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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2320 of 4582

Abhanga 2320

English: Having seen the grantha — do kīrtana — then know — its fruit has come.

When you'd insist all-religious-actions-yield-fruit-only-with-the-Name — grantha-kīrtana-phaḷa; vāñyām-tōṇḍa-piṭī-urī; Vēda-Hari-guṇa-ṭhāvē; tapa-tīrthāṭana-kārya-siddhi-Hari-nāmīm; yāga-yajña-dāna-dharma-nāma-kaṇṭhīm; kābāḍāchē-bharī-sāra-dharī-ēka

The verse

पाहुनियां ग्रंथ करावें कीर्तन । तेव्हां आलें जाण फळ त्याचें ॥१॥ नाहीं तरि वांयां केली तोंडपिटी । उरी ते शेवटी उरलीसे ॥ध्रु.॥ पढोनियां वेद हरिगुण गावे । ठावें तें जाणावें तेव्हां जालें ॥२॥ तप तिर्थाटण तेव्हां कार्यसिद्धि । स्थिर राहे बुद्धि हरिच्या नामीं ॥३॥ यागयज्ञादिक काय दानधर्म । तरि फळ नाम कंठीं राहे ॥४॥ तुका म्हणे नको काबाडाचे भरी । पडों सार धरीं हें चि एक ॥५॥

Literal translation

English: Having seen the grantha — do kīrtana — then know — its fruit has come. Otherwise, the tongue-beating is useless — the remainder remains at the end. After reading Veda, sing Hari-guṇas — then what's known becomes known. Tapa and tīrthāṭana — kārya-siddhi — only when the buddhi stays firm in Hari's-Name. Yāga, yajña, etc., what dāna-dharma — only if the Name remains in the throat does fruit happen. Tuka says: don't fall into the kābāḍa's burden — hold this one essence.

What it means

★ ALL-RELIGIOUS-ACTIONS-YIELD-FRUIT-ONLY-WITH-THE-NAME + don't-fall-into-kābāḍa-burden abhang ★. A 5+1-verse Name-as-essential-additive doctrine.

The Name as essential additive to all religious practices: 1. Grantha → kīrtana: reading-the-grantha is-fruitful only-if-kīrtana-follows 2. Veda → Hari-guṇa-singing: reading-the-Veda is-fruitful only-if-Hari-guṇa-singing-follows 3. Tapa-tīrthāṭana → buddhi-in-Hari-nāma: succeed only-when buddhi-is-firm-in-Hari-Name 4. Yāga-yajña-dāna-dharma → Name-in-throat: yield-fruit only-if-the-Name-stays-in-the-throat

Without the Name, all these are vāñyām tōṇḍa-piṭī (useless tongue-beating) leaving only urī (residue) at the end.

The closing — anti-kābāḍa: Tukā mhaṇē nakō kābāḍāchē bharī — paḍōm sāra dharī hē chi ēkaTuka says: don't fall into the kābāḍa's burden — hold this one essence. Kābāḍa = labor, drudgery. Don't-fall into-the-kābāḍa's-burden; hold this-one-essence (= the Name).

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For someone today

For today: grantha → kīrtana, then fruit; otherwise useless tongue-beating; Veda → sing Hari-guṇas; tapa-tīrtha → kārya-siddhi when buddhi stays in Hari's Name; yāga-yajña-dāna-dharma → fruit only if Name in throat; Tuka says — don't fall into kābāḍa-burden — hold this one essence.

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