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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3207 of 4582

Abhanga 3207

Our-viśrānti — your-feet, Kamaḷāpati.

Tukārām's I-am-the-lower-step extreme-humility canonical-claim

The verse

आमुची विश्रांति । तुमचे चरण कमळापती ॥१॥ पुढती पुढती नमन । घालूंनियां लोटांगण ॥ध्रु.॥ हें चि एक जाणें । काया वाचा आणि मनें ॥२॥ नीच जनालोकां । तळिले पायेरीस तुका ॥३॥

Literal translation

Our-viśrānti — your-feet, Kamaḷāpati. Pudhatī-pudhatī-namana, lōṭāngaṇa. This-one-thing-(I)-know — kāyā-vāchā-mana. For-nīcha-jana-lōka — Tukā the-lower-step.

What it means

A 3-verse extreme-humility-claim. Tukārām-as-the-lower-step (taḷile-pāyerīsa) for-the-low-people-of-the-world.

For someone today

Tukārām's I-am-the-step-down-to-the-low canonical-humility: he-takes-the-lowest-position to-be-available-to-the-lowliest.

Where this applies

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