Abhanga 2819
Śiḷā jayā Deva — (if) Deva is śiḷā (stone) for someone; taisā fhaḷe tyāñcā bhāva — his bhāva yields like-that.
The verse
शिळा जया देव । तैसा फळे त्याचा भाव ॥१॥
होय जतन तें गोड । अंतरा येती नाड ॥ध्रु.॥
देव जोडे भावें । इच्छेचें तें प्रेम घ्यावें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे मोड दावी । तैशीं फळें आलीं व्हावीं ॥३॥
Literal translation
Śiḷā jayā Deva — (if) Deva is śiḷā (stone) for someone; taisā fhaḷe tyāñcā bhāva — his bhāva yields like-that. Hōya jatana te gōḍa — (what) becomes jatana (preserved) is sweet (gōḍa); antarā yetī nāḍa — the nāḍa (snares, troubles) come to the antara (inside). Deva jōḍē bhāve — Deva is joined by bhāva; icchēñce te prema ghyāve — take the prema of (the) desire. Tukā says: mōḍa dāvī — (as) the mōḍa (sprout) shows; taiśīm phaḷe ālī vhāvī — so should the fruits come.
What it means
A short as-bhāva-so-Deva claim verse. Śiḷā jayā Deva — taisā fhaḷe tyāñcā bhāva — if Deva is stone for someone — his bhāva yields like-that. The reciprocal-claim: the way you treat Deva determines what Deva returns. If you treat Deva as a śiḷā (stone), your bhāva yields like-stone. (Compare 2369's canonical jayā chittīm jaisā bhāva — tayā javaḷa taisā Deva.)
The dhrūpada: hōya jatana te gōḍa — antarā yetī nāḍa — what is preserved becomes sweet; the snares come to the inside. Two-fold-observation: preservation-of-bhāva makes-it-sweet; meanwhile, the nāḍa (snares) come to the antara (inside, mind). The double-track of preserving-the-sweet and dealing-with-the-snares.
The second verse: Deva jōḍē bhāve — icchēñce te prema ghyāve — Deva is joined by bhāva; take the prema of (your) desire. The mechanism: bhāva-joins-Deva. And prema-of-desire is what to take.
The close: mōḍa dāvī — taiśīm phaḷe ālī vhāvī — (as) the sprout shows — so should the fruits come. The image: the kind-of-sprout determines the kind-of-fruit. Bhāva is the sprout; result is the fruit.
For someone today
A canonical as-bhāva-so-Deva template. If Deva is stone for someone — his bhāva yields like-that. What is preserved becomes sweet; snares come to the inside. Deva is joined by bhāva — take the prema of (your) desire. As the sprout shows, so should the fruits come. The diagnostic-claim: the kind-of-bhāva determines the kind-of-yield. If you find that Deva is stone-like in your experience, examine your-own-bhāva — it's also stone-like. The bhakti-mechanism: Deva-is-joined-by-bhāva, not by ritual or qualification.
Where this applies
- The canonical as-bhāva-so-Deva-yield claim
- Recognizing Deva-joined-by-bhāva mechanism
- Sprout-shows-so-fruit-comes image of bhāva → result
- The reciprocal: the way you treat Deva is what Deva returns