Abhanga 2774
Shiva and Vishnu are two forms of the same One, so surrender means dropping the preference for one form over the other, not choosing sides.
The verse
धरोनि दोन्ही रूपें पाळणें संहार । करी कोप रुद्र दयाळ विष्णु ॥१॥
जटाजूट एका मुगुट माथां शिरीं । कमळापति गौरीहर एक ॥ध्रु.॥
भस्मउद्धळण लक्ष्मीचा भोग । शंकर श्रीरंग उभयरूपीं ॥२॥
वैजयंती माळा वासुगीचा हार । लेणें अळंकार हरिहरा ॥३॥
कपाळ झोळी एका स्मशानींचा वास । एक जगन्निवास विश्वंभर ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे मज उभयरूपीं एक । सारोनि संकल्प शरण आलों ॥५॥
Literal translation
Dharōnī donhī rūpe — holding both forms; pāḷaṇē samhāra — preservation andsamhāra(destruction); karī kōpa Rudra — Rudra doeskōpa(anger); dayāḷa Viṣṇu — Viṣṇu isdayāḷa(compassionate). Jaṭā-jūṭa ekā mukuṭa māthām śirīm — the matted-locks of one, crown on the head of (the other); Kamaḷāpati-Gaurīhara eka — Kamaḷāpati (Lakṣmī's-Lord, i.e., Viṣṇu) and Gaurīhara (Gaurī's-Lord, i.e., Śiva) — one. Bhasma-uddhaḷaṇa Lakṣmīñcā bhōga — ash-anointing and Lakṣmī'sbhōga(enjoyment-share); Śankara Śrīranga ubhaya-rūpīm — Śankara and Śrīranga in both forms. Vaijayantī-māḷā vāsugīñcā hāra — Vaijayantī-garland (of Viṣṇu) and Vāsuki-snake-garland (of Śiva); leṇē aḷankāra Hari-Harā — (these are) the ornaments and decorations of Hari-Hara. Kapāḷa-jhōḷī ekā smaśānīñcā vāsa — thekapāḷa-jhōḷī(skull-begging-bowl) of one, and the cremation-ground residence; ek jagan-nivāsa Viśvambhara — the other isjagan-nivāsa Viśvambhara(world-residence, all-sustaining). Tukā says: uभaya-rūpī ēka — (I see) one in both forms; sārōnī samkalpa śaraṇa ālōm — discardingsamkalpa(I-prefer-this-form mental-positing), I have come for refuge.
What it means
A canonical 5-verse Hari-Hara identity-statement. The structure pairs the opposite-attributes of Śiva (Rudra/Śankara) and Viṣṇu (Hari/Śrīranga) and declares them one-in-both-forms.
The four pairs: 1. Preservation-and-destruction — both Lord's functions; Rudra-does-anger; Viṣṇu-is-dayāḷa 2. Matted-locks vs crown — jaṭā-jūṭa (Śiva) vs mukuṭa (Viṣṇu); Kamaḷāpati-and-Gaurīhara are one 3. Bhasma-ash-anointing vs Lakṣmī-bhoga — Śiva's ascetic-mark vs Viṣṇu's affluent-enjoyment; Śankara and Śrīranga in both-forms 4. Vaijayantī-garland vs Vāsuki-snake-garland — Viṣṇu's flower-garland vs Śiva's snake-garland; these are the ornaments of Hari-Hara 5. Kapāla-jhōḷī + cremation-ground (Śiva's hostile-aspect) vs jagan-nivāsa Viśvambhara (Viṣṇu's universal-residence) — one
The close: Tukā mhaṇē — ubhaya-rūpīm eka — sārōnī samkalpa śaraṇa ālōm — Tukā: one-in-both-forms; discarding samkalpa, I have come for refuge. The Vārkarī-Vaiṣṇava position toward Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava sectarian-division: I see one in both forms; I have discarded the samkalpa (mental-positing of preference) and come for refuge. The samkalpa is the I-prefer-this-form-over-that-form mental-position; abandoning it is the one-in-both refuge.
This is among the canonical Hari-Hara abheda (non-difference) statements in Marathi-bhakti.
For someone today
A useful Hari-Hara identity-statement for those who feel pulled between sectarian-options. The two forms hold preservation-and-destruction together; Rudra-anger and Viṣṇu-compassion; matted-locks and crown; ash-anointing and Lakṣmī-enjoyment; flower-garland and snake-garland; cremation-residence and world-residence — these are the ornaments of Hari-Hara. One in both forms — discarding samkalpa, I have come for refuge. The discipline: recognize the One in both attribute-pairs; abandon the samkalpa that prefers one over the other. The bhakti-route bypasses the sectarian-question by recognizing the One within the pair.
मराठी: जे सांप्रदायिक पर्यायांमध्ये अडकल्यासारखं वाटतं त्यांच्यासाठी उपयुक्त असं हरिहर एकत्वाचं विधान. दोन्ही रूपं मिळून पालन आणि संहार सांभाळतात; रुद्राचा क्रोध आणि विष्णूची करुणा; जटा आणि मुगुट; भस्मलेपन आणि लक्ष्मीचा भोग; फुलांची माळ आणि सर्पाची माळ; स्मशानातलं वास्तव्य आणि विश्वाचं वास्तव्य — हे सगळे हरिहराचे अलंकार आहेत. दोन्ही रूपांत एकच — संकल्प सोडून मी शरण आलो आहे. यातली शिकवण अशी — दोन्ही गुणजोड्यांमध्ये एकच तत्त्व ओळखणं; एकाला दुसऱ्यापेक्षा जास्त पसंत करणारा संकल्प सोडून देणं. भक्तीचा मार्ग सांप्रदायिक वादाला बगल देतो, तो जोडीमधलं एकत्व ओळखून.
Where this applies
- The canonical Hari-Hara identity-statement
- Recognizing the both-forms-one-essence refuge
- Discarding samkalpa-of-preference between sectarian-options
- The attribute-pair-list: preservation/destruction, kōpa/dayā, matted/crown, ash/Lakṣmī, snake/flower, cremation-residence/world-residence