Abhanga 2123
For today: moving the chitta — we bring slowly toward hita; then blows fall — Paṇḍitas find faults; by fear of samsāra — some rest until the pēṇī; Tuka says — by some bhāva — come near.
The verse
मोहरोनी चित्ती । आणूं हळूं चि वरि हिता ॥१॥ तों हे पडती आघात । खोडी काढिती पंडित ॥ध्रु.॥ संवसारा भेणें । कांहीं उसंती तों पेणें ॥२॥ एखादिया भावें । तुका म्हणे जवळी यावें ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Moving the chitta — we bring slowly toward hita. Then blows fall — Paṇḍitas find faults. By fear of samsāra — some rest until the pēṇī. Tuka says: by some bhāva — come near.
Word-by-word gloss
| Marathi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| मोहरोनी चित्ती | "moving the chitta" |
| आणूं हळूं चि वरि हिता | "we bring slowly toward hita" |
| तों हे पडती आघात | "then blows fall" |
| खोडी काढिती पंडित | "Paṇḍitas find faults" |
| संवसारा भेणें | "by fear of samsāra" |
| कांहीं उसंती तों पेणें | "some rest until the pēṇī" |
| एखादिया भावें | "by some bhāva" |
| तुका म्हणे जवळी यावें | "Tuka says — come near" |
What it means
Gently-bringing-chitta-toward-hita + Paṇḍit-attacks + by-some-bhāva-come-near abhang.
The opening: mōharōnī chittī — āṇūm haḷū chi vari hitā — moving the chitta — we bring slowly toward hita. Patiently-bringing the chitta toward-hita (good).
The Paṇḍit-criticism: tōm hē paḍatī āghāta — khōḍī kāḍhitī paṇḍita — then blows fall — Paṇḍitas find faults. Then-the-blows-fall: Paṇḍitas find-faults. Tukārām's experience of-Paṇḍit-criticism (cf. the Mambājī episodes).
The fear-and-pēṇī: samvasārā bhēṇē — kāhīm usantī tōm pēṇē — by fear of samsāra — some rest until the pēṇī. Pēṇē = the night-resting-stage. By-fear-of-samsāra, take some-rest until-the-next-stage.
The closing — by-bhāva: ēkhādiyā bhāvē — Tukā mhaṇē javaḷī yāvē — by some bhāva — come near. Come-near by some-bhāva-(any-form-of-bhakti).
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For someone today
For today: moving the chitta — we bring slowly toward hita; then blows fall — Paṇḍitas find faults; by fear of samsāra — some rest until the pēṇī; Tuka says — by some bhāva — come near.
Where this applies
- Move-chitta-slowly-toward-hita.* Mōharōnī-chittī-haḷū-vari-hitā.
- Paṇḍitas-find-faults-blows-fall.* Āghāta-paṇḍita-khōḍī-kāḍhitī.
- Fear-of-samsāra-rest-until-pēṇī.* Samvasārā-bhēṇē-usantī-pēṇē.
- By-some-bhāva-come-near.* Bhāvē-javaḷī-yāvē.