Abhanga 2492
English: Generous kṛpāḷu Dēva-of-Dēvas — with you my claim now.
The verse
उदारा कृपाळा अंगा देवांच्या देवा । तुजसवें पण आतां आमुचा दावा ॥१॥ कैसा जासी सांग आतां मजपासुनी । केलें वाताहात दिले संसारा पाणी ॥ध्रु.॥ अवघीं आवरूनि तुझे लाविलीं पाठीं । आतां त्या विसर सोहंकोहंच्या गोष्टी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आतां चरणीं घातली मिठी । पडिली ते पडो तुम्हा आम्हांसी तुटी ॥३॥
Literal translation
English: Generous kṛpāḷu Dēva-of-Dēvas — with you my claim now. ★ How can you go now from me — I've ruined, given samsāra to water ★. ★★ Gathered-all, set-after-you — now forget those sō'ham-kō'ham talk ★★. ★★ Tuka says: embraced the feet — whatever falls between us, falls ★★.
What it means
★★ THE FORGET-SŌ'HAṀ-KŌ'HAṀ-TALK + EMBRACE-THE-FEET ABHANG ★★.
★★ THE ANTI-ADVAITIC FORMULA ★★: avaghīm āvarūni tujhē lāvilīm pāṭhīm — ātām tyā visara sō'ham-kō'hamchyā gōṣṭī — ★★ gathered-all, set-after-you — now forget those sō'ham-kō'ham talk ★★. Sō'ham-kō'ham = the Advaitic-formula so'ham (I-am-that) / ko'ham (who-am-I). ★★ Gathered-all-faculties, set-them-after-you; NOW FORGET those sō'ham-kō'ham talk. ★★ A direct anti-Advaitic-formula instruction — bhakti-asks the-Lord to abandon-the-non-dual-discourse and-let-the-bhakta-embrace-the-feet.
★★ THE EMBRACE ★★: charaṇīm ghātalī miṭhī — paḍilī tē paḍō tumhā āmhāmsī tuṭī — ★★ embraced the feet — whatever falls between us, falls ★★. ★★ Embraced the-feet; whatever-falls between-you-and-me, falls (= we'll-figure-out-the-philosophy-later). ★★ The bhakti-claim trumps philosophical-disputes through-the-immediate-embrace.
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For someone today
For today: generous Dēva-of-Dēvas; samsāra washed; ★★ forget sō'ham-kō'ham talk ★★; ★★ embraced the feet — whatever falls, falls ★★*.
Where this applies
- Forget-sō'ham-kō'ham-talk. Visara-sō'ham-kō'hamchyā-gōṣṭī.
- Embraced-feet-whatever-falls-falls. Charaṇīm-ghātalī-miṭhī-paḍō-tuṭī.