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Abhanga 2494

The verse

आजि आनंदु रे एकी परमानंदु रे । जया श्रुति नेति नेति म्हणती गोविंदु रे ॥१॥ विठोबाचीं वेडीं आम्हां आनंदु सदा । गाऊं नाचों वाऊं टाळी रंजवूं गोविंदा ॥ध्रु.॥ सदा सन सांत आम्हां नित्य दिवाळी । आनंदें निर्भर आमचा कैवारी बळी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे नाहीं जन्ममरणांचा धाक । संत सनकादिक तें आमचें कवतुक ॥३॥

Literal translation

English: ★★★ Today is ānanda — one parama-ānanda — whom śruti call "neti neti" — Gōvinda ★★★. ★ Viṭhoba's-mads — always ānanda — sing-dance-strike-cymbal please Gōvinda ★. ★★ Always festival, daily Divāḷī — fearless ānanda — our protector is strong ★★. Tuka says: no fear of birth-death — saints Sanaka etc are our delight.

What it means

★★★ THE TODAY-IS-ĀNANDA + DAILY-DIVĀḶĪ FESTIVAL-BHAKTI ABHANG ★★★.

★★★ THE OPENING ★★★: āji ānandu rē ēkī parama-ānandu rē — jayā śruti nēti nēti mhaṇatī Gōvindu rē★★★ today is ānanda — one parama-ānanda — whom śruti call "neti neti" — Gōvinda ★★★. ★★★ TODAY is-ānanda (rejoice!); ONE parama-ānanda; whom-the-śruti call "NETI NETI" — is Gōvinda. ★★★ The Upaniṣadic neti-neti (not-this, not-this — the negative-path-to-Brahman) is identified-here as GŌVINDA — concrete-bhakti-name for-the-formless-Absolute.

★★ DAILY DIVĀḶĪ ★★: sadā sana sānta āmhām nitya divāḷī★★ always festival, daily Divāḷī ★★. Sana = festival. ★★ Always-festival, daily-Divāḷī. ★★ The bhakta lives-in-perpetual-festive-mode — every-day is-Divāḷī (the festival-of-lights).

The fearless-ānanda: nāhīm janma-maraṇāñchā dhāka — santa sanaka-dika tē āmachē kavatukano fear of birth-death — saints Sanaka etc are our delight. No fear-of-birth-death; the four-Sanaka-saints (Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana, Sanat-kumāra) are-our-delight.

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For someone today

For today: ★★★ today is ānanda — parama-ānanda — Gōvinda the neti-neti ★★★; ★★ daily Divāḷī, always festival ★★; no birth-death fear; Sanaka-saints our delight*.

Where this applies

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