Abhanga 3047
Tukārām's daily-discipline. Living through the day — what (else) is there to do with this śarīra? Place (it) — fixed by rule after rule — my mana be at your pāya. Do not let the vrtti wander anywhere — wherever you (go), Śrīpati, (I follow). Those are the good-ones — who came into janma and (so) became. The verse permits the canonical daily-discipline of mind-at-Lord's-feet, vrtti-following-Śrīpati.
The verse
वर्त्ततां बासर । काय करावें शरीर ॥१॥
ठेवा नेमून नेमून । माझें तुमचे पायीं मन ॥ध्रु.॥
नेदाविया वृत्ती । कोठें फांकों चि श्रीपती ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे भले । जन्मा येऊनियां जाले ॥३॥
Literal translation
Varttatām bāsara — living through the day; kāya karāve śarīra — what to do with this śarīra. Ṭhevā nemūna nemūna — place (it) nemūna-nemūna (fixed-rule-after-rule); mājhe tumache pāyīm mana — my mana (be) at your pāya. Nedāviyā vrttī — don't let the vrtti (wander); kōṭhe phānkōm chi Śrīpatī — wherever (you go), Śrīpati. Tukā mhaṇe bhale — Tukā says: those are the good-ones; janmā yeūnīyām jāle — who came into janma and (so) became.
What it means
A canonical 3-verse daily-discipline text by Tukārām.
The discipline: living-the-day, what-with-this-śarīra? Place-(it) by-niyama-after-niyama; my-mana at-your-pāya; don't-let-the-vrtti-wander; wherever-you-go-Śrīpati, (I-follow). Those-who-came-into-janma and-(so)-became are the-good-ones.
The closing-line is striking: bhale janmā yeūnīyām jāle — the-good-ones are-those-who-by-coming-into-janma have-become. The implication: bhakti-makes-the-janma-meaningful — without-it, the-janma is-wasted.
Compare-Tukārām's 3046 (ayāchita-vrtti), 3021 (Kānhōbā's indriya-discipline), 2836 (sādhaka-discipline).
For someone today
Tukārām's daily-discipline. Living through the day — what (else) is there to do with this śarīra? Place (it) — fixed by rule after rule — my mana be at your pāya. Do not let the vrtti wander anywhere — wherever you (go), Śrīpati, (I follow). Those are the good-ones — who came into janma and (so) became. The verse permits the canonical daily-discipline of mind-at-Lord's-feet, vrtti-following-Śrīpati.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's mind-fixed-on-Lord's-feet by-niyama daily-discipline
- Bhale = those-who-by-janma have-become — bhakti-makes-janma-meaningful
- Companion to 3046, 3021, 2836