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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3737 of 4582

Abhanga 3737

The verse

अद्वय चि द्वय जालें चि कारण । धरिलें नारायणें भक्तिसुख ॥१॥ अपरोक्ष आकार जाला चतुर्भुज । एकतत्व बीज भिन्न नाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥ शून्य निरशुन्यी राहिलें निर्मळ । तें दिसे केवळ इटेवरी ॥२॥ सुखें घ्यावें नाम वदना ही चाड । सरिता वापी आड एक पाणी ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे मी च आहें तेणें सुखें । भेद नाहीं मुखें नाम गातों ॥४॥

Literal translation

Advaya-itself-became-dvaya — cause: Nārāyaṇa-held-bhakti-sukha. Aparōkṣa-ākāra-became-chatur-bhuja — one-tattva-bīja, no-bhinna. Śūnya-niraśūnyī-nirmaḷa — seen-on-brick. Take-Name-happily — vadana-chāḍa; sarita-vāpī-āḍa — one-water. Tukā: I-am-in-that-sukha — no-bhēda — mouth-sings-Name.

What it means

★ A 4-verse bhakti-non-dualism text. The non-dual itself became dual — because Nārāyaṇa held bhakti-sukha. The immediate form became four-armed — one-essence-seed, not separate. The stainless stillness-beyond-stillness is what is seen on the brick. Take the Name happily — even the mouth desires it; river and well-pond — one water. I myself am there in that sukha — no separation — and by the mouth I sing the Name. Tukārām's signature reconciliation of advaita and bhakti — the advaya took dual-form for the sake of bhakti-sukha.

For someone today

Tukārām: advaya-itself-took-dual-form for-bhakti-sukha — sing-the-Name, no-separation.

Where this applies

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