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Abhanga 3478
Tukārām's worldly-rūḍhi-passes-as-truth; death-forgotten; open-eyes-don't-become-blind canonical mortality-warning
The verse
पडिली हे रूढि जगा परिचार । चालविती वेव्हार सत्य म्हूण ॥१॥
मरणाची कां रे नाहीं आठवण । संचिताचा धन लोभ हेवा ॥ध्रु.॥
देहाचें भय तें काळाचें भातुकें । ग्रासूनि तें एकें ठेविलेंसे ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे कांहीं उघडा रे डोळे । जाणोनि अंधळे होऊं नका ॥३॥
Literal translation
Rūḍhi-fell-as-parichāra — they-run-vēvhāra-calling-true. Why-no-āṭhavaṇa-of-maraṇa — lōbha-hēvā-for-samchita. Deha-bhaya-Kāḷa's-bhātuka — grasped-kept-as-one. Tukā: somewhat-open-eyes — knowing-don't-be-blind.
What it means
A 3-verse mortality-warning. They run worldly-affairs as if they're true; no one remembers death; the body's fear is Kāḷa's toy; open your eyes, don't be blind.
For someone today
Tukārām: the-body-is-Kāḷa's-toy — open-your-eyes.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's worldly-rūḍhi-as-truth; deha-bhaya-Kāḷa's-toy canonical mortality-warning