Abhanga 2266

For today: come, come, come running — why delay, kṛpāḷē; Vīṭhā-bā'ī, viśvambhare, bhava-chchēdaka — where are you entangled, viśva-vyāpaka; don't, don't, don't — no laziness, rejection — for manifesting, no far-distance; won't, won't, won't — speech has no rest — Tukā says — eagerness, eagerness, eagerness must be perfected.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

Triple-cry-to-Vīṭhā-bā'ī + eagerness-must-be-perfected abhang.

The triple-call to come: yē'īvō yē'īvō yē'ī dhāmvōniyām — vilamba kām vāyām lāvilā kṛpāḷē — come, oh come, come running — why have you needlessly put delay, kṛpāḷē. Come, come, come-running — why-have-you-needlessly-delayed, kṛpāḷē? The triple-imperative urgency.

The Vīṭhā-bā'ī address: Viṭhā-bā'īm viśvambharē bhava-chchēdakē — kōṭhē gumtalīsa agē viśva-vyāpakē — Vīṭhā-bā'ī, viśvambhare, breaker-of-the-bhava — where are you entangled, alas, viśva-vyāpaka. Vīṭhā-bā'ī = the feminine-form of Viṭhṭhal (the Vārkarī-tradition's-māulī-image). Viśvambhare = world-supporter (feminine). Bhava-chchēdaka = cutter-of-the-bhava. Viśva-vyāpaka = all-pervader. Vīṭhā-bā'ī (the feminine-form), viśvambhare, bhava-chchēdaka; where are-you-entangled, alas, viśva-vyāpaka? The feminine-mother-form of-Viṭhṭhal — distinctive Vārkarī-tradition image-mode.

The triple don't-make-delay: na karīm na karīm na karīm ātām aḷasa avhēru — vhāvayā prakaṭa kaiñchē dūri antaru — don't, don't, don't make any laziness, rejection now — for making yourself manifest, what far-distance. Don't, don't, don't make laziness-or-rejection now; for-manifesting-yourself, what-far-distance is-there?

The triple won't-take + eagerness: nēghē nēghē nēghē mājhī vāchā visāmvā — Tukā mhaṇē hāmvā hāmvā hāmvā sādhāvā — won't take, won't take, won't take — my speech has no rest — Tukā says — eagerness, eagerness, eagerness must be perfected. Hāmvā = eagerness, yearning. Sādhāvā = should be perfected/achieved. Won't-take, won't-take, won't-take — my speech has no rest; Tukā says — eagerness, eagerness, eagerness must-be-perfected. The triple-pattern continues into the closing — establishing-an-urgency through-the-rhetorical-form itself.

The triple-repetition pattern: 12 triple-repetitions across the abhang (yē'īvō ×3, na karīm ×3, nēghē ×3, hāmvā ×3) — a highly-unusual-and-emphatic rhetorical-form. A literary-tour-de-force of-urgency.

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For someone today

For today: come, come, come running — why delay, kṛpāḷē; Vīṭhā-bā'ī, viśvambhare, bhava-chchēdaka — where are you entangled, viśva-vyāpaka; don't, don't, don't — no laziness, rejection — for manifesting, no far-distance; won't, won't, won't — speech has no rest — Tukā says — eagerness, eagerness, eagerness must be perfected.

Where this applies

• Triple-come-running-kṛpāḷē-delay.* Yē'īvō-yē'īvō-yē'ī-dhāmvōniyām-vilamba-kṛpāḷē.
• Vīṭhā-bā'ī-bhava-chchēdaka-where-entangled.* Viṭhā-bā'īm-viśvambharē-bhava-chchēdakē-gumtalīsa-viśva-vyāpakē.
• Triple-don't-make-delay-no-far-distance.* Na-karīm-aḷasa-avhēru-prakaṭa-dūri-antaru.
• Triple-won't-take-eagerness-be-perfected.* Nēghē-mājhī-vāchā-visāmvā-hāmvā-sādhāvā.

Related verses

• Abhanga 2374
• Abhanga 2377 — English: Gentle, sweet bāla-rūpa — that form from Kāḷī-time.
• Abhanga 2387
• Abhanga 2402