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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3098 of 4582

Abhanga 3098

Viṭhṭhala mājhā jīva Viṭhṭhala mājhā bhāva — Viṭhṭhala (is) my jīva, Viṭhṭhala (is) my bhāva; kuḷa-dharma deva Viṭhṭhala mājhā — the kuḷa-dharma deva is my Viṭhṭhala.

Daily-recited Vārkarī devotion-text
Companion to 2425 (tūm-chi-mājhā śaraṇāgati litany), 2597 (tūm-mājhī-māulī)

The verse

विठ्ठल माझा जीव विठ्ठल माझा भाव । कुळधर्म देव विठ्ठल माझा ॥१॥ विठ्ठल माझा गुरु विठ्ठल माझा तारूं । उतरील पारु भवनदीचा ॥ध्रु.॥ विठ्ठल माझी माता विठ्ठल माझा पिता । विठ्ठल चुलता बहिणी बंधु ॥२॥ विठ्ठल हे जन विठ्ठल माझें मन । सोयरा सज्जन विठ्ठल माझा ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे माझा विठ्ठल विसावा । नश्वरित गांवा जाइन त्याच्या ॥४॥

Literal translation

Viṭhṭhala mājhā jīva Viṭhṭhala mājhā bhāvaViṭhṭhala (is) my jīva, Viṭhṭhala (is) my bhāva; kuḷa-dharma deva Viṭhṭhala mājhāthe kuḷa-dharma deva is my Viṭhṭhala. Viṭhṭhala mājhā guru Viṭhṭhala mājhā tārumViṭhṭhala (is) my guru, Viṭhṭhala (is) my tāru; utarīla pāru bhavanadīñcā(he) will take (me) across the bhavanadī. Viṭhṭhala mājhī mātā Viṭhṭhala mājhā pitāViṭhṭhala (is) my mātā, Viṭhṭhala (is) my pitā; Viṭhṭhala chulatā bahiṇī bandhuViṭhṭhala (is) chulatā, bahiṇī, bandhu. Viṭhṭhala he jana Viṭhṭhala mājhe manaViṭhṭhala (is) the jana, Viṭhṭhala (is) my mana; sōyarā sajjana Viṭhṭhala mājhāViṭhṭhala (is) my sōyarā-sajjana. Tukā mhaṇe mājhā Viṭhṭhala viśavāTukā says: my Viṭhṭhala (is) viśavā; naśvarita gāvā jāina tyāñcyāI will go to his naśvarita gāva.

What it means

★★ A MAJOR canonical Vārkarī foundational text — among-the-most-daily-recited Tukārām abhangs.

The full-relational-list: jīva, bhāva, kuḷa-dharma-deva, guru, tāru, mātā, pitā, chulatā, bahiṇī, bandhu, jana, mana, sōyarā, sajjana, viśavāall-15-relationships are-Viṭhṭhal.

★ Comparable to 2425's tūm-chi-mājhā śaraṇāgati (you-alone-are-my-Deva-jīva-bhāva-Pāṇḍurangā), but-distinctive in-its-family-relations emphasis (mother-father-uncle-sister-brother).

Closing-eschatology: naśvarita-gāva (the-eternal-village, = Vaikuṇṭha or Paṇḍharī-eternalized).

For someone today

Tukārām's foundational Vārkarī devotion. Viṭhṭhala (is) my jīva, Viṭhṭhala (is) my bhāva; the kuḷa-dharma deva is my Viṭhṭhala. Viṭhṭhala (is) my guru, my boat — (he) will take (me) across the bhava-river. Viṭhṭhala (is) my mātā, my pitā — uncle, sister, brother. Viṭhṭhala (is) the jana, Viṭhṭhala (is) my mana — friend-and-good-person, my Viṭhṭhal. My Viṭhṭhala (is) rest; to his eternal-village I will go. The verse permits the comprehensive-bhakti-relation: every-relationship is-Viṭhṭhal.

Where this applies

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