Abhanga 3244
Harināmavelī pāvalī vistāra — the Hari-nāma-vine reached extension; phaḷīm puṣpīm bhāra bōlhāvalā — with fruit-flower, the load weighed-down.
The verse
हरिनामवेली पावली विस्तार । फळीं पुष्पीं भार बोल्हावला ॥१॥
तेथें माझ्या मना होई पक्षिराज । साधावया काज तृप्तीचें या ॥ध्रु. ॥
मुळऴिचया बीजें दाखविली गोडी । लवकर चि जोडी जालियाची ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे क्षणक्षणां जातो काळ । गोडी ते रसाळ अंतरेल ॥३॥
Literal translation
Harināmavelī pāvalī vistāra — the Hari-nāma-vine reached extension; phaḷīm puṣpīm bhāra bōlhāvalā — with fruit-flower, the load weighed-down. Tethe mājhyā manā hōī pakṣirāja — there, let my mana become bird-king; sādhāvayā kāja trptīñce yā — to accomplish the work of trpti. Muḷihichayā bīje dākhavilī gōḍī — the original-seed showed the gōḍī; lavakara chi jōḍī jāliyāchī — quickly the jōḍī was made. Tukā mhaṇe kṣaṇa-kṣaṇām jātō kāḷa — Tukā says: kṣaṇa-kṣaṇām, kāḷa goes; gōḍī te rasāḷa antarela — the juicy-gōḍī will be lost.
What it means
A striking 3-verse Hari-nāma-vine image by Tukārām.
The image: Hari-nāma-velī (Hari-name-vine) is spread-out, weighed-down with-fruit-flower-load. Let-my-mana become-the-pakṣi-rāja (king-of-birds) there, to-accomplish-trpti. The-original-seed-showed-the-goḍī (sweetness); quickly the-jōḍī was-made. Moment-by-moment, kāḷa-goes; the-rasāḷa-goḍī will-be-lost.
★ The image mana-as-pakṣi-rāja sitting-on-the-Hari-nāma-vine eating-fruits-flowers is canonical-Vārkarī bhakti-poetry. The urgency-of-time-passing closes the verse.
For someone today
Tukārām's Hari-nāma-vine image. The Hari-nāma-vine has reached extension; with fruits-and-flowers, the load weighed-down. There, let my mana become the king-of-birds — to accomplish the work of satisfaction. The original-seed showed the sweetness — quickly the pairing was made. Moment-by-moment, time goes — the juicy-sweetness will be lost. The verse permits the canonical bhakti-image: mana-as-bird-king-on-Hari-nāma-vine.
Where this applies
- ★ Striking Hari-nāma-velī, mana-as-pakṣirāja canonical-image
- Original-seed-showed-goḍī, quickly-jōḍī connecting-image