Abhanga 3764
True blessing is inexhaustible fullness, God dwells within people so what is genuinely seen in them is pure, and truth held by many good voices can be trusted with ease.
The verse
मंगळाचा मंगळ सांटा । विट तोटा नेणे तें ॥१॥
हें भरा सातें आलें । भलें भलें म्हणवावें ॥ध्रु.॥
जनीं जनार्दन वसे । येथें दिसे तें शुद्ध ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे बहुतां मुखें । खरें सुखें ठेवावें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Mangaḷācā mangaḷa sāmṭā — the blessing-of-blessings (is the) stock; viṭa tōṭā neṇe te — it does not know disgust-loss. Hem bharā sātem āle — this has come full-with-seven (overflowing-fullness); bhale bhale mhaṇavāve — let the good-the-good call it (so). Janīm Janārdana vase — in jana, Janārdana dwells; yethe dise te śuddha — what is seen here is pure. Tukā mhaṇe bahutām mukhe — Tukā says: by many mouths; khare sukhem ṭhevāve — let the true be established with ease.
What it means
A 3-verse compressed formula-text. Mangaḷa-of-mangaḷa is the imperishable-stock; this-is-fullness-overflowing-let-good-people-call-it-so; in-jana-Janārdana-dwells, what-is-seen-here-is-pure; let-many-mouths-establish-the-true.
For someone today
Tukaram describes a blessing so complete that it never runs low or turns to loss, an overflowing fullness that good people naturally recognize and affirm as good. He states plainly that God dwells within people themselves, so what you see in a person, when you look truly, is pure. He closes by saying that when many voices, many good people together, affirm something as true, it can be trusted and held with ease and joy.
मराठी: तुकाराम अशा आशीर्वादाचे वर्णन करतात जो कधीच कमी होत नाही किंवा नुकसानीत बदलत नाही, एक ओसंडून वाहणारी पूर्णता जी चांगली माणसे सहज ओळखतात आणि मान्य करतात. देव माणसांतच वसतो, त्यामुळे खरोखर पाहिले तर एखाद्या माणसात जे दिसते ते शुद्ध असते, असे ते स्पष्ट सांगतात. शेवटी ते म्हणतात की जेव्हा अनेक आवाज, अनेक चांगली माणसे एकत्र येऊन एखादी गोष्ट खरी आहे असे मान्य करतात, तेव्हा ती सहजतेने आणि आनंदाने स्वीकारता येते.
Where this applies
- When you experience a moment of goodness so full that it feels like it could never run out
- When you look at another person and want to see the divine or the good in them rather than their flaws
- When you are trying to decide whether something is true and many trustworthy voices agree on it
- When you want reassurance that real fullness or blessing does not diminish with use