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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3743 of 4582

Abhanga 3743

Tukārām's Name-is-everything summary. This very (is) my tapa; this very (is) my dāna; this very (is the) anuṣṭhāna — (your) Name. This very (is) my tīrtha; this very (is) my vrata; the true merit — (your) Name. This very (is) my dharma; this very (is) my karma; this very (is the) nitya-nema — (your) Name. This very (is) my yoga; this very (is) my yajña; this very (is the) japa-dhyāna — (your) Name. This very (is) my jñāna, śravaṇa, manana; this very (is the) nija-dhyāsana — (your) Name. This very (is the) kuḷāchāra; this very (is the) kuḷa-dharma; this very (is the) nitya-nema — (your) Name. This (is) my āchāra; this (is) my vichāra; this (is) my nirdhāra — (your) Name. Nothing else to say — without (the) Name (there is) no wealth-substance. The verse permits the canonical 7-verse Name-substitution for all traditional practices.

Foundational Vārkarī-Name-supremacy text — daily-recited
Companion to 2448 (Nāma-sankīrtana-sopa), 3037 (5-fold Nāme-Viṭṭhal), 3103 (alternatives)

The verse

हें चि माझें तप हें चि माझें दान । हें चि अनुष्ठान नाम तुझें ॥१॥ हें चि माझें तीर्थ हें चि माझें व्रत । सत्य हें सुकृत नाम तुझें ॥ध्रु.॥ हा चि माझा धर्म हें चि माझें कर्म । हा चि नित्यनेम नाम तुझें ॥२॥ हा चि माझा योग हा चि माझा यज्ञ । हें चि जपध्यान नाम तुझें ॥३॥ हें चि माझें ज्ञान श्रवण मनन । हें चि निजध्यासन नाम तुझे ॥४॥ हा चि कुळाचार हा चि कुळधर्म । हा चि नित्यनेम नाम तुझें ॥५॥ हा माझा आचार हा माझा विचार । हा माझा निर्धार नाम तुझें ॥६॥ तुका म्हणे दुजें सांगायासि नाहीं । नामेंविण कांहीं धनवित्त ॥७॥

Literal translation

V1: this very (is) my tapa, my dāna, the anuṣṭhāna — (your) Name V2 (dhrva): this very (is) my tīrtha, my vrata, true sukrta — (your) Name V3: this very (is) my dharma, my karma, nitya-nema — (your) Name V4: this very (is) my yoga, yajña, japa-dhyāna — (your) Name V5: this very (is) my jñāna, śravaṇa, manana, nija-dhyāsana — (your) Name V6: this very (is) the kuḷāchāra, kuḷa-dharma, nitya-nema — (your) Name V7: this (is) my āchāra, vichāra, nirdhāra — (your) Name V8 (closing): Tukā: nothing else to say; without Name, no dhana-vitta

What it means

★★ A MAJOR canonical 7-verse Name-is-everything summary text by Tukārām — among-the-most-foundational Vārkarī-Name-supremacy texts.

The 7-fold Name-substitution structure: 1. Tapa-dāna-anuṣṭhāna = Name 2. Tīrtha-vrata-sukrta = Name 3. Dharma-karma-nitya-nema = Name 4. Yoga-yajña-japa-dhyāna = Name 5. Jñāna-śravaṇa-manana-nija-dhyāsana = Name 6. Kuḷāchāra-kuḷa-dharma-nitya-nema = Name 7. Āchāra-vichāra-nirdhāra = Name

Closing-summary: nothing-else-to-say; without-Name no-dhana-vitta.

★★ This is one-of-the-most-comprehensive Name-supremacy texts in-the-Tukārām-corpus — covering-21-traditional-Hindu-practices and-substituting-the-Name for-each. Compare-2448 (Nāma-sankīrtana-sopa), 3037 (5-fold Nāme-Viṭṭhalāchiyā), 3103 (bhakti-democratization-by-alternatives).

For someone today

Tukārām's Name-is-everything summary. This very (is) my tapa; this very (is) my dāna; this very (is the) anuṣṭhāna — (your) Name. This very (is) my tīrtha; this very (is) my vrata; the true merit — (your) Name. This very (is) my dharma; this very (is) my karma; this very (is the) nitya-nema — (your) Name. This very (is) my yoga; this very (is) my yajña; this very (is the) japa-dhyāna — (your) Name. This very (is) my jñāna, śravaṇa, manana; this very (is the) nija-dhyāsana — (your) Name. This very (is the) kuḷāchāra; this very (is the) kuḷa-dharma; this very (is the) nitya-nema — (your) Name. This (is) my āchāra; this (is) my vichāra; this (is) my nirdhāra — (your) Name. Nothing else to say — without (the) Name (there is) no wealth-substance. The verse permits the canonical 7-verse Name-substitution for all traditional practices.

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