Abhanga 3435
Tukārām's CANONICAL bhakti-diagnostic: these are the marks of the Lord's coming — check yourself against them.
The verse
देवाची ते खूण आला ज्याच्या घरा । त्याच्या पडे चिरा मनुष्यपणा ॥१॥
देवाची ते खूण करावें वाटोंळें । आपणा वेगळें कोणी नाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
देवाची ते खूण गुंतों नेदी आशा । ममतेच्या पाशा शिवों नेदी ॥२॥
देवाची ते खूण गुंतों नेदी वाचा । लागों असत्याचा मळ नेदी ॥३॥
देवाची ते खूण तोडी मायाजाळ । आणि हें सकळ जग हरी ॥४॥
पहा देवें तेंचि बळकाविलें स्थळ । तुक्यापें सकळ चिन्हें होतीं ॥५॥
Literal translation
Deva's-mark — comes-to-house, manuṣya-paṇā-breaks-with-chirā. Makes-vāṭōḷē — no-one-separate-from-self. Doesn't-let-āśā-entangle, mamatā-pāśa-not-touch. Doesn't-let-vāchā-entangle, asatya-maḷa-not-attach. Breaks-māyā-jāḷa — jaga-becomes-Hari. Look — Deva-fortified-sthaḷa — Tukyāpē sakaḷa-chinhē.
What it means
★★ THE CANONICAL dēvāchī tē khūṇa (Lord's-marks) abhang — 5-fold diagnostic-signs that Deva has come to someone: 1. manuṣya-paṇā (human-pride) breaks 2. vāṭōḷē (wandering, rolled-up); no-one-is-separate-from-self 3. āśā doesn't entangle, mamatā-pāśa doesn't touch 4. vāchā doesn't entangle, asatya-maḷa doesn't attach 5. māyā-jāḷa is broken; all this jaga becomes Hari
Closes with self-witness: in Tukā, all the signs are present. The most-direct how-do-you-know-Lord-has-come diagnostic text.
For someone today
Tukārām's CANONICAL bhakti-diagnostic: these are the marks of the Lord's coming — check yourself against them.
Where this applies
- ★★ THE canonical dēvāchī tē khūṇa 6-verse
- Foundational bhakti-diagnostic (5 signs)
- all this jaga becomes Hari line
- Closes with self-witness — Tukā has all the signs