Abhanga 2383
The verse
फुकाचें तें लुटा सार । व्हा रे अमर सदैव ॥१॥ नाहीं गर्भवास पुढती । डोंगर जळती दोषांचे ॥ध्रु.॥ उदंड भावें उदंड घ्यावें । नाम गावें आवडी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे घरिच्या घरीं । देशा उरीं न सीणीजे ॥३॥ ॥१५॥
Literal translation
English: ★ Loot this free essence — become immortal forever ★. No future garbha-vāsa — mountains of dōṣas burn. Much-by-bhāva, much-take — sing the Name with love. Tuka says: at home, at home — no need to wander to country. ★ ॥15॥ (closing-colophon of 15-abhang Name-praise cluster) ★.
What it means
★★ THE LOOT-THE-FREE-ESSENCE ABHANG ★★. Closes the 15-abhang Name-praise sub-section (2369-2383) with ॥१५॥.
★★ THE CELEBRATED OPENING ★★: phukāchē tē luṭā sāra — vhā rē amara sadaiva — ★★ loot this free essence — become immortal forever ★★. Phukāchē = free, costless. Luṭā = loot, plunder. Amara = immortal. ★★ Loot this-free-essence (sāra); become-immortal forever. ★★ One of Tukārām's most-quoted bhakti-invitations — the-Name is-free-loot for-anyone-who-takes.
The garbha-vāsa-removed: nāhīm garbha-vāsa puḍhatī — ḍōngara jaḷatī dōṣāñchē — no future garbha-vāsa — mountains of dōṣas burn. No-future-womb-dwelling (rebirth); mountains-of-dōṣas burn.
The bhāva-take: udaṇḍa bhāvē udaṇḍa ghyāvē — nāma gāvē āvaḍī — much-by-bhāva, much-take — sing Name with love. By-much-bhāva, take-much; sing-Name with-love.
The at-home: Tukā mhaṇē gharichyā gharīm — dēśā urīm na sīṇījē — Tuka says: at home, at home — no need to wander to country. At-home, at-home; no-need-to-wander to-distant-country (= no-need-for-pilgrimage).
★ CLOSING OF 15-ABHANG NAME-PRAISE CLUSTER (2369-2383) ★: - 2369: as-bhāva-so-Dēva-near-you - 2370: mungī-runs-to-jaggery - 2371: anti-caste-marker - 2372: anti-Nāma-nindaka - 2373: human-birth-opportunity - 2374: anti-folk-deity polemic - 2375: sudarśana-as-shield + 12-directions-flee - 2376: bhāṇḍavala-āḷī-karāvī (capital-is-tantrum) - 2377: 10-verse darśana-of-Pāṇḍuranga - 2378: no-faith-in-Name = hell - 2379: Name-suffices-for-all-rites - 2380: śāstra-blamed-becomes-worshipful-by-Name - 2381: ★ 2-letter-mantra + no-caste-in-Name ★ - 2382: name-the-one-who-has-NOT-crossed - 2383: ★ loot-this-free-essence-become-immortal ★ ॥१५॥
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For someone today
For today: ★★ loot this free essence — become immortal forever ★★; no future garbha-vāsa; sing Name with love; ★ at home, at home — no need to wander to country ★*.
Where this applies
- ★★ Loot-this-free-essence-become-immortal-forever ★★. ★★ Phukāchē-tē-luṭā-sāra-vhā-rē-amara-sadaiva ★★.
- No-future-garbha-vāsa-mountains-of-dōṣas-burn.* Garbha-vāsa-puḍhatī-ḍōngara-jaḷatī-dōṣāñchē.
- At-home-at-home-no-need-to-wander.* Gharichyā-gharīm-dēśā-urīm-na-sīṇījē.