Abhanga 3095
Gurupādāgrīñce jaḷa — the water from guru's foot-tip; tyāsa mānī jō viṭāḷa — (the one) who considers it viṭāḷa.
The verse
गुरुपादाग्रींचें जळ । त्यास मानी जो विटाळ ॥१॥
संतीं वाळिला जो खळ । नरकीं पचे चिरकाळ ॥ध्रु.॥
गुरुतीर्थी अनमान । यथासांग मद्यपान ॥२॥
गुरुअंगुष्टा न चोखी । मुख घाली वेश्येमुखीं ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे सांगों किती । मुखीं पडो त्याचे माती ॥४॥
Literal translation
Gurupādāgrīñce jaḷa — the water from guru's foot-tip; tyāsa mānī jō viṭāḷa — (the one) who considers it viṭāḷa. Samtīm vāḷilā jō khaḷa — (the) khaḷa excluded by sants; narakīm pache chirakāḷa — burns in naraka for-eternity. Gurutīrthī anamāna — anumāna at guru-tīrtha; yathāsānga madyapāna — with yathā-sānga (systematic) drinks alcohol. Guru-anguṣṭā na chōkhī — doesn't suck guru's anguṣṭha; mukha ghālī veśye-mukhīm — puts mouth in veśyā-mukha. Tukā mhaṇe sāngōm kitī — Tukā says: how much can (I) tell; mukhīm paḍō tyāñce māṭī — let māṭi fall in his mouth.
What it means
A strong 4-verse anti-guru-disrespect polemic by Tukārām with sharp 17th-c language.
The 3 specific-contrasts of-the-corrupt-disciple: 1. Considers guru's-foot-water as-viṭāḷa, but-drinks-alcohol-systematically — sacred-rejected-while-defiling-accepted 2. Doesn't-suck guru's-toe (humility-rite), but-puts-mouth-in-veśyā's-mouth — humility-refused, lust-accepted 3. Excluded-by-sants and-burned-in-naraka-for-eternity
Closing-curse: let-dust-fall-in-his-mouth (a-curse-of-death-or-silencing).
The polemic is sharp-and-bound-to-17th-c-context. The diagnostic-element is guru-disrespect coupled-with-defiling-conduct (alcohol, prostitute). Compare-the-anti-distorted-priorities-cluster (3052-3057).
For someone today
Tukārām's strong anti-guru-disrespect polemic. (The one) who considers the water from-the-tip-of-guru's-feet as viṭāḷa (defilement) — that rogue, excluded by sants, burns for-eternity in naraka. (He has) doubt at guru-tīrtha, yet systematically does drinking. (He) doesn't suck the guru's toe-tip, but puts (his) mouth in the prostitute's mouth. How much can (I) tell — let dust fall in his mouth. The verse permits the strict-injunction against-guru-disrespect coupled-with-defiling-conduct.
Where this applies
- ★ Strong anti-guru-disrespect polemic
- Uses 17th-c sharp pejorative-language; bound-to-time
- 3 specific-paired-contrasts (foot-water vs alcohol, toe vs prostitute)
- Companion to anti-distorted-priorities cluster (3052-3057)