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Abhanga 2418

The verse

माझी आतां सत्ता आहे । तुम्हां पायां हे वरती ॥१॥ एकाविण नेणें दुजा । पंढरिराजा सर्वांगें ॥ध्रु.॥ पुरवावी केली आळी । जे जे काळीं मागण तें ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सुटसी कैसा । धरूनि दिशा राहिलों ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: ★ Now my authority is over your feet ★. I know none other but the one — Paṇḍhari-rājā in every limb. Fulfill the tantrum made — whatever-time the asking. ★ Tuka says: how can you escape — I've held the directions ★.

What it means

★ THE BHAKTA'S-POSSESSIVE-CLAIM ABHANG ★.

★ THE OPENING ★: mājhī ātām sattā āhē — tumhām pāyām hē varatī★ now my authority is over your feet ★. ★ Now MY-authority (sattā) is-over your-feet. ★ The bhakta's-reversal: the bhakta now-claims-dominion over-the-Lord (by-the-power-of-bhakti-relationship).

★ THE ESCAPE-BLOCKED ★: Tukā mhaṇē suṭasī kaiśā — dharūni diśā rāhilōm★ how can you escape — I've held the directions ★. ★ How-can-you-escape? I've-held all-the-directions. ★ The bhakta has-blocked-all-escape-routes of-the-divine — like-a-child-blocking-the-mother's-exit.

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For someone today

For today: ★ my authority is now over your feet ★; Paṇḍhari-rājā in every limb; fulfill the tantrum; ★ how can you escape — directions held ★*.

Where this applies

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