Abhanga 3441
Tukārām's mutual-sant-sanga praise. Hold the good — the dwelling-shelter. (They) wake the sleeper — fulfill the real-thing. One business — their company is their life. They do good by good — the mind of each is mutual witness. Of the uneven (harmful) — nothing comes-between. Well — (for) those who come home in that manner. The verse permits the canonical sant-sanga of mutual-fulfillment and no-viṣama-between.
The verse
धरावा तो बरा । ठाव वसतीचा थारा ॥१॥
निजविल्या जागविती । निज पुरवूनि देती ॥ध्रु.॥
एक वेवसाव । त्यांचा संग त्यांचा जीव ॥२॥
हितें केलें हित । ग्वाही एक एकां चित्त ॥३॥
विषमाचें कांहीं । आड तया एक नाहीं ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे बरीं । घरा येतील त्यापरी ॥५॥
Literal translation
Dharāvā tō barā — hold the good; ṭhāva vasatīñcā thārā — the vasati-thārā. Nijavilyā jāgavitī — (they) wake the sleeper; nija puravūnī detī — fulfill the nija. Eka vevasāva — one vyavasāya; tyāñcā samga tyāñcā jīva — their sanga is their jīva. Hite kele hita — (they) do hita by hita; gvāhī eka ekām chitta — the chitta of each is mutual gvāhī. Viṣamāñce kāmhī — of the viṣama (anything); āḍa tayā eka nāhī — nothing comes-between. Tukā mhaṇe barīm — Tukā says: well-(it-is); gharā yetīla tyāparī — (those) who come home in-that-manner.
What it means
A 5-verse sant-sanga praise by Tukārām.
The 5 features of-the-true-sant-sanga: 1. Hold-the-good-vasati-thārā (dwelling-shelter) 2. They-wake-the-sleeper, fulfill-the-real-thing 3. One-vyavasāya — sanga-is-jīva 4. Hita-by-hita; mutual-chitta-as-witness 5. Nothing-viṣama-comes-between
Closing: those-who-come-home-like-that — well.
This complements-3439 (don't-be-too-intimate) — if-the-sant-sanga-is-genuine, mutual-hita-and-witness, no-viṣama-between — then-it-is-the-good-vasati-thārā. The two-texts-together give-Tukārām's-nuanced-sant-sanga-doctrine.
For someone today
Tukārām's mutual-sant-sanga praise. Hold the good — the dwelling-shelter. (They) wake the sleeper — fulfill the real-thing. One business — their company is their life. They do good by good — the mind of each is mutual witness. Of the uneven (harmful) — nothing comes-between. Well — (for) those who come home in that manner. The verse permits the canonical sant-sanga of mutual-fulfillment and no-viṣama-between.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's mutual sant-sanga fulfillment text
- 5-features-of-true-sant-sanga