Abhanga 2918
Vairāgyāñce bhāgya — (the) bhāgya (fortune) of vairāgya; santa-sanga hā chi lāga — sant-sanga itself is the lāga (gain, prize).
The verse
वैराग्याचें भाग्य । संतसंग हा चि लाग ॥१॥
संतकृपेचे हे दीप । करी साधका निष्पाप ॥ध्रु.॥
तो चि देवभक्त । भेदाभेद नाहीं ज्यांत ॥२॥
तुका प्रेमें नाचे गाये । गाणियांत विरोन जाये ॥३॥
Literal translation
Vairāgyāñce bhāgya — (the) bhāgya (fortune) of vairāgya; santa-sanga hā chi lāga — sant-sanga itself is the lāga (gain, prize). Santa-krpeñce he dīpa — this dīpa (lamp) of sant-krpā; karī sādhakā niṣpāpa — makes the sādhaka niṣpāpa (sinless, free-from-pāpa). Tō chi Deva-bhakta — that very one is the Deva-bhakta; bhedābheda nāhī jyāmta — in whom there is no bhedābheda (distinction, division). Tukā preme nāche gāye — (Tukā) dances and sings in prema; gāṇiyāmta virōn jāye — melts (virōn jāye) into the singing.
What it means
A short canonical sant-sanga as vairāgya's fortune verse. Vairāgyāñce bhāgya — santa-sanga hā chi lāga — vairāgya's fortune — sant-sanga is itself the gain. The opening-claim: for one who has vairāgya, sant-sanga is the prize-and-fortune.
Santa-krpeñce he dīpa — karī sādhakā niṣpāpa — this lamp of sant-krpā — makes the sādhaka niṣpāpa. The function: sant-krpā burns-away-pāpa.
Tō chi Deva-bhakta — bhedābheda nāhī jyāmta — that one is the Deva-bhakta — in whom no bhedābheda. The diagnostic: true-Deva-bhakta has no bhedābheda (no-distinction-with-Deva, also no-distinctions-among-creatures).
The close: Tukā preme nāche gāye — gāṇiyāmta virōn jāye — Tukā dances-sings in prema — melts into the singing. The bhakta's-experience: the singer-melts-into-the-song.
For someone today
A useful sant-sanga claim. Vairāgya's fortune — sant-sanga is the gain. The lamp of sant-krpā — makes the sādhaka sinless. That very one is the Deva-bhakta — in whom there is no bhedābheda. Tukā dances-and-sings in prema — melts into the singing. The verse permits the vairāgya → sant-sanga → sinlessness → bhakti-non-difference → prema-song trajectory. Each-stage requires-the-previous: vairāgya makes-you-find sant-sanga; sant-krpā makes-you-sinless; sinlessness allows-the-Deva-bhakti without-distinction; the bhakti culminates-in-prema-song.
Where this applies
- The canonical vairāgya's-fortune = sant-sanga claim
- Recognizing sant-krpā-lamp makes sādhaka niṣpāpa
- Dances-sings-melts-into-song — bhakti-as-self-dissolution
- The vairāgya → sant-sanga → niṣpāpa → bhedābheda-free → prema trajectory