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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2321 of 4582

Abhanga 2321

For today: eat happily — do his chintana; his gift reaches him — fruit comes to you; this is the support — the Name of Viśvambhara; Tuka says — no empty place — spread the bhāva.

When you'd teach eat-with-chintana + Name-as-support + spread-the-bhāva — sukhē-khāvē-anna-tyāchē-chintana; dilē-tyāsī-pāvē-phaḷa-āpaṇāsī-phāvē; ādhāra-nāma-Viśvambhara; ritā-ṭhāva-pasarīm-bhāva

The verse

सुखें खावें अन्न । त्याचें करावें चिंतन ॥१॥ त्याचें दिलें त्यासी पावे । फळ आपणासी फावे ॥ध्रु.॥ आहे हा आधार । नाम त्याचें विश्वंभर ॥२॥ नाही रिता ठाव । तुका म्हणे पसरीं भाव ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: Eat food happily — do its chintana. His gift reaches him — the fruit comes to one. This is the support — the Name of Viśvambhara. Tuka says: no empty place — spread out the bhāva.

What it means

Eat-happily-with-chintana + the-Name-of-Viśvambhara-as-support + spread-the-bhāva abhang.

The opening — eat-and-contemplate: sukhē khāvē anna — tyāchē karāvē chintanaeat food happily — do its chintana. Eat-food happily; do-its-chintana (= remember-the-Giver).

The gift returns: tyāchē dilē tyāsī pāvē — phaḷa āpaṇāsī phāvēhis gift reaches him — the fruit comes to one. His-gift reaches-him (by-chintana); the-fruit comes-to-oneself.

The Name-as-support: āhē hā ādhāra — nāma tyāchē Viśvambharathis is the support — the Name of Viśvambhara. The-support is-here: the-Name-of-Viśvambhara.

The no-empty-place: nāhī ritā ṭhāva — Tukā mhaṇē pasarīm bhāvano empty place — spread out the bhāva. There's no-empty-place; spread-out-the-bhāva (= the Lord pervades-everywhere, so spread-your-bhāva-widely).

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For someone today

For today: eat happily — do his chintana; his gift reaches him — fruit comes to you; this is the support — the Name of Viśvambhara; Tuka says — no empty place — spread the bhāva.

Where this applies

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