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Abhanga 3275
Tukārām's vachana-distinguishes-from-mauna observation
The verse
चत्ति तें चिंतन कल्पनेची धांव । जे जे वाढे हांव इंद्रियांची ॥१॥
हात पाव दिसे शरीर चालतां । नावें भेद सत्ता जीवाची ते ॥ध्रु.॥
रवीचिये अंगीं प्रकाशक कळा । वचनें निराळा भेद दिला ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे माप वचनाच्या अंगीं । मौन्य काय रंगीं निवडावें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Chitta-is-chintana-kalpanā-dhāva; whatever-grows-hāva-of-indriyas. Hand-foot-seen as-body-moves; bheda-by-names-jīva-sattā. Ravi-angīm prakāśaka-kaḷā; by-vachana niraḷa-bheda. Tukā: vachana-angīm-māpa; mauna-not-distinguished-in-ranga.
What it means
A 3-verse text on vachana-as-distinguishing-agent. Speech-makes-distinction; silence-leaves-the-ranga-unmarked.
For someone today
Tukārām: speech-is-distinguishing — silence-is-the-undivided-display.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's vachana-distinguishes-from-mauna observation