Abhanga 2865

THE canonical laṭika-laṭika māyā refrain. False laughter, false weeping — false jumping with the false. False mine, false yours — false burden of the false. False singing, false meditating — false going to the false. False enjoyer, false renouncer, false yogi — this is the jaga-māyā (world-illusion). False Tukā — with false bhāva; false speaks — with the false.

The verse

Literal translation

What it means

A canonical 5-verse laṭika-refrain verse. The word laṭika (false, illusory, vain, untrue) is hammered-into every-line — the verse functions as a māyā-recognition mantra.

Verse 1 — emotion is false: laṭike hāse laṭike raḍe — laṭike uḍe laṭikyāpe — false laughter, false weeping; false jumping with the false. The emotion-pairs (laughter, weeping, jumping-up) are all-false; even-the-companion is false.

Verse 2 — ownership is false: laṭike mājhe laṭike tujhe — laṭike ōjhe laṭikyāñce — false mine, false yours; false burden of the false. The possessive-ownership (mine, yours) is false; the burden of taking-care-of-the-false is itself false.

Verse 3 — practice is false: laṭike gāye laṭike dhyāye — laṭike jāye laṭikyāpe — false singing, false meditating; false going to the false. Even singing-the-Name and meditation — when done from-māyā-mode — are false. Going-to-the-false — paths-and-pilgrimages to false-deities.

Verse 4 — sādhaka-states are false: laṭikā bhōgī laṭikā tyāgī — laṭikā jōgī jaga-māyā — false enjoyer, false renouncer; false yogi — (this is) jaga-māyā. The three classical-states (bhōgī = enjoyer; tyāgī = renouncer; jōgī = yogi) are all-false in jaga-māyā mode.

Verse 5 (close) — Tukā himself is false: laṭikā Tukā laṭikyā bhāve — laṭike bōle laṭikyā-save — false Tukā — with false bhāva; false speaks — with the false. The radical-self-inclusion: Tukārām himself, in māyā-mode, is false; even-his-bhāva is false; even his-speech-is-false-with-the-false. The mirror-image: everything-on-the-māyā-side-is-false, including the apparent-bhakta-himself.

This is one of THE most-radical māyā-recognition texts in the corpus. The verse names-itself-as-laṭika — even-the-very-recital is included-in-the-laṭika. (The implicit-positive: only the Lord is not-laṭika.)

For someone today

THE canonical laṭika-laṭika māyā refrain. False laughter, false weeping — false jumping with the false. False mine, false yours — false burden of the false. False singing, false meditating — false going to the false. False enjoyer, false renouncer, false yogi — this is the jaga-māyā (world-illusion). False Tukā — with false bhāva; false speaks — with the false.

The verse provides a complete māyā-as-false recognition: every-thing-in-the-māyā-mode is laṭika — emotions, ownership, practices, sādhaka-states, even-the-apparent-bhakta-himself. The radical-self-inclusion at the close prevents spiritual-pride — even the one who-claims-to-recognize-māyā is in-māyā if-his-bhāva-is-laṭika. The implicit-Truth*: only-the-Lord-and-genuine-bhakti-are-not-laṭika.

Where this applies

• THE canonical laṭika-laṭika māyā refrain
• Recognizing the māyā-as-false radical-claim
• Even-the-bhakta's-bhāva-is-laṭika — Tukārām's-radical-self-inclusion
• A māyā-recognition mantra for daily-recital
• The implicit-positive: only the Lord is not-laṭika

Related verses

• Abhanga 2374
• Abhanga 2377 — English: Gentle, sweet bāla-rūpa — that form from Kāḷī-time.
• Abhanga 2387
• Abhanga 2402