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Abhanga 3232
Tukārām's won't-fall-into-philosophical-fashions; only-Govinda
The verse
कोणाचिया न पडों छंदा । गोविंदासी आळवूं ॥१॥
बहुतांचीं बहु मतें । अवघे रिते पोकळ ॥ध्रु.॥
घटापटा ढवळी मन । होय सीण न करूं तें ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे पांडुरंग । भरूं भाग आला तो ॥३॥
Literal translation
Won't-fall-into-anyone's-chanda; call-on-Govinda. Many-views are-rite-pōkaḷa. Ghaṭa-paṭa shakes-mana; that-is-sīṇa, we-won't. Tukā: Pāṇḍuranga our-bharu-bhāga came.
What it means
A 3-verse anti-philosophical-fashion text. Ghaṭa-paṭa refers to-the classical-Nyāya philosophical-disputes (using pot-and-cloth as standard-examples).
For someone today
Tukārām: don't-get-swept-up-in-philosophical-fashions — call-on-Govinda.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's won't-fall-into-anyone's-chanda; only-Govinda