Abhanga 2840
Hīna mājhī yāti — my yāti (caste, birth-rank) is hīna (low); varī stutī kelī santīm — upon (this), the sants have done stuti (praise).
The verse
हीन माझी याति । वरी स्तुती केली संतीं ॥१॥
अंगीं वसूं पाहे गर्व । माझें हरावया सर्व ॥ध्रु.॥
मी एक जाणता । ऐसें वाटतसे चित्ता ॥२॥
राख राख गेलों वांयां । तुका म्हणे पंढरीराया ॥३॥
Literal translation
Hīna mājhī yāti — my yāti (caste, birth-rank) is hīna (low); varī stutī kelī santīm — upon (this), the sants have done stuti (praise). Angī vasūm pāhe garva — garva (pride) is wanting-to-vasūm (settle, dwell) in (my) anga; mājhē harāvayā sarva — to hārāvayā (erase, wipe-out) all of my (good). Mī ēka jāṇatā — I am a jāṇatā (knowing one); aisē vāṭatase chittā — thus it vāṭate (feels) in (my) chitta. Rākha rākha gelōm vāmyām — save, save — I have gone in-vain; Tukā says: Pandharī-rāyā — (O) Paṇḍharī-rāya*.
What it means
A short anti-pride-petition verse. Hīna mājhī yāti — varī stutī kelī santīm — my yāti is hīna — upon this, the sants have done stuti. The autobiographical-fact: my caste/birth is low; (but) the sants have praised me. (Compare 2755's śūdra-vamśī caste-declaration.)
Angī vasūm pāhe garva — mājhē harāvayā sarva — garva (pride) is wanting-to-settle in (my) anga — to erase all of my (good). The danger-signal: the sant-stuti induces garva, which threatens to wipe-out everything good.
Mī ēka jāṇatā — aisē vāṭatase chittā — I am a knowing-one — thus it feels in (my) chitta. The honest-self-observation: the chitta has started-to-feel itself as a knowing-one. The warning-sign of garva.
Rākha rākha gelōm vāmyām — Tukā mhaṇe Pandharī-rāyā — save, save — I am going in-vain — Tukā: O Paṇḍharī-rāya. The urgent-petition: save-me from garva.
For someone today
A useful anti-pride-petition. My yāti is low — upon (this) the sants have done stuti. Garva is wanting-to-settle in (my) anga — to erase all of my (good). I am a knowing-one — thus it feels in (my) chitta. Save, save — I am going in-vain — O Paṇḍharī-rāya. The verse is a self-vigilance-prayer: I notice the garva-symptom — I-feel-myself-knowing — please save me before everything-good is erased. The diagnostic-key: the "I-am-a-knowing-one" feeling is the early-symptom of garva. The cure: call-for-Pandharī-rāya's-save before-it's-too-late.
Where this applies
- The canonical praise-by-sants-induces-garva — save-me anti-pride petition
- Recognizing sant-stuti is dangerous: it can induce garva
- The I-am-a-knowing-one warning-sign as early-symptom of pride
- Self-vigilance discipline for those receiving praise