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Abhanga 2360

The verse

चिंता नाहीं गांवीं विष्णुदासांचिये । घोष जयजयकार सदा ॥१॥ नारायण घरीं सांठविलें धन । अवघे चि वाण तया पोटीं ॥ध्रु.॥ सवंग सकळां पुरे धणीवरी । सेवावया नारी नर बाळा ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे येणें आनंदी आनंदु । गोविंदें गोविंदु पिकविला ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: ★ No worry in the village of Viṣṇu-dāsas — jayajayakāra-ghōṣa always ★. Nārāyaṇa stored as treasure at home — all wares in its belly. Cheap for all, supply to-fullness — for women, men, children to serve. Tuka says: by this, ānanda-in-ānanda — ★ Gōvinda cultivated Gōvinda ★.

What it means

★ THE VIṢṆU-DĀSAS'-VILLAGE ABHANG ★.

★ THE OPENING ★: chintā nāhīm gāmvīm Viṣṇu-dāsāñchiyē — ghōṣa jayajayakāra sadā★ no worry in the village of Viṣṇu-dāsas — jayajayakāra-ghōṣa always ★. ★ No-worry in-the-village of-the-Viṣṇu-dāsas; jayajayakāra-ghōṣa (victory-cry) always. ★

The treasure-at-home: Nārāyaṇa gharīm sāṭhavilē dhana — avaghē chi vāṇa tayā pōṭīmNārāyaṇa stored as treasure at home — all wares in its belly. Nārāyaṇa is-stored-as-dhana (treasure) at-home; all-wares (vāṇa) are-in-its-belly. The Lord-as-the-shop-of-all-goods.

The supply-for-all: savanga sakaḷām purē dhaṇīvarī — sēvāvayā nārī nara bāḷācheap for all, supply to-fullness — for women, men, children to serve. Savanga (cheap, accessible) for-all; supply to-fullness (dhaṇī); for-women, men, children to-serve.

★ THE CELEBRATED CLOSING ★: Tukā mhaṇē yēṇē ānandī ānandu — Gōvindē Gōvindu pikavilā★ Tuka says — by this, ānanda-in-ānanda — Gōvinda cultivated Gōvinda ★. Pikavilā = cultivated, ripened. ★ Gōvinda-cultivates-Gōvinda. ★ The recursive-image — Gōvinda (Kṛṣṇa) cultivated/ripened the-Gōvinda-experience itself. (Compare Jñāneśvar's jṇānīñnē jṇāna khānē — the wise-eat-wisdom).

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For someone today

For today: ★ no worry in the Viṣṇu-dāsas' village ★; Nārāyaṇa as treasure at home; cheap for all, supply for women-men-children; ★ Gōvinda cultivated Gōvinda ★*.

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