Abhanga 3094
Tukārām explains that the Lord's name Murārī comes from killing the demon Muru, then asks why, despite always cherishing his devotees before, the Lord took on such a strange form this time.
The verse
मुरुकुश दोन्ही मारिले आसुर । दुर्वास ॠषीश्वर सुखी केला ॥१॥
मारियेला मुरु म्हणोनी मुरारी । नाम तुझें हरी पडियेलें ॥ध्रु.॥
पूवाअहुनी ऐसा भक्तिप्रतिपाळ । केला त्वां सांभाळ नारायणा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे ये चि वेळे काय जालें । कां सोंग धरिलें मोहनाचें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Murukuśa dōnhī mārile āsura — Murukuśa, both asuras (he) killed; Durvāsa rṣīśvara sukhī kelā — Durvāsa, the rṣīśvara, was made sukhī. Māriyelā Muru mhaṇōnī Murārī — killed Muru, hence Murārī; nāma tujhe Harī paḍiyele — (this) Name of yours, Harī, has fallen. Pūvāahuṇī aisā bhakti-pratipāḷa — from earlier such bhakti-pratipāḷa; kelā tvām sāmbhāḷa Nārāyaṇā — you have done sāmbhāḷa, Nārāyaṇa. Tukā mhaṇe ye chi veḷe kāya jāle — Tukā says: this time, what has happened; kām sōnga dharile mōhanāñce — why have (you) taken-on the sōnga of mōhanā.
What it means
The 7th-and-closing text of-the-Durvāsa-Bali narrative cluster — contains the etymology of MURĀRĪ.
The narrative: After-emerging-via-Dvāra-of-Dvāravatī (3093), Hari killed-the-asuras Muru-and-Kuśa; Durvāsa-the-rṣīśvara was-made-sukhī.
Etymology: Murārī (= Muru-ari, Muru's-enemy) is-the-Name-that-Hari-acquired by-killing-the-asura-Muru.
Closing-question to-the-Lord: From-earlier, you-have-always-been-bhakti-pratipāḷa; this-time-what-happened? why-did-you-take-on-the-sōnga (deceptive-form) of-mōhanā (delusion)? The tension-between-Lord's-old-protectiveness and-current-binding-at-Bali's-door is acknowledged-rhetorically.
This is one-of-the-precious-Name-etymologies in-the-Tukārām-corpus. Compare-3093 (Dvārakā-etymology).
For someone today
Tukārām's Murārī-etymology and closing-of-cluster. The Muru-Kuśa, both asuras, (he) killed. Durvāsa, the rṣīśvara, was made sukhī. Having killed Muru — hence the Name Murārī fell on Hari. From earlier — such a bhakti-pratipāḷa you have been — you have done sāmbhāḷa, Nārāyaṇa. This time, what has happened? — why have you taken-on the deceptive-form of delusion? The verse permits the etymology-of-Murārī and the bhakti-rhetorical-tension at-cluster-close.
Where this applies
- MAJOR cultural-text — etymology of MURĀRĪ
- 7th-and-closing of Durvāsa-Bali narrative cluster
- Bhakti-pratipāḷa-from-pūrva historical-claim
- Companion to 3093 (Dvārakā-etymology)