Abhanga 2386
For today: even the great Tukārām Gatha has lost/missing abhangs . Transmission across centuries inevitably involves loss; preserving-the-numbering acknowledges-the-gap.
The verse
॥१॥
Note: This source-file contains only the verse-colophon ॥१॥, with no abhang-text. This appears to be a lost or missing abhang in this transmission of the Sant Tukaram Gatha. The numbering is preserved in the canonical sequence, but the content is absent in the transliteral.org edition.
Literal translation
[Abhang-text absent. Only the verse-colophon ॥1॥ is preserved.]
What it means
A LOST/MISSING ABHANG IN THIS TRANSMISSION.
This source-file (sources/marathi/2386.txt) contains only the colophon ॥१॥ with no abhang-text. This is a lost or missing abhang in the transliteral.org transmission of the Sant Tukaram Gatha.
Possible explanations: 1. Lost in transmission: The abhang may have been lost during the centuries of oral and manuscript transmission between Tukārām's life (~1608-1650) and modern editions. 2. Editorial omission: The transliteral.org editors may have intentionally omitted this abhang (for various reasons: doubtful-authenticity, manuscript-disagreement, decency-considerations, etc.). 3. Manuscript damage: The source-manuscript may have been damaged or illegible at this position. 4. Numbering-only-placeholder: Some editions preserve numbering-continuity even when the text is absent.
The corpus-entry is preserved to maintain numbering-integrity in the corpus sequence. Abhang-2387 continues immediately with the celebrated āliyā bhōgāsī asāvē sādara (accept-the-bhōga-with-reverence) line.
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For someone today
For today: even the great Tukārām Gatha has lost/missing abhangs. Transmission across centuries inevitably involves loss; preserving-the-numbering acknowledges-the-gap.
Where this applies
- When you notice a gap in an old family story or record and choose to name it honestly rather than pretend it is not there
- When you are preserving something precious across generations and some parts are inevitably lost along the way
- When you are tempted to fill in a missing piece with invented detail instead of admitting you do not know