संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3272 of 4582
Abhanga 3272
Devotion can be loud, physical, and joyful: chant the Name aloud, clap with love, honor the humble, and raise your arms toward the Divine.
Tukārām's Vārkarī-procession-call
The verse
गर्जत जावें नामावळी । प्रेमें टाळी वाहोनि ॥१॥
येणें सुखें पुढती धांवे । भेटी सवें गोपाळा ॥ध्रु.॥
लोटांगण घाला तळीं । वंदा धुळी संतांची ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे विठ्ठल लाहो । ऐसा बाहो उभारा ॥३॥
Literal translation
Roaring-nāmāvalī, clap-prema-tāḷī. Sukha-runs-ahead, bhēṭī with-Gōpāḷa. Cast-lōṭāngaṇa, revere-dust-of-sants. Tukā: take-Viṭhṭhal, raise-arms.
What it means
A canonical Vārkarī-procession-call. Roar-Name, clap-tāḷī, prostrate, revere-dust, raise-arms.
For someone today
Tukārām's Vārkarī-vivid-call.
Where this applies
- When you're walking in a procession or pilgrimage and want to bring your whole body and voice into the devotion, not just your thoughts.
- When joy rises in you during group chanting or singing and you're unsure whether to express it fully.
- When you're tempted to walk past humble people or places connected to saints without pausing to honor them.
- When you want a physical, embodied way to express devotion rather than keeping it purely internal.