Abhanga 2319
The verse
ज्याचें जया ध्यान । तें चि होय त्याचें मन ॥१॥ म्हणऊनि अवघें सारा । पांडुरंग दृढ धरा ॥ध्रु.॥ सम खूण ज्याचे पाय । उभा व्यापक विटे ठाय ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे नभा । परता अनूचा ही गाभा ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: ★ Whose dhyāna is on what — that itself becomes his mind ★. Therefore push aside everything — firmly hold Pāṇḍuranga. Whose feet are the equal-sign — standing, pervasive, in the vīṭ-place. Tuka says: beyond the sky — the womb of even the atom.
What it means
★ Dhyāna-becomes-mind + hold-Pāṇḍuranga + the-vīṭ-standing-Lord-beyond-sky-yet-atom-womb abhang ★.
THE CELEBRATED OPENING: jyāchē jayā dhyāna — tē chi hōya tyāchē mana — ★ whose dhyāna is on what — that itself becomes his mind ★. ★ Whose dhyāna is-on-what — that-itself becomes his-mind. ★ The fundamental-psychological-truth: the object-of-meditation shapes-the-mind.
The hold-Pāṇḍuranga: mhaṇa'ūni avaghē sārā — Pāṇḍuranga dṛḍha dharā — therefore push aside everything — firmly hold Pāṇḍuranga. Therefore push-aside-everything; firmly-hold Pāṇḍuranga.
The vīṭ-standing image: sama khūṇa jyāchē pāya — ubhā vyāpaka viṭē ṭhāya — whose feet are the equal-sign — standing, pervasive, in the vīṭ-place. Sama khūṇa = equal-sign, balanced-mark. Viṭē = on the brick (= Pandharī's-Viṭhṭhal-on-the-brick). Whose-feet are-the-equal-sign (= sama-charaṇa, the equally-placed-feet); standing-pervasive in-the-vīṭ-place (Pandharī). Iconographic-reference to the Pandharī-mūrti.
The paradox: Tukā mhaṇē nabhā — paratā anūchā hī gābhā — Tuka says: beyond the sky — the womb of even the atom. Beyond-the-sky, and-yet the-womb of-even-the-atom. (= transcendent-and-immanent simultaneously.)
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For someone today
For today: ★ whose dhyāna is on what — that becomes his mind ★; push aside everything — firmly hold Pāṇḍuranga; whose feet are equal-sign — standing in the vīṭ-place; Tuka says — beyond sky, yet atom's womb.
Where this applies
- Dhyāna-becomes-the-mind. Jyāchē-jayā-dhyāna-tē-chi-hōya-mana.
- Push-aside-everything-hold-Pāṇḍuranga.* Avaghē-sārā-Pāṇḍuranga-dṛḍha-dharā.
- Equal-sign-feet-vīṭ-standing-pervasive.* Sama-khūṇa-pāya-ubhā-vyāpaka-viṭē-ṭhāya.
- Beyond-sky-yet-atom's-womb.* Nabhā-paratā-anūchā-gābhā.