Abhanga 2954
Deha tujhyā pāyī — (I have placed) the deha (body) at your feet; ṭhevūnī jālōm utarāī — keeping (it there), I have become utarāī (debt-cleared).
The verse
देह तुझ्या पायीं । ठेवूनि जालों उतराईं ॥१॥
आतां माझ्या जीवां । करणें तें करीं देवा ॥ध्रु.॥
बहु अपराधी । मतिमंद हीनबुद्धि ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे नेणें । भावभक्तीचीं लक्षणें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Deha tujhyā pāyī — (I have placed) the deha (body) at your feet; ṭhevūnī jālōm utarāī — keeping (it there), I have become utarāī (debt-cleared). Ātām mājhyā jīvām — now, my jīvā (life); karaṇe te karī Devā — do for it what you will, Deva. Bahu aparādhī — (I am) much aparādhī (offender); matimanda hīna-buddhi — mati-manda (slow-witted), hīna-buddhi (of-low-intellect). Tukā says: neṇe — (I) don't know; bhāva-bhaktīñchī lakṣaṇe — the lakṣaṇa (signs) of bhāva-bhakti.
What it means
A short surrender prayer. Deha tujhyā pāyī — ṭhevūnī jālōm utarāī — deha at your feet — by keeping it, I'm utarāī. The opening claim: deha-at-feet = debt-cleared. (Pairs with 2937 we-already-died-gave-deha-to-Deva.)
Ātām mājhyā jīvām — karaṇe te karī Devā — now my jīva — do what you will, Deva. Total surrender of jīva.
Bahu aparādhī — matimanda hīna-buddhi — much offender — slow-witted, low-intellect. The three-fold-self-naming.
The close: Tukā mhaṇe neṇe — bhāva-bhaktīñchī lakṣaṇe — I don't know the marks of bhāva-bhakti. The honest-confession: I-don't-know-what-genuine-bhāva-bhakti looks-like (= I-can't-tell-if-I-have-it-or-not). The bhakta admits-inability-to-self-judge.
For someone today
A useful surrender prayer. (I have) kept (my) deha at your feet — by that, I (have become) debt-cleared. Now, my jīva — do for it what you will, Deva. (I am) much offender, slow-witted, of-low-intellect. I don't know the marks of bhāva-bhakti. The verse permits total-surrender + honest-self-naming: (1) deha-placed-at-feet; (2) jīva-given-to-Deva; (3) self-named-as offender-slow-witted-low-intellect; (4) don't-know-marks-of-genuine-bhakti. The discipline: give-up-self-judgment-of-bhakti; let-the-Lord-decide.
Where this applies
- The deha-placed-at-feet-I'm-utarāī; my-jīva-do-as-you-will surrender prayer
- Recognizing I-don't-know-the-marks-of-bhāva-bhakti honest-confession
- Bahu-aparādhī, mati-manda, hīna-buddhi extreme self-naming
- Pairs with 2937 (deha-atīta, we-already-died-gave-deha-to-Deva), 2825 (mountain-of-pāpa)