Abhanga 3131
Tukārām's bhakta-veneration framework. Those who sing the Viṭhṭhala-gīta continuously — at their feet, I will place my mind. Those who love Viṭhṭhala's Name — they are my supreme life-friends. Those who love Viṭhṭhala in (their) eyes — their foot-water I will accept. Those who have given all bhāva to Viṭhṭhala — at their feet, I will ask for a place. I will become the dust of (their) feet — (they) are called Hari's-servants. The verse permits the canonical 5-fold bhakta-veneration framework.
The verse
जे गाती अखंड विठ्ठलाचे गीत । त्यांचे पायीं चत्ति ठेवीन मी ॥१॥
जयांसी आवडे विठ्ठलाचें नाम । ते माझे परम प्राणसखे ॥ध्रु.॥
जयांसी विठ्ठल आवडे लोचनीं । त्यांचें पायवणी स्वीकारीन ॥२॥
विठ्ठलासी जिहीं दिला सर्व भाव । त्यांच्या पायीं ठाव मागईंन ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे रज होईंन चरणींचा । म्हणविती त्यांचा हरिचे दास ॥४॥
Literal translation
Je gātī akhaṇḍa Viṭhṭhalāñce gīta — those who sing the Viṭhṭhala-gīta continuously; tyāñce pāyīm chitta ṭhevīna mī — at their pāya, I will place chitta. Jayāmsī āvaḍe Viṭhṭhalāñce nāma — those who love Viṭhṭhala's Name; te mājhe parama prāṇasakhe — they are my supreme prāṇa-sakhe. Jayāmsī Viṭhṭhala āvaḍe lōchanīm — those who love Viṭhṭhala in (their) eyes; tyāñce pāyavaṇī svīkārīna — I will accept their pāya-vaṇī. Viṭhṭhalāsī jihīm dilā sarva bhāva — those who have given all bhāva to Viṭhṭhala; tyāñcyā pāyīm ṭhāva māgaīmna — at their pāya, I will ask (for) ṭhāva. Tukā mhaṇe raja hōīmna charaṇīmñcā — Tukā says: I will become the dust of (their) charaṇas; mhaṇavitī tyāñcā Harīñce dāsa — they are called Hari-dāsa.
What it means
★ A canonical 5-verse bhakta-veneration framework by Tukārām.
The 5-fold bhakta-veneration: 1. Those-who-sing-Viṭhṭhala-gīta → I-place-chitta-at-their-feet 2. Those-who-love-Viṭhṭhala's-Name → my-supreme-prāṇa-friends 3. Those-who-love-Viṭhṭhala-in-eyes → I-accept-their-foot-water 4. Those-who-give-all-bhāva-to-Viṭhṭhala → at-their-feet-I-ask-(for)-place 5. Tukā's-resolve: I'll-become-the-dust-of-their-charaṇas — they-are-called-Hari-dāsa
★ This is a canonical Vārkarī bhakta-veneration text — those-who-love-Viṭhṭhal-(by-singing/Name/eyes/all-bhāva) deserve-the-bhakta's-veneration-and-foot-dust.
Compare-Tukārām's-2810 (saints-list — Vidura/Prahlāda/Rohidāsa etc), 3050 (sants'-māgī-māti), 2887 (sant-pūjā-warrant).
For someone today
Tukārām's bhakta-veneration framework. Those who sing the Viṭhṭhala-gīta continuously — at their feet, I will place my mind. Those who love Viṭhṭhala's Name — they are my supreme life-friends. Those who love Viṭhṭhala in (their) eyes — their foot-water I will accept. Those who have given all bhāva to Viṭhṭhala — at their feet, I will ask for a place. I will become the dust of (their) feet — (they) are called Hari's-servants. The verse permits the canonical 5-fold bhakta-veneration framework.
Where this applies
- ★ Canonical 5-verse bhakta-veneration framework
- 5-fold-criteria-of-Hari-dāsas
- Companion to 2810, 3050, 2887