Abhanga 3081
Tukārām's Narasimha-meditation. For Prahlāda (you) became Narasimha; (you) made his words true. Rāma Krṣṇa Govinda Nārāyaṇa Hari — (the) bhakta-rāja roared (these names) at the rāja-dvāra. Viṭhṭhal Mādhava Mukunda Keśava — by that, the daitya-rāva was shaken. For those (bhaktas, you) became saguṇa; (you) made the bhaktas' words true. The verse permits the canonical Narasimha-meditation and the bhakta-vachana-pramāṇa doctrine.
The verse
प्रल्हादाकारणें नरसिंहीं जालासी । त्याचिया बोलासी सत्य केलें ॥१॥
राम कृष्ण गोविंदा नारायणा हरि । गर्जे राजद्वारीं भक्तराज ॥ध्रु.॥
विठ्ठल माधव मुकुंद केशव । तेणें दैत्यराव दचकला ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे तयां कारणें सगुण । भक्तांचें वचन सत्य केलें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Prahlādākāraṇe Narasimhīm jālāsī — for Prahlāda (you) became Narasimha; tyāñciyā bōlāsī satya kele — (you) made his words true. Rāma Krṣṇa Govindā Nārāyaṇā Hari — (the chant) Rāma Krṣṇa Govinda Nārāyaṇa Hari; garje rāja-dvārī bhakta-rāja — (was) roared at rāja-dvāra by bhakta-rāja. Viṭhṭhala Mādhava Mukunda Keśava — Viṭhṭhal Mādhava Mukunda Keśava; teṇe daitya-rāva dachakalā — by that, the daitya-rāva was shaken. Tukā mhaṇe tayām kāraṇe saguṇa — Tukā says: for those (bhaktas, you) became saguṇa; bhaktāñce vachana satya kele — (you) made the bhaktas' words true.
What it means
★ The Narasimha-avatāra entry, opening-the-6-abhang Prahlāda-rakṣaṇa sub-cluster (3081-3086) within-the-Daśāvatāra-cluster.
The narrative: For-Prahlāda you-became-Narasimha; his-words-came-true. The vivid-kīrtana-evidence: Rāma-Krṣṇa-Govinda-Nārāyaṇa-Hari + Viṭhṭhal-Mādhava-Mukunda-Keśava — these-9-Names roared-at-the-rāja-dvāra by-the-bhakta-rāja (Prahlāda), shook-the-daitya-rāva (Hiraṇyakaśipu).
★ This kīrtana-list of 9 Names is the canonical kīrtana-vocabulary of-the-Vārkarī-tradition. Compare-2448's Rāma-Krṣṇa-Hari-Viṭṭhal-Kēśava foundational-mantra. The 9-Name-list here is-an-extended-form.
The doctrinal-claim: for-the-bhaktas, you-became-saguṇa (assumed-form); you-made-bhakta-vachana-true. This is the bhakta-vachana-pramāṇa principle — the-Lord-honors-his-bhakta's-words-by-becoming-the-form-they-claim.
For someone today
Tukārām's Narasimha-meditation. For Prahlāda (you) became Narasimha; (you) made his words true. Rāma Krṣṇa Govinda Nārāyaṇa Hari — (the) bhakta-rāja roared (these names) at the rāja-dvāra. Viṭhṭhal Mādhava Mukunda Keśava — by that, the daitya-rāva was shaken. For those (bhaktas, you) became saguṇa; (you) made the bhaktas' words true. The verse permits the canonical Narasimha-meditation and the bhakta-vachana-pramāṇa doctrine.
Where this applies
- ★ Narasimha entry; opens 6-abhang Prahlāda-rakṣaṇa sub-cluster (3081-3086)
- 9-Name kīrtana-list — companion to 2448 mantra
- Bhakta-vachana-satya-kele — bhakta-words-made-true doctrine