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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3735 of 4582

Abhanga 3735

God fills the universe, the world, and every ordinary person alike, and once you truly see that, you can move through life as freely and lightly as sunlight.

When you catch yourself looking for God only in special places instead of in the person right in front of you.
When you notice different traditions or teachers all pointing toward the same underlying truth.
When you finally move through a difficult day lightly and freely instead of anxiously.

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

Tukaram gathers together every source of wisdom he knows to make one point: God fills the whole universe, as the essence of Vedanta says; God fills the world, as the scriptures state with calm confidence; God pervades everything, as the puranas declare loudly; and God lives within people themselves, as the sants have always taught. That last point matters most, that divinity can be met in ordinary human beings, not only in temples or scripture. Having realized this, Tukaram says he now moves through the world freely and lightly, the way sunlight simply plays across everything it touches.

मराठी: तुकाराम आपल्या ठाऊक असलेल्या सर्व ज्ञानस्रोतांना एकत्र आणून एकच गोष्ट सांगतात, देव संपूर्ण विश्वात भरलेला आहे असे वेदांताचे सार सांगते, देव जगात भरलेला आहे असे शास्त्रे शांतपणे व आत्मविश्वासाने सांगतात, देव सर्वत्र व्यापलेला आहे असे पुराणे गर्जून सांगतात, आणि देव माणसांतच वसतो असे संत नेहमी सांगत आले आहेत. हा शेवटचा मुद्दा सर्वात महत्त्वाचा आहे, देवत्व केवळ मंदिरात किंवा शास्त्रात नाही तर सामान्य माणसांतही भेटू शकते. हे उमगल्यावर तुकाराम म्हणतात की आता ते सूर्यप्रकाश ज्याप्रमाणे सहज सगळीकडे खेळत राहतो, तसेच मुक्तपणे आणि हलकेपणाने जगात वावरतात.

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