Abhanga 3036
God waits eagerly and impatiently for you, and a single meeting with him can clear the past and ease worry about the future.
The verse
पंढरीसी जा रे आलेनो संसारा । दीनाचा सोयरा पांडुरंग ॥१॥
वाट पाहे उभा भेटीची आवडी । कृपाळूं तांतडी उतावीळ ॥ध्रु.॥
मागील परिहार पुढें नेहे सीण । जालिया दर्षणें एकवेळा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे नेदी आणिकांचे हातीं । बैसला तो चत्तिीं निवडेना ॥३॥
Literal translation
Paṇḍharīsī jā re ālēnō samsārā — go to Paṇḍharī — you who have come to samsāra; dīnāñcā sōyarā Pāṇḍuranga — Pāṇḍuranga is thesōyarāof thedīna. Vāṭa pāhe ubhā bhēṭīñcī āvaḍī — he waits standing — with theāvaḍīof thebhēṭī; krpāḷūm tāmtaḍī utāvīḷa — krpāḷu —tāmtaḍī-utāvīḷa(impatient-hurry). Māgīla parihāra puḍhe nehe sīṇa — (the)parihāraof past — and the removal of futuresīṇa; jāliyā darṣaṇe ekaveḷā — (happens) by onedarśana. Tukā mhaṇe nedī āṇikāñce hātīm — Tukā says: (he) does not give into other hands; baisalā tō chittīm nivaḍenā — (he) once seated in thechitta— is notnivaḍenā(separated).
What it means
A canonical Paṇḍharī-pilgrimage-call text by Tukārām.
The call: Go-to-Paṇḍharī, you-of-samsāra; Pāṇḍuranga is dīnāñcā-sōyarā (kin-of-the-destitute); he-waits-standing for-bhēṭī, with-bhēṭī's-fondness — krpāḷu, in-impatient-hurry; past-(sins)-cleared and-future-toil-removed by-one-darśana; once-seated-in-chitta, never-separated, doesn't-give-into-other-hands.
The Pāṇḍuranga-stands-on-brick-waiting-for-bhēṭī image is from the foundational Puṇḍalīka-legend. Here Tukārām extends-the-image: Viṭṭhal stands-impatient (utāvīḷa, in-hurry), krpāḷu, with-fondness — eagerly-awaiting-the-bhakta. The eagerness-is-on-the-Lord's-side, not-just-the-bhakta's.
Compare-Tukārām's-own 2745 (Paṇḍharī-bhakti-market), 2811 (bhēṭīlāgī-jīvā-lāgalīse-āsa), 3034 (Vārkarī-mokṣa-adhikārī).
The closing-claim baisalā chittīm nivaḍenā — once-seated-in-chitta, never-separated — is bhakti-soteriology condensed: Viṭṭhal-in-the-chitta is-permanent.
For someone today
Tukārām's canonical Paṇḍharī-pilgrimage-call. Go to Paṇḍharī — you who have come to samsāra — Pāṇḍuranga is the kin of the destitute. He waits standing — with the fondness of the meeting — compassionate, in impatient hurry. The clearing of past (sins) and the removal of future toil — (happens) by one darśana. (He) does not give (you) into other hands — once (he is) seated in the chitta, (he) is never separated. The verse permits the canonical Paṇḍharī-pilgrimage-call, with its image of Pāṇḍuranga waiting impatiently, eager for the meeting.
मराठी: तुकारामांचे हे पंढरीच्या तीर्थयात्रेचे पारंपरिक आवाहन आहे. संसारात अडकलेल्यांनो, पंढरीला जा — पांडुरंग हा दीनांचा सोयरा आहे. भेटीच्या आवडीने तो उभा राहून वाट पाहतो — कृपाळू, आतुरतेने. एका दर्शनाने मागील पापांचे परिमार्जन होते आणि पुढील शीण दूर होतो. तो तुम्हाला दुसऱ्याच्या हाती देत नाही — एकदा चित्तात बसला की तो कधीही वेगळा होत नाही. या अभंगातून पंढरीच्या तीर्थयात्रेचे आवाहन आणि पांडुरंग आतुरतेने भेटीची वाट पाहत असल्याची प्रतिमा प्रकट होते.
Where this applies
- Canonical Paṇḍharī-pilgrimage-call text
- Pāṇḍuranga waits-with-impatience for-bhēṭī canonical-image
- Once-seated-in-chitta, never-separated soteriological-claim
- Companion to 2745, 2811, 3034