Abhanga 3082
Calling on the Name with full trust kept Prahlad safe even as swords clanged against him, so do not let that same protective power slip past you or forget the stories that prove it.
The verse
नामाचें सामर्थ्य कां रे दवडीसी । कां रे विसरसी पवाडे हे ॥१॥
खणखणां हाणती खर्ग प्रल्हादासी । न रुपे आंगासी किंचित ही ॥ध्रु.॥
राम कृष्ण हरी ऐसी मारी हाक । तेणें पडे धाक बळियासी ॥२॥
असों द्यावीं सामर्थ्या ऐसिया कीर्तीचीं । आवडी तुक्याची भेटी देई ॥३॥
Literal translation
Nāmāñce sāmarthya kām re davaḍīsī — why let the Name's sāmarthya pass; kām re visarasī pavāḍe he — why forget the pavāḍas. Khaṇakhaṇām hāṇatī kharga Prahlādāsī — clang-clang, swords clanged on Prahlāda; na rupe āngāsī kimchita hī — they did not mark his body even a bit. Rāma Krṣṇa Harī aisī mārī hāka — Rāma Krṣṇa Hari, (he) made such a shout; teṇe paḍe dhāka baḷiyāsī — by that, the strong-(daitya) trembled. Asōm dyāvīm sāmarthyā aisiyā kīrtīñcīm — let such kīrti of sāmarthya be; āvaḍī Tukyāñcī bhēṭī deī — give Tukā's bhēṭī of (his) āvaḍī.
What it means
The 2nd-of-6 Prahlāda-rakṣaṇa sub-cluster text — the-sword-test stage.
The argument: Don't-let-the-Name's-sāmarthya pass; don't-forget-the-pavāḍas. The-swords-clanged on-Prahlāda, didn't-mark-his-body. He-shouted-Rāma-Krṣṇa-Hari, the-daitya-trembled. Let such fame-of-sāmarthya-be; give-Tukā-bhēṭī.
The swords-clang-but-don't-mark image is a-Prahlāda-protection-detail — the Lord's-protection makes-Prahlāda's-body-invulnerable.
For someone today
Tukārām's Prahlāda-sword-test text. Why do you let the sāmarthya of the Name pass-by? Why do you forget the pavāḍas? Clang-clang, swords clanged on Prahlāda — but they did not mark (his) body even a bit. Calling Rāma Krṣṇa Harī — such a shout — the strong-(daitya) trembled. Let such kīrti of (your) sāmarthya be — give Tukā the bhēṭī of (his) āvaḍī. The verse permits the canonical Name-sāmarthya warrant by Prahlāda-sword-test.
Where this applies
- 2nd-of-6 Prahlāda-rakṣaṇa sub-cluster
- Swords-clang-don't-mark-body canonical-image
- Don't-let-Name's-sāmarthya-pass refrain