Abhanga 3540
The deepest peace is a taste most people overlook, but once savored, it dissolves suffering quickly, and many before you have already found it.
The verse
नारायणा ऐसा । सेवूं नेणतील रसा ॥१॥
जेणें भवव्याध तुटे । दुःख मागुतें न भेटे ॥ध्रु.॥
न लगे कांहीं आटी । बाधा राहों न सके पोटीं ॥२॥
कैवल्य तें जोडे । पालट लवकरी घडे ॥३॥
जन्ममरणदुःख अटे । जाळें अवघेंचि तुटे ॥४॥
तुका म्हणे जाला । याचा गुण बहुतांला ॥५॥
Literal translation
Nārāyaṇā aisā — such a (rasa as) Nārāyaṇa; sevūm neṇatīla rasā — (they) don't know how to savour the rasa. Jeṇe bhava-vyādha tuṭe — by which bhava-vyādha is cut; duḥkha māgute na bheṭe — duḥkha doesn't meet again. Na lage kāmhī āṭī — no special effort needed; bādhā rāhōm na sake pōṭīm — obstacle can't stay in belly. Kaivalya te jōḍe — kaivalya is attached; pālaṭa lavakarī ghaḍe — pālaṭa happens quickly. Janma-maraṇa-duḥkha aṭe — janma-maraṇa-duḥkha fades; jāḷe avaghe-chi tuṭe — all the net breaks. Tukā mhaṇe jālā — Tukā says: (it has) happened; yāñcā guṇa bahutāmlā — this guṇa for many.
What it means
A canonical 5-verse Nārāyaṇa-as-rasa text by Tukārām. The teaching: Nārāyaṇa-is-a-rasa (essence/juice/taste) but-people-don't-know-how-to-savour-it. To-savour-it cuts-the-bhava-vyādha; duḥkha-doesn't-recur; no-special-effort-needed; obstacle-can't-stay; kaivalya-attaches; quick-transformation; janma-maraṇa-fades; whole-net-(of-samsāra)-breaks.
The closing-claim is striking: yāñcā guṇa bahutāmlā — many-have-(already)-gained-this-guṇa. The bhakti-rasa is-already-proven-by-many; this-is-not-speculative-claim but-attested-experience. Compare-3037 (Nāme-Viṭṭhalāchiyā 5-fold spontaneous-revelation).
For someone today
Tukārām's Nārāyaṇa-as-rasa text. Such (a rasa as) Nārāyaṇa — (they) don't know how to savour (it). By it, the disease-of-becoming is cut; suffering doesn't meet (one) again. No special effort is needed; obstacle cannot stay in the belly. Kaivalya is attached; transformation happens quickly. The duḥkha of janma-maraṇa fades — all the net breaks. Many have gained this guṇa. The verse offers the canonical claim that Nārāyaṇa is a healing rasa.
मराठी: तुकाराम इथे नारायणाला एका दुर्मीळ रसाची उपमा देतात, जो चाखायला फार थोड्यांना जमतो. हा रस चाखला की भवव्याधीचा नाश होतो आणि दुःख पुन्हा भेटत नाही. यासाठी विशेष प्रयत्नांची गरज नाही — कोणतीही बाधा आत टिकून राहू शकत नाही. कैवल्य लाभते आणि बदल लवकर घडतो; जन्ममरणाचे दुःख मिटते आणि संसाराचे सारे जाळे तुटते. तुकाराम म्हणतात, हा गुण आधीच अनेकांनी प्राप्त केला आहे.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's Nārāyaṇa-as-rasa cures-bhava-vyādha canonical text
- Companion to 3037 (5-fold Name-spontaneous-revelation)
- Yāñcā-guṇa-bahutāmlā — many-have-already-gained closing