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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
- Tukārām's no-padārtha-sevā; only-bhāva canonical claim