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Abhanga 3341

Āmhāmpāśīm sare eka śuddha bhāva — with us, only one śuddha-bhāva suffices; chaturāīm jāṇīva na lage kaḷā — no chaturāī, jāṇīva, kaḷā needed.

Tukārām's only-shuddha-bhāva-suffices; bhāvika-has-sattā-over-Lord claim

The verse

आम्हांपाशीं सरे एक शुद्ध भाव । चतुराईं जाणींव न लगे कळा ॥१॥ सर्वजाण माझा स्वामी पांडुरंग । तया अंगसंगें गोपाळासी ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे कर्मधर्में नये हातां । तयावरि सत्ता भाविकांची ॥३॥

Literal translation

Āmhāmpāśīm sare eka śuddha bhāvawith us, only one śuddha-bhāva suffices; chaturāīm jāṇīva na lage kaḷāno chaturāī, jāṇīva, kaḷā needed. Sarva-jāṇa mājhā svāmī Pāṇḍurangamy svāmī Pāṇḍuranga is sarva-jña; tayā anga-sange gōpāḷāsīby his anga-sanga, the gōpāḷas (were blessed). Tukā mhaṇe karma-dharme naye hātāmTukā says: by karma-dharma, he doesn't come-to-hand; tayāvari sattā bhāvikāñcīover him is the sattā of the bhāvika.

What it means

A short 3-verse claim by Tukārām.

The argument: Only one shuddha-bhāva suffices with-us; no-chaturāī-jāṇīva-kaḷā needed. My-svāmī-Pāṇḍuranga is-sarva-jña; gōpāḷas were blessed by-his-anga-sanga. By-karma-dharma he doesn't-come-to-hand; the-sattā-over-him belongs-to-the-bhāvika.

★ The closing-claim is striking: the bhāvika has-sattā-over-the-Lord. Bhāva, not-karma-or-dharma, has-the-authority-to-claim-the-Lord.

For someone today

Tukārām's claim. With us, only one pure-feeling suffices; cleverness, knowing-ness, skill are not needed. My svāmī Pāṇḍuranga is all-knower; by his body-association, the gōpāḷas (were blessed). By karma-dharma, (he) does not come-to-hand; the authority over him belongs to the devotee (with-bhāva). The verse permits the bhakti-claim: only-bhāva-grants-authority-over-the-Lord.

Where this applies

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