Abhanga 2762
Bhūtīm Bhagavad-bhāva — Bhagavad-bhāva in beings; mātrāsahita jīva — jīva with mātrā (matter, measure); advaita ṭhāva — the advaita (non-dual) place; nirañjana ēkalā — without añjana (smear, eye-darkening), alone.
The verse
भूतीं भगवद्भाव । मात्रासहित जीव । अद्वैत ठाव । निरंजन एकला ॥१॥
ऐसीं गर्जती पुराणें । वेदवाणी सकळ जन । संत गर्जतील तेणें । अनुभवें निर्भर ॥ध्रु.॥
माझें तुझें हा विकार । निरसतां एकंकार । न लगे कांहीं फार । विचार चि करणें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे दुजें । हें तों नाहीं सहजें । संकल्पाच्या काजें । आपें आप वाढलें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Bhūtīm Bhagavad-bhāva — Bhagavad-bhāva in beings; mātrāsahita jīva — jīva with mātrā (matter, measure); advaita ṭhāva — the advaita (non-dual) place; nirañjana ēkalā — without añjana (smear, eye-darkening), alone. Aisīm garjatī purāṇē — Veda-vāṇī — sakaḷa jana — thus the purāṇas thunder — the Veda-voice — all-people; santa garjatīla teṇē — anubhavē nirbhara — sants thunder it — fully-saturated by anubhava (lived-experience). Mājhē-tujhe hā vikāra — the mine-yours is vikāra (modification, distortion); nirasatām ekankāra — when removed, ekankāra (one-form); na lagē kāmhī phāra — vichāra chi karaṇē — not much-thinking is required; only vichāra (consideration) is the doing. Tukā says: dujē — hē tōm nāhī sahajē — the dujē (second) is not there sahaje (naturally); samkalpāñcyā kāje — āpē āpa vāḍhalē — by the work of samkalpa (resolution), it grew āpē āpa (from-itself-into-itself).
What it means
A technical advaita-statement verse. Bhūtīm Bhagavad-bhāva — mātrāsahita jīva — advaita ṭhāva — nirañjana ēkalā — Bhagavad-bhāva in beings; jīva with matter; the advaita-place; nirañjana-alone. The dense-list of advaita-touch-points: (1) Bhagavad-bhāva in all bhūtas (god-feeling in all creatures — compare 2725's bhūtīm sākṣī Nārāyaṇa); (2) jīva with mātrā (the jīva is with its matter-measure, i.e., not separated from matter); (3) advaita-ṭhāva (the non-dual location); (4) nirañjana-ēkalā (the one-without-the-smear, alone).
The dhrūpada gives the authority: aisīm garjatī purāṇē — Veda-vāṇī — sakaḷa jana — santa garjatīla teṇē — anubhavē nirbhara — thus the purāṇas thunder, the Veda-voice, all-people; sants thunder it by anubhava, fully-saturated. Two sources: scriptural-tradition (purāṇas + Vedas + people-handing-it-down) AND sants by anubhava. The convergence of textual-and-experiential authority.
The second verse names the operational-claim: mājhē-tujhe hā vikāra — nirasatām ekankāra — the mine-yours is vikāra (modification); when removed, ekankāra (one-form). Mājhē-tujhē (mine-and-yours, the property-marker) is vikāra (modification, distortion of the original). When removed: ekankāra (one-form). And na lagē kāmhī phāra — vichāra chi karaṇē — not much-thinking is required; only consideration is the doing. The work is vichāra (mindful-consideration), not elaborate-jñāna.
The close offers the etiology: dujē — hē tōm nāhī sahaje — samkalpāñcyā kāje — āpē āpa vāḍhalē — the second is not there naturally; by the work of samkalpa (resolution), it grew from-itself-into-itself. The non-dual-claim: the second (the appearance of duality) is not sahaja (natural); it was grew-from-itself (āpē āpa = from-itself-into-itself) by the work of samkalpa (mental-positing). Duality is a samkalpa-projection of the One onto itself.
This is one of Tukārām's more-philosophical advaita-statements. Compare with 2740's no-bhēda-as-license-warning — there the no-bhēda claim is mis-used; here the genuine version is articulated.
For someone today
A useful philosophical-affirmation verse. Bhagavad-bhāva-in-beings, jīva-with-matter, advaita-place, nirañjana-alone — the purāṇas and Vedas thunder this, all people, sants by anubhava-saturated. Mine-yours is vikāra — when removed, one-form; not much-thinking required, only consideration. The second is not there naturally; it grew from-itself by the work of samkalpa. The practical-claim: vichāra (mindful-consideration) — not elaborate-jñāna — is the work. The diagnostic: mine-yours is the vikāra-removal-target. The non-dual-recognition is not imported-from-elsewhere; it is the removal of the samkalpa-projection of duality.
Where this applies
- The purāṇas + Vedas + sants all thunder this advaita-claim recognition
- Recognizing that mine-yours is vikāra and its removal gives ekankāra
- The second-not-naturally-but-samkalpa-grown etiology of duality
- Vichāra alone is the doing — not elaborate-jñāna-effort