Abhanga 3019
Simply saying the name Rāma is said to burn away anger and craving, break the hold of karma, remove fear of death, and carry a person across the ocean of worldly struggle without doubt.
The verse
राम म्हणतां कामक्रोधांचें दहन । होय अभिमान देशधडी ॥१॥
राम म्हणतां कर्म तुटेल भवबंधन । नये श्रम सीण स्वप्नास ही ॥ध्रु.॥
राम म्हणे जन्म नाहीं गर्भवास । नव्हे दारिद्रास पात्र कधीं ॥२॥
राम म्हणतां यम शरणागत बापुडें । आढळ पद पुढें काय तेथें ॥३॥
राम म्हणतां धर्म घडतील सकळ । त्रिमिर पडळ नासे हेळा ॥४॥
राम म्हणतां म्हणे तुकयाचा बंधु । तरिजेल भवसिंधु संदेह नाहीं ॥५॥
Literal translation
Rāma mhaṇatām kāma-krōdhāñce dahana — saying Rāma —kāma-krōdha's dahana(burning); hōya abhimāna deśadhaḍī — (it) happens — abhimāna becomes deśadhaḍī (exile). Rāma mhaṇatām karma tuṭela bhava-bandhana — saying Rāma — karma will-break — bhava-bandhana; naye śrama sīṇa svapnāsa hī — no śrama-sīṇa comes — not even in a svapna. Rāma mhaṇe janma nāhī garbha-vāsa — saying Rāma — no janma, no garbha-vāsa; navhe dāridrāsa pātra kadhīm — never becomes a vessel of dāridra. Rāma mhaṇatām yama śaraṇāgata bāpuḍe — saying Rāma — Yama (becomes) a pitiful śaraṇāgata; āḍhaḷa pada puḍhe kāya tethe — steady pada — what (else). Rāma mhaṇatām dharma ghaḍatīla sakaḷa — saying Rāma — all dharma will happen; trimira paḍaḷa nāse heḷā — the trimira-paḍaḷa easily perishes. Rāma mhaṇatām mhaṇe tukayāchā bandhu — tarijela bhava-sindhu samdeha nāhī — saying Rāma — Tukārām's-brother says — bhava-sindhu will be crossed — no doubt.
What it means
A 5-verse canonical Name-mahima by Tukyā-bandhu. NON-Tukārām. Companion-text to Tukārām's-own Hari-mhaṇatām (2855) and Nāma-samkīrtana (2448).
The repeated-refrain Rāma mhaṇatām (saying Rāma) lists Name-mahima: 1. kāma-krōdha-burned; pride-exiled 2. karma-broken; no-śrama-not-even-in-dream 3. no-janma, no-garbha-vāsa, never-poverty 4. Yama-becomes-pitiful-refugee; pada-becomes-steady 5. all-dharma-happens; triple-darkness-perishes-easily 6. bhava-sindhu-crossed — no-doubt
This is the brother's-own contribution-to-the-Name-mahima-genre, paralleling-Tukārām's-canonical-formulations.
For someone today
This is Kānhobā's own hymn to the power of the Name, echoing Tukārām's celebrated verses on the same theme. He says that simply saying 'Rāma' burns away lust and anger and drives out pride, breaks the grip of karma and the cycle of worldly bondage, and brings no fatigue, not even in a dream. It means never being born again into a womb, never becoming a vessel of poverty. Even Yama, the god of death, becomes a humbled refugee before it, and one's footing becomes steady with nothing left to fear. All right conduct follows naturally, and the deepest darkness of ignorance dissolves with ease. Tukārām's brother declares, without a doubt, that saying this one Name is enough to carry a person across the ocean of worldly struggle.
मराठी: हा तुकारामांच्या प्रसिद्ध नाममहिम्याच्या अभंगांना साजेसा, कान्होबाचा स्वतःचा नामस्तवनाचा अभंग आहे. तो सांगतो की केवळ 'राम' म्हणण्याने काम-क्रोध जळून जातो आणि अभिमान निघून जातो, कर्म आणि भवबंधन तुटते, आणि स्वप्नातही थकवा किंवा श्रम जाणवत नाही. यामुळे पुन्हा गर्भवासात जन्म घ्यावा लागत नाही, दारिद्र्याचा भागीदार व्हावे लागत नाही. यमही याच्यापुढे लाचार शरणागत होतो, आणि पाऊल खंबीरपणे स्थिर राहते, मग आणखी काय हवे? सगळा धर्म आपोआप घडतो, आणि तिन्ही प्रकारचा अंधार सहज नाहीसा होतो. तुकारामांचा भाऊ निःसंशयपणे सांगतो की हे एक नाम घेतल्याने भवसागर पार करता येतो.
Where this applies
- NON-Tukārām composition — signed by Tukārām's-brother (Tukyā-bandhu)
- Canonical Name-mahima — companion to Tukārām's Hari-mhaṇatām (2855), Nāma-samkīrtana (2448)
- 6-fold Name-mahima refrain (Rāma mhaṇatām)