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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3735 of 4582

Abhanga 3735

Viśvī-Viśvambhara — Vedānta-sāra.

The verse

विश्वीं विश्वंभर । बोले वेदांतींचा सार ॥१॥ जगीं जगदीश । शास्त्रें वदती सावकास ॥ध्रु.॥ व्यापिलें हें नारायणें । ऐसीं गर्जती पुराणें ॥२॥ जनीं जनार्दन । संत बोलती वचनें ॥३॥ सूर्याचिया परी । तुका लोकीं क्रीडा करी ॥४॥

Literal translation

Viśvī-Viśvambhara — Vedānta-sāra. Jagī-Jagadīśa — śāstras-sāvakāśa. Vyāpilē-Nārāyaṇa — purāṇas-roar. Janī-Janārdana — sants-vachanē. Like-sūrya — Tukā-plays-in-lōka.

What it means

★★ A canonical 4-fold pervasion-formula linking each Lord-name to a textual-authority: 1. Viśvī Viśvambhara — declared by Vedānta-sāra 2. Jagī Jagadīśa — said by śāstras (with sāvakāśa, at-leisure-and-confidence) 3. Vyāpilē Nārāyaṇē — roared by purāṇas 4. Janī Janārdana — spoken by santas (vachanas)

The closing — like the sun, Tukā plays in the world — declares his own movement-of-light. The janī Janārdana (in-people, Janārdana) is a foundational Vārkarī doctrine — what other paths might call humanity-as-divine. Companion to 2657 (bhakti = bowing-to-jīva-jantu-bhūta).

For someone today

Tukārām: Janī Janārdana — the-Lord-is-in-the-people.

Where this applies

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