Abhanga 3739
The verse
सकलगुणें संपन्न । एक देवाचें लक्षण ॥१॥
वरकड कोठें कांहीं । एक आहे एक नाहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
षड्गुण ऐश्वर्य संपन्न । एक भगवंतीं जाण ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे जेंजें बोला । तेंतें साजे या विठ्ठला ॥३॥
Literal translation
Sakaḷaguṇe sampanna — endowed-with-all-qualities; eka devāñce lakṣaṇa — (this is) the sole mark of Deva. Varakaḍa kōṭhe kāmhī — (among) the others, somewhere; eka āhe eka nāhī — one is, one is not. Ṣaḍguṇa aiśvarya sampanna — ṣaḍ-guṇa-aiśvarya sampanna; eka Bhagavantīm jāṇa — (are) in the one Bhagavanta — know. Tukā mhaṇe jemjem bōlā — Tukā says: whatever is said; temtem sāje yā Viṭhṭhalā — that-that suits this Viṭhṭhala.
What it means
A short 3-verse Deva-alone-is-sakaḷa-guṇa-sampanna claim by Tukārām.
The argument: Endowed-with-all-qualities is-the-sole-mark of-Deva; others-have-some-but-not-all. The 6-guṇa-aiśvarya is in-the-one-Bhagavanta. Whatever-is-said suits-this-Viṭhṭhala.
★ The ṣaḍ-guṇa (six-divine-qualities — typically: jñāna, śakti, baḷa, aiśvarya, vīrya, tejas) are theologically-defined-as belonging-fully-only-to-Bhagavanta. Tukārām applies-this to-Viṭhṭhal.
The closing jemjem bōlā temtem sāje yā Viṭhṭhalā — whatever-is-said suits-Viṭṭhal — is striking: Viṭṭhal as the universal-subject of-all-praise.
For someone today
Tukārām's Deva-alone-sampanna claim. Endowed-with-all-qualities — this is the sole mark of Deva. (Among) the others, somewhere — one is, one is not. The six-quality-aiśvarya is in the one Bhagavanta. Whatever is said — that suits this Viṭhṭhala. The verse permits the canonical-bhakti-claim: Viṭhṭhal-fits-all-praise.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's Deva-alone-is-sakaḷa-guṇa-sampanna claim
- Whatever-said-suits-Viṭṭhal universal-praise