
॥१५॥ "colophon-15 — closes 15-abhang bhakta-Lord-bargain cluster (2048-2062)"

What it means

Fruit-in-belly-viyoga-becomes-meeting + chitta-witnesses-chitta + 15-cluster-closer abhang. CLOSES 15-ABHANG BHAKTA-LORD-BARGAIN CLUSTER (2048-2062).

The opening paradox: phaḷāchī tōm pōṭīm — ghaḍē viyōgē hī bhēṭīthe fruit is in the belly — even by viyoga the meeting happens. The fruit (of bhakti) is-already-in-the-belly; even-during-separation the-meeting-occurs. Viyoga itself-is-meeting (= in deep yearning, the beloved is most-present).

The chintana-essence: karāvē chintana — sāra tē chi āṭhavaṇado chintana — essence is recollection. Chintana (contemplation) — its-essence is-recollection (āṭhavaṇa).

The chitta-witness: chitta chittī gvāhī — upachārē chāḍa nāhīmchitta is chitta's witness — no need for upachāra. The chitta witnesses-itself; no-need for-formal-rituals (upachāra). Internal-witness suffices.

The closing — inner sēvā: Tukā mhaṇē Dēvā — pāvē antarīñchī sēvāTuka says: Deva — inner sēvā reaches (you). The Lord-receives the inner-sēvā (= bhāva-śuddha-sēvā reaches Lord, echoing 1984).

THE MAJOR COLOPHON ॥१५॥ confirms 15-abhang bhakta-Lord-bargain cluster spanning 2048-2062. The cluster traces: opening greeting (2048) → asymmetry-acknowledgments (2049) → bargain-formulae (2050, 2055) → playful-intimacy (2052) → mutual-feeling (2053) → hands-joined-capital (2054) → no-Vaiṣṇava-niyama-for-child (2058) → cross-shame-cross-ocean (2059) → dharaṇē-protest (2060) → doorkeeper-wages (2061) → resolution-in-inner-sēvā (2062).

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For today: the fruit is in the belly — even by viyoga the meeting happens; do chintana — essence is recollection; chitta is chitta's witness — no need for upachāra; Tuka says — Deva — inner sēvā reaches (you).

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