Abhanga 2342
The verse
पंढरीची वारी आहे माझे घरीं । आणीक न करीं तीर्थव्रत ॥१॥ व्रत एकादशी करीन उपवासी । गाइन अहर्निशीं मुखीं नाम ॥२॥ नाम विठोबाचें घेईंन मी वाचे । बीज कल्पांतींचें तुका म्हणे ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: ★ Paṇḍharī's vārī is in my house — I don't do other tīrtha-vrata ★. I'll do the ēkādaśī-vrata, fasting — I'll sing night-and-day the Name in the mouth. ★ The Name of Viṭhobā I'll take in my mouth — Tukā says: the seed at the end-of-kalpa ★.
What it means
★ THE MOST-FAMOUS VĀRKARĪ-VOW ABHANG ★ — Paṇḍharī's-vārī is in my house.
★ THE OPENING LINE — THE VĀRKARĪ-VOW ★: Paṇḍharīcī vārī āhē mājhē gharīm — āṇīka na karīm tīrtha-vrata — ★ Paṇḍharī's vārī is in my house — I don't do other tīrtha-vrata ★. ★ Paṇḍharī's-vārī (the annual-pilgrimage to-Paṇḍharī) is-in-my-house (as our family-tradition); I-don't-do other-tīrtha-vrata. ★ THE FAMOUS VĀRKARĪ DECLARATION: the Vārkarī-bhakta has-no-other-pilgrimage, only-Paṇḍharī.
The ēkādaśī-vrata: vrata ēkādaśī karīna upavāsī — gā'ina ahar-niśīm mukhīm nāma — I'll do the ēkādaśī-vrata, fasting — I'll sing night-and-day the Name in the mouth. I'll-do the ēkādaśī-vrata (the fortnightly fast); I'll-sing the-Name night-and-day.
★ THE NAME-AS-KALPĀNTA-SEED ★: nāma Viṭhōbāchē ghē'īmna mī vāchē — bīja kalpāntīñchē Tukā mhaṇē — ★ the Name of Viṭhobā I'll take in my mouth — Tukā says: the seed at the end-of-kalpa ★. ★ The Name of Viṭhobā I'll-take in-my-mouth; Tukā says: (it is)-the seed at-the-end-of-kalpa (= the seed-of-the-final-fruit at-the-cosmic-end). ★ Eschatological Name-doctrine: the Name is the seed-of-final-mokṣa-fruit at-the-kalpānta.
This abhang is one-of-the-most-recited-Vārkarī-vow-statements — declaring the bhakta's tradition-bound-commitment to Paṇḍharī-vārī, ēkādaśī, and-the-Name.
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For someone today
For today: ★ Paṇḍharī's vārī is in my house — no other tīrtha-vrata ★; I'll do ēkādaśī-vrata, fasting — I'll sing night-and-day the Name; ★ the Name of Viṭhobā I'll take in my mouth — Tukā says: the seed at the end-of-kalpa ★.
Where this applies
- Paṇḍharī's-vārī-in-my-house-no-other-tīrtha-vrata. Paṇḍharīcī-vārī-mājhē-gharīm-āṇīka-tīrtha-vrata.
- Ēkādaśī-fasting-night-and-day-Name.* Ēkādaśī-upavāsī-ahar-niśīm-nāma.
- Name-of-Viṭhobā-in-mouth-the-seed-at-kalpānta. Nāma-Viṭhōbāchē-vāchē-bīja-kalpāntīñchē.