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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2472 of 4582

Abhanga 2472

The verse

अनंत ब्रम्हांडें । एके रोमीं ऐसें धेंडें ॥१॥ तो या गौळियांचे घरीं । उंबरा चढतां टेंका धरी ॥ध्रु.॥ मारी दैत्य गाडे । ज्यांचे पुराणीं पवाडे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कळा । अंगीं जयाच्या सकळा ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: ★ Countless brahmāṇḍas — gathered in one hair ★. ★ At the gōpa-house — climbs threshold, holds for support ★. Kills demons by burying — those whose Purāṇic-stories abound. Tuka says: all kalās in his body.

What it means

★ THE COSMOS-IN-ONE-HAIR + CHILD-AT-GOPA-THRESHOLD ABHANG ★. Continues 2467's cosmographic meditation.

The paradox: - Ananta brahmāṇḍē — ēkē rōmīm aiśē ḍhēṇḍē★ countless brahmāṇḍas gathered in one hair ★ (cosmic-scale) - Tō yā gauḷiyāñchē gharīm — umbarā chaḍhatā ṭēnkā dharī★ at the gōpa-house, climbing the threshold, holds for support ★ (toddler-scale)

The same Lord who-contains countless-brahmāṇḍas-in-a-hair is-the-child holding-the-threshold-for-support to-climb-up at-the-cowherd's-house. The bhakti-paradox of-cosmic-grandeur-and-toddler-charm.

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For someone today

For today: ★ countless brahmāṇḍas in one hair ★; ★ child holds threshold for support at gopa's house ★; all kalās in his body.

Where this applies

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