Abhanga 2965
Tujhe nāma gāūm ātām — now I'll sing your Name; tujhyā rangī nāchōm thā thā — I'll dance thā thā in your ranga.
The verse
तुझें नाम गाऊं आतां । तुझ्या रंगीं नाचों था था ॥१॥
तुझ्या नामाचा विश्वास । आम्हां कैंचा गर्भवास ॥ध्रु.॥
तुझे नामीं विसर पडे । तरी कोटी हत्या घडे ॥२॥
नाम घ्या रे कोणी फुका । भावें सांगतसे तुका ॥३॥
Literal translation
Tujhe nāma gāūm ātām — now I'll sing your Name; tujhyā rangī nāchōm thā thā — I'll dance thā thā in your ranga. Tujhyā nāmāñcā viśvāsa — (with) trust in your Name; āmhām kaiñchā garbha-vāsa — for us, where (is) garbha-vāsa? Tujhe nāmī visara paḍe — (if) forgetting falls (about) your Name; tarī kōṭī hatyā ghaḍe — then koṭī hatyā (millions of murders/sins) (are) committed-and-cleansed. Nāma ghyā re kōṇī phukā — take the Name freely (at no cost); bhāve sāngatase Tukā — Tukā says (it) with bhāva**.
What it means
A canonical 4-verse Name-sankīrtana verse. Tujhe nāma gāūm ātām — tujhyā rangī nāchōm thā thā — now I'll sing your Name — dance thā thā in your ranga. The opening-commitment + dance-onomatopoeia (thā thā = the rhythm-step of-dancing).
Tujhyā nāmāñcā viśvāsa — āmhām kaiñchā garbha-vāsa — trust in your Name — for us, no garbha-vāsa. The Name-rebirth-claim.
Tujhe nāmī visara paḍe — tarī kōṭī hatyā ghaḍe — if forgetting falls about your Name — then koṭi hatyā are done. Ghaḍe has the double-sense: committed AND cleansed. The verse-says: if-you-forget-the-Name, that's-the-same-as-committing-millions-of-sins; but-also: the Name-remembrance cleanses-millions-of-sins.
The close: Nāma ghyā re kōṇī phukā — bhāve sāngatase Tukā — take the Name freely — Tukā speaks-with-bhāva. The democratization-claim: the Name is FREE (no-cost); just-take-it.
For someone today
A canonical Name-sankīrtana prayer. Now I'll sing your Name — I'll dance thā thā in your ranga. (With) trust in your Name — for us, where (is) garbha-vāsa? If forgetting falls on your Name — then koṭi hatyā are done. Take the Name freely — Tukā says (this) with bhāva. The verse permits the canonical Name-sankīrtana practice: (1) sing-Name-now; (2) dance-thā-thā; (3) trust = no garbha-vāsa; (4) forgetting = koṭi-hatyā; (5) take-the-Name-free. The democratic-warrant: no-cost-bhakti.
Where this applies
- The canonical take-Nāma-free; if-forgetting-Nāma — koṭi-hatyā-done Name-sankīrtana
- Recognizing dance-thā-thā-in-your-ranga canonical command
- Trust-in-Nāma; no-garbha-vāsa claim
- Pairs with 2864 (clap-hands kīrtana), 2855 (Hari-mhaṇatām-Name-mahima), 2745 (Paṇḍharī-hāṭa)