Abhanga 3541
Simply and sincerely repeating the divine name can cut through even the heaviest past wrongs and lift up anyone, regardless of who they were.
The verse
होती हरिनामें चोखट । क्षण एक न लगतां ॥१॥
तुम्ही हरि म्हणा हरि म्हणा । महादोषांचे छेदना ॥ध्रु.॥
क्षण न लगतां नेला । वैकुंठासी हरि म्हणतां ॥२॥
जाला हरिनामें निर्मळ । गंगाजळ पैं जैसा ॥३॥
कुंटणी भिली उद्धरिलें । वैकुंठासी हरि म्हणतां ॥४॥
म्हणोनि तुका लागे पायां । शरण तया हरीसी ॥५॥
Literal translation
Hōtī Hari-nāme chokhaṭa — (one) becomes chokhaṭa by Hari-nāma; kṣaṇa eka na lagatām — without one kṣaṇa passing. Tumhī Hari mhaṇā Hari mhaṇā — you all say Hari, say Hari; mahā-dōṣāñce chedanā — the chedanā of mahā-dōṣa. Kṣaṇa na lagatām nelā — without a kṣaṇa passing, (he) was taken; Vaikuṇṭhāsī Hari mhaṇatām — to Vaikuṇṭha by saying Hari. Jālā Hari-nāme nirmaḷa — (one) became nirmaḷa by Hari-nāma; Gangā-jaḷa paim jaisā — like Gangā-jaḷa. Kuṇṭanī Bhilī uddharile — kuṇṭanī, Bhilī, were uddhārilē; Vaikuṇṭhāsī Hari mhaṇatām — to Vaikuṇṭha by saying Hari. Mhaṇōnī Tukā lāge pāyām — therefore Tukā falls at feet; śaraṇa tayā Harīsī — refuge to that Hari.
What it means
A 5-verse Hari-Name redemption text by Tukārām. The argument: Hari-Name makes-chokhaṭa-in-one-kṣaṇa; it-cuts-mahā-dōṣa; the kuṇṭanī (procuress, from Ajāmīḷa-tradition) and-Bhillī (Śabarī, tribal-woman of-Rāma-tradition) were-taken-to-Vaikuṇṭha by-saying-Hari. Therefore: Tukā-falls-at-feet, takes-refuge in-that-Hari.
Compare-Tukārām's 3076 (kuṇṭanī-saved-by-trust-in-Rāghōbā), 2787 (Ajāmīḷa-Bhillī-Kuṇṭanī-Vālmīka redemption-list), 3037 (Nāme-Viṭṭhalāchiyā 5-fold).
For someone today
Tukārām's Hari-Name redemption. (One) becomes pure by Hari-nāma — without one moment passing. You all — say Hari, say Hari — it (is) the cutting of great-sins. Without a moment passing, (he) was taken to Vaikuṇṭha by saying Hari. (One) became pristine by the Hari-nāma — like the Gangā-water. The procuress and Bhillī were uplifted — taken to Vaikuṇṭha by saying Hari. Therefore — Tukā falls at (your) feet — refuge to that Hari. The verse permits the canonical Hari-Name redemption with named-historical-examples.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's Hari-Name-redemption with-kuṇṭanī-Bhillī example text
- Companion to 3076, 2787, 3037