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Abhanga 3213

Tukārām's bhakti-essence: Deva doesn't need padārtha — only bhāva.

Tukārām's Deva-needs-no-padārtha; only-bhāva-matters

The verse

शक्ती द्याव्या देवा । नाहीं पदार्थी सेवा ॥१॥ मुख्य आहे ऐसा धर्म । जाणते हो जाणा वर्म ॥ध्रु.॥ मना पोटीं देव । जाणे जैसा तैसा भाव ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे सोसें । लागे लाविल्याचें पिसें ॥३॥

Literal translation

Give-strength-Deva; no-padārtha-sevā. Mukhya-dharma — know-the-varma. In-mana-pōṭa, Deva-knows-bhāva. Tukā: by-sōsa, attached-becomes-pisa.

What it means

A 3-verse bhakti-essence text. Sevā-is-bhāva, not-material; Deva-knows-the-inner-state.

For someone today

Tukārām's bhakti-essence: Deva doesn't need padārtha — only bhāva.

Where this applies

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