Abhanga 3846
Vaibhavāñce dhanī sakaḷa śaraṇāgata — the dhanī of vaibhava — all are śaraṇāgata; satyabhāve chitta arpilē te — with satya-bhāva, chitta offered.
The verse
वैभवाचे धनी सकळ शरणागत । सत्यभावें चित्त अर्पिलें तें ॥१॥
नेदी उरों देव आपणांवेगळें । भावाचिया बळें ठायाठाव ॥ध्रु.॥
जाणोनि नेणती अंगा आली दशा । मग होय इच्छा आपणे चि ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे बरे धाकट्याचें जिणें । माता स्तनपानें वाढविते ॥३॥
Literal translation
Vaibhavāñce dhanī sakaḷa śaraṇāgata — the dhanī of vaibhava — all are śaraṇāgata; satyabhāve chitta arpilē te — with satya-bhāva, chitta offered. Nedī urōm Deva āpaṇāmvegaḷe — Deva doesn't let (anything) remain separate; bhāvāchiyā baḷe ṭhāyāṭhāva — by bhāva's strength, ṭhāya-ṭhāva. Jāṇōnī neṇatī angā ālī daśā — those who knowing-pretend-not-to-know — daśā comes on body; maga hōya ichchhā āpaṇe chi — then ichchhā comes on its own. Tukā mhaṇe bare dhākaṭyāñce jiṇe — Tukā says: better is the dhākaṭa's life; mātā stanapāne vāḍhavite — mother raises by stana-pāna.
What it means
A 3-verse humility-doctrine by Tukārām.
The argument: Master-of-vaibhava — all-are-śaraṇāgata. Deva-doesn't-let-anything-separate; bhāva-baḷa-assigns-places. Knowing-pretending-not-to-know causes-daśā; then-ichchhā-comes-on-its-own. Better-the-dhākaṭa's-life — mother-feeds-by-stana-pāna.
★ The closing-image is canonical: bare-dhākaṭyāñce-jiṇe; mātā-stana-pāne-vāḍhavite — better-the-life-of-the-small-(one); mother-raises-by-breast-feeding. The bhakta-as-child preference.
For someone today
Tukārām's humility-doctrine. The master of vaibhava — all are śaraṇāgata; with satya-bhāva, the chitta has been offered. Deva does not let (anything) remain separate from (himself); by the strength of bhāva — (he assigns) the place. Those who knowing-pretend-not-to-know — the state comes on the body; then desire comes on its own. Better is the life of the small one — the mother raises by breast-feeding. The verse permits the canonical bhakta-as-child humility-doctrine.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's better-to-be-dhākaṭa-mother-feeds-by-stana-pāna humility-doctrine
- Companion to 3051 (mother-loves-baby-as-is)