Abhanga 3847
Tukārām's Vārkarī-essentials. Hold (this) — the giving to us — I tell (you) by ear: the chintā of Viṭhōbā's pāya in (the) mind. By that, my chitta becomes peaceful; (I) don't need luxury, sweets, gold. Vrata-ekādaśī, vrndāvana at (one's) door; wear in (your) throat the jewel of the tuḷasī-māḷā. Their house's leftover — to me, that is Divāḷī, Dasarā, the festival. The verse permits the canonical Vārkarī-essentials catalog.
The verse
आम्हां देणें धरा सांगतों तें कानीं । चिंता पाय मनीं विठोबाचे ॥१॥
तेणें माझें चित्त होय समाधान । विलास मिष्टान्न न लगे सोनें ॥ध्रु.॥
व्रत एकादशी दारीं वृंदावन । कंठीं ल्या रे लेणें तुळसीमाळा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे त्याचे घरींची उष्टावळी । मज ते दिवाळी दसरा सण ॥३॥
Literal translation
Āmhām deṇe dharā sāngatōm te kānīm — hold the deṇe to us — I tell by ear; chintā pāya manīm Viṭhōbāñce — Viṭhōbā's pāya — chintā in mind. Teṇe mājhe chitta hōya samādhāna — by that, my chitta becomes samādhāna; vilāsa miṣṭānna na lage sōne — don't need vilāsa, miṣṭānna, gold. Vrata ekādaśī dārīm vrndāvana — vrata-ekādaśī, vrndāvana at door; kaṇṭhīm lyā re leṇe tuḷasīmāḷā — wear in throat the leṇe (jewel) of tuḷasī-māḷā. Tukā mhaṇe tyāñce gharīmñcī uṣṭāvaḷī — Tukā says: their house's uṣṭāvaḷī; maja te divāḷī dasarā saṇa — to me, that is Divāḷī, Dasarā, the saṇa.
What it means
★ A canonical 3-verse Vārkarī-life-essentials catalog by Tukārām.
The 5 Vārkarī essentials: 1. Chintā of Viṭhōbā's-pāya in-mind 2. No-need-of vilāsa, miṣṭānna, gold 3. Vrata-ekādaśī (Ekādaśī-vow) 4. Vrndāvana (tuḷasī-altar) at-door 5. Tuḷasī-māḷā in-throat (as-jewel)
Closing: bhaktas'-house's-uṣṭāvaḷī (leftover-food/prasāda) is-my-Divāḷī-Dasarā-festival.
★ This is one of the most-concise Vārkarī-essentials-catalogs: Viṭhōbā-mind, no-luxury, ekādaśī, vrndāvana, tuḷasī-māḷā, prasāda.
Compare-Tukārām's 2881 (Ekādaśī-vrata canonical), 3050 (sants'-māgī-māti-leftovers).
For someone today
Tukārām's Vārkarī-essentials. Hold (this) — the giving to us — I tell (you) by ear: the chintā of Viṭhōbā's pāya in (the) mind. By that, my chitta becomes peaceful; (I) don't need luxury, sweets, gold. Vrata-ekādaśī, vrndāvana at (one's) door; wear in (your) throat the jewel of the tuḷasī-māḷā. Their house's leftover — to me, that is Divāḷī, Dasarā, the festival. The verse permits the canonical Vārkarī-essentials catalog.
Where this applies
- ★ Canonical Vārkarī-life-essentials catalog
- Bhaktas'-uṣṭāvaḷī = my-Dīvāḷī-Dasarā canonical-claim
- Companion to 2881, 3050