Abhanga 2446
The verse
चारी वेद जयासाटीं । त्याचें नाम धरा कंठीं ॥१॥ न करीं आणीक साधनें । कष्टसी कां वांयांविण ॥ध्रु.॥ अठरा पुराणांचे पोटीं । नामाविण नाहीं गोठी ॥२॥ गीता जेणें उपदेशिली । ते ही विटेवरी माउली ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे सार धरीं । वाचे हरिनाम उच्चारीं ॥४॥
Literal translation
English: ★★ That for which 4 Vedas exist — hold its Name at the throat ★★. Don't do other sādhanas — why suffer in vain. ★ In the 18 Purāṇas' belly — no story without the Name ★. ★★ Who taught the Gītā — that very Mother on the brick ★★. Tuka says: hold the essence — utter Hari-nāma in speech.
What it means
★★ THE VEDIC-PURĀṆIC-GĪTĀ-SYNTHESIS-IN-VIṬHṬHAL ABHANG ★★. One of Tukārām's most-compact scripture-synthesis statements.
The 4-Vedas-purpose: chārī vēda jayāsāṭīm — tyāchē nāma dharā kaṇṭhīm — ★★ that for which 4 Vedas exist — hold its Name at the throat ★★. ★★ The 4-Vedas-exist-for-THAT (= the Lord); hold-HIS-NAME at-the-throat. ★★ The entire Vedic-tradition reduces-to-Name-utterance.
The 18-Purāṇas'-belly: aṭharā purāṇāñchē pōṭīm — nāmāviṇa nāhīm gōṭhī — ★ in the 18 Purāṇas' belly — no story without the Name ★. In-the-18-Purāṇas' pōṭīm (belly = contents), no-story exists without-the-Name.
★★ THE GĪTĀ-TEACHER-IS-VIṬHṬHAL ★★: Gītā jēṇē upadēśilī — tē hī viṭēvarī mā'ulī — ★★ who taught the Gītā — that very Mother on the brick ★★. ★★ The-one-who-taught-the-Gītā (= Kṛṣṇa) is-the-very-same Mother-on-the-brick (Viṭhṭhal-on-the-viṭā at Pandhārpūr). ★★ The Vārkarī-identification of Kṛṣṇa-of-the-Gītā with Viṭhṭhal-of-Pandhārpūr — foundational for the tradition.
The synthesis: Vedas, Purāṇas, Gītā — all-three-canonical-scripture-categories converge in-Viṭhṭhal-on-the-brick. A complete Vārkarī-canonical-positioning in 4 verses.
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For someone today
For today: ★★ 4 Vedas exist for that Name — hold it at the throat ★★; no Purāṇa-story without the Name; ★★ Gītā-teacher is the Mother on the brick ★★; utter Hari-nāma.
Where this applies
- 4-Vedas-essence-is-Name. Chārī-vēda-nāma-dharā-kaṇṭhīm.
- 18-Purāṇas-have-no-story-without-Name. Aṭharā-purāṇāñchē-pōṭīm-nāmāviṇa-nāhīm-gōṭhī.
- Gītā-teacher-is-Viṭhṭhal-on-the-brick. Gītā-upadēśilī-viṭēvarī-mā'ulī.