Abhanga 3438
Bhāṇḍavala mājhe laṭikyāñce gāṇṭhī — my capital is the purse of the false; udīma tō tuṭī yāvī hā chi — the business — only-this loss-to-come.
The verse
भांडवल माझें लटिक्याचे गांठी । उदीम तो तुटी यावी हा चि ॥१॥
कैसी तुझी वाट पाहों कोणा तोंडें । भोंवतीं किं रे भांडे गर्भवास ॥ध्रु.॥
चहूं खाणीचिया रंगलोंसें संगें । सुष्ट दुष्ट अंगें धरूनियां ॥२॥
बहुतांचे बहु पालटलों सळे । बहु आला काळें रंग अंगा ॥३॥
उकलूनि नये दावितां अंतर । घडिचा पदर सारूनियां ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे करीं गोंवळें यासाटीं । आपल्या पालटीं संगें देवा ॥५॥
Literal translation
Bhāṇḍavala mājhe laṭikyāñce gāṇṭhī — my capital is the purse of the false; udīma tō tuṭī yāvī hā chi — the business — only-this loss-to-come. Kaisī tujhī vāṭa pāhōm kōṇā tōṇḍe — with whose mouth (shall I) wait-for your vāṭa; bhōmvatīm kīm re bhāṇḍe garbhavāsa — around (are) vessels of garbhavāsa. Chahūm khāṇīñciyā rangalōmse sange — (I have) become-mixed with chahūm-khāṇī-sanga; suṣṭa duṣṭa ange dharūnīyām — taking-on suṣṭa-and-duṣṭa limbs. Bahutāmñce bahu pālaṭalōm saḷe — (I) have-changed many times by many; bahu ālā kāḷe ranga angā — the dark-color has come-on the body. Ukalūnī naye dāvitām antara — (I) cannot unfold-and-show the antara; ghaḍichā padara sārūnīyām — concealing the time's-padara. Tukā mhaṇe karīm gōmvaḷe yāsāṭīm — Tukā says: do the gōmvaḷaṇa for-this; āpalyā pālaṭīm sange Devā — by your own pālaṭa-sanga, Devā.
What it means
A 5-verse self-confession + redemption-petition by Tukārām.
The bhakta-confesses: my-capital is-the-purse-of-the-false; only-loss-to-come. Vessels-of-rebirth-around-me. I've-been-mixed-with-all-4-birth-realms; taken-on-good-and-bad-limbs. The-dark-color came-on-body. I-can't-unfold-and-show-my-inner-state; I-hide-the-layer-of-this-time.
The petition: do-the-gōmvaḷa (round-up/gathering); by-your-own-pālaṭa-sanga (changing-association/redemptive-touch), Devā. Only-the-Lord's-changing-touch can-redeem-this-mixed-and-dyed bhakta.
The chahūm-khāṇī (four-birth-categories: jarāyu-aṇḍa-sveda-udbhij, viviparous-oviparous-sweat-sprout) is the canonical-Indic-fourfold of-rebirths.
For someone today
Tukārām's self-confession-and-petition. My capital is the purse of falsity; the only business is bearing-loss. With whose mouth shall I wait for your path? — vessels of wombs (are) all-around. I'm mixed with the company of all four birth-realms — taking-on good and bad limbs. I've been changed many times by many; the dark-color has come on (my) body. I cannot unfold and show (my) inner-state; I keep concealing the layer of this-time. Do the gathering for this — by your own changing-touch, Devā. The verse permits the bhakta's-confession of-mixed-many-births-and-sangas, asking-the-Lord's-redemptive-touch.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's fallen-into-many-births; only-your-pālaṭa-sanga-saves canonical-petition
- Chahūm-khāṇī-sanga-mixed canonical-rebirth-confession
- Pālaṭa-sanga (the-Lord's-changing-redemptive-touch) image