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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 2815 of 4582

Abhanga 2815

Agā Karuṇākarā — karitase dhāmvā — O Karuṇākara (Compassion-doer) — I am doing dhāmvā (running-cry, urgent-call); yā maja soḍavā lavakari — release me quickly.

Urgent petition for the equal-feet show-to-eye darśana
Recognizing back-and-front-all-appears-empty state
Only-one-thing-remains, all-else-is-śūnya concentration

The verse

अगा करुणाकरा करितसें धांवा । या मज सोडवा लवकरि ॥१॥ ऐकोनियां माझीं करुणेचीं वचनें । व्हावें नारायणें उतावीळ ॥ध्रु.॥ मागें पुढें अवघा दिसे रिता ठाव । ठेवूनि पायीं भाव वाट पाहें ॥२॥ उशीर तो आतां न पाहिजे केला । अहो जी विठ्ठला मायबापा ॥३॥ उरलें तें एक हें चि मज आतां । अवघें विचारितां शून्य जालें ॥४॥ तुका म्हणे आतां करीं कृपादान । पाउलें समान दावीं डोळां ॥५॥

Literal translation

Agā Karuṇākarā — karitase dhāmvāO Karuṇākara (Compassion-doer) — I am doing dhāmvā (running-cry, urgent-call); yā maja soḍavā lavakarirelease me quickly. Aikōnīyām mājhīm karuṇēñcī vachanehearing my karuṇā-vachana (compassion-words); vhāve Nārāyaṇē utāvīḷaNārāyaṇa must become utāvīḷa (eager-hasty). Māge puḍhe avaghā dise ritā ṭhāvabackward, forward — all appears as ritā ṭhāva (empty place); ṭhevūnī pāyī bhāva vāṭa pāheplacing bhāva at the feet, (I) watch the path. Uśīra tō ātām na pāhije kelādelay should not be made now; ahō jī Viṭhṭhalā māyabāpāO Viṭhṭhala, mother-father. Uralē te ek hē chi maja ātāmfor me now, there is uralē (remaining) only this eka (one); avaghē vichāritām śūnya jāleexamining all (else) — (it) has become śūnya (zero, void). Tukā says: karīm krpā-dāna — pāule samāna dāvīm ḍoḷāmmake krpā-dāna (compassion-gift) — show the pāule samāna (equal-feet) to (my) eye.

What it means

A 5-verse urgent-petition-prayer. Agā Karuṇākarā — karitase dhāmvā — yā maja soḍavā lavakariO Karuṇākara — I am doing the dhāmvā — release me quickly. The petition is urgent: yā maja soḍavā lavakarirelease me quickly. Dhāmvāthe running-cry of one-in-distress.

The dhrūpada: aikōnīyām mājhīm karuṇēñcī vachane — vhāve Nārāyaṇē utāvīḷahearing my karuṇā-words, Nārāyaṇa must become utāvīḷa (eager-hasty). The covenant-claim: if you hear my karuṇā-words, you must hurry.

The second verse describes the bhakta's-state: māge puḍhe avaghā dise ritā ṭhāva — ṭhevūnī pāyī bhāva vāṭa pāhebackward-and-forward, all appears empty; placing bhāva at the feet, I watch the path. The empty-everywhere state — and the path-watching at the feet.

The third verse: uśīra tō ātām na pāhije kelā — ahō jī Viṭhṭhalā māyabāpādelay should not be made now — O Viṭhṭhala, mother-father.

The fourth verse names the concentration: uralē te ek hē chi maja ātām — avaghē vichāritām śūnya jālefor me now, there is one thing remaining; examining all else — it has become śūnya. The bhakta has-concentrated-to-one-thing; all-else has become zero.

The close: karīm krpā-dāna — pāule samāna dāvīm ḍoḷāmmake compassion-gift — show the equal-feet to (my) eye. Pāule samānathe two-feet-paired — the kaṭi-vara-kara Viṭhṭhala-iconography with two-feet-on-the-brick. Show this to the eye.

For someone today

A useful urgent-petition prayer. O Karuṇākara — I am calling out; release me quickly. Hearing my karuṇā-words, Nārāyaṇa must hurry. Backward-and-forward all appears empty; placing bhāva at the feet, I watch the path. No delay now, Viṭhṭhala-mother-father. Only one thing remains for me now — examining all-else, it has become śūnya. Make the compassion-gift — show the equal-feet to my eye. The verse permits concentrated-urgent-petition. The diagnostic-state: backward-and-forward-empty + only-one-thing-remaining + all-else-śūnya. This is the concentrated-state from which the urgent-petition arises.

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