Abhanga 3026
Kelī hārṇāḷām anghōḷī — (I) did bath at Hārṇāḷa (river-name, possibly Indrāyaṇī or a tīrtha); yeūnī baisalōm rāuḷīm — having come, (I) sat in (the) rāūḷa (temple-sanctum).
The verse
केली हार्णाळां अंघोळी । येऊनि बैसलों राउळीं॥१॥
अजिचें जाले भोजन । राम कृष्ण नारायण ॥२॥
तुकयाबंधु म्हणे नास । नाहीं कल्पांती जयास ॥३॥
॥१२॥
Literal translation
Kelī hārṇāḷām anghōḷī — (I) did bath at Hārṇāḷa (river-name, possibly Indrāyaṇī or a tīrtha); yeūnī baisalōm rāuḷīm — having come, (I) sat in (the) rāūḷa (temple-sanctum). Ajīñce jāle bhōjana — today's bhojana (meal) has happened; Rāma Krṣṇa Nārāyaṇa — (the meal is) Rāma-Krṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa. Tukayā-bandhu mhaṇe nāsa nāhī kalpāntī jayāsa — Tukārām's-brother says: there is no nāśa for that (one) — even in kalpa-anta.
Editorial colophon: ॥१२॥ likely marks-a-12-abhang Tukyā-bandhu sub-cluster.
What it means
A short 3-verse Name-as-meal text by Tukyā-bandhu. NON-Tukārām. ★ Closes with editorial colophon ॥१२॥ — likely marks-a-12-abhang sub-cluster.
The verse-is-a-condensed-daily-routine of-the-bhakta: bath-at-the-river; sat-in-the-temple-sanctum; today's-meal-is-the-Name (Rāma-Krṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa); this-bhakta-has-no-destruction-even-in-kalpa-anta.
The image of Name-as-bhojana (meal) connects-to-Tukārām's-own pavitra-anna (2806 — food-is-pure-when-eaten-in-Hari-chintana) and-Vārkarī-practice of Nāma-japa-as-meal-replacement. Compare-also-the kavaḷō-kavaḷī Govinda-Name bhakta-bhojana-mantra (2874).
The closing-colophon ॥१२॥ suggests this-completes a-12-abhang Tukyā-bandhu sub-cluster. The Sakal Sant Gatha curators used-nested-colophons to-organize-the-anthology.
For someone today
Kānhōbā's Name-as-meal text. (I) did bath at Hārṇāḷa; having come, (I) sat in (the) temple-sanctum. Today's meal has happened — Rāma-Krṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa. Tukārām's-brother says: there is no destruction for that (one) — even in kalpa-anta. The verse permits the daily-routine-of-the-bhakta condensed-into-three-lines, with-the-Name-as-the-meal.
Where this applies
- NON-Tukārām composition — signed by Tukyā-bandhu
- ★ Closes with ॥१२॥ — likely marks-a-12-abhang sub-cluster
- Companion to Tukārām's pavitra-anna (2806) and kavaḷō-kavaḷī (2874)
- Short canonical Name-as-meal text