Abhanga 3865
In a truly sacred place, every being, no matter its form or status, shares equally in the same divine presence filling everything inside and out.
The verse
धन्यधन्य ज्यास पंढरीसी वास । धन्य ते जन्मास प्राणी आले ॥१॥
बहु खाणीमध्यें होत कोणी एक । त्रिगुण कीटक पक्षिराज ॥ध्रु.॥
उत्तम चांडाळ नर नारी बाळ । अवघे चि सकळ चतुर्भुज ॥२॥
अवघा विठ्ठल तेथें दुजा नाहीं । भरला अंतर्बाहि सदोदीत ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे येथें होउनी राहेन । सांडोवा पाषाण पंढरीचा ॥४॥
Literal translation
Dhanya-dhanya-Paṇḍharī-vāsa — blessed-prāṇī-came-into-birth. Among-khāṇī-becoming-any-one — triguṇa-kīṭa-pakṣirāja. Uttama-chāṇḍāḷa-nara-nārī-bāḷa — all-of-all-chatur-bhuja. All-Viṭṭhal — no-other — fills-antar-bāhi-sadōdīta. Tukā: I'll-stay-here — even-as-a-stone-of-Paṇḍharī.
What it means
THE canonical 4-verse Pandhari-radical-inclusion text. Blessed, blessed is the one who dwells in Paṇḍharī; blessed are the beings who took birth there. Whatever form one takes among the many life-mines — three-guṇa (sattva-rajas-tamas), insect, or king-bird — uttama or chāṇḍāḷa, man, woman, or child — every one of them is four-armed (i.e., divine). The whole is Viṭṭhal there — no other — he fills within-and-without, always-arising. I will stay here — (even as) a discarded stone of Paṇḍharī. The radical-inclusion extends 3730's nara-nārī chatur-bhuja to insects, birds, all life-forms, and chāṇḍāḷa — and Tukārām claims he will stay-even-as-a-stone-of-Paṇḍharī. Companion to 3730 (dhanya-tō-grāma-with-Hari-dāsas), 3735 (janī Janārdana), 3834 (sarva-chatur-bhuja).
For someone today
Tukaram calls Pandharpur deeply blessed, and says every being born there, in any form at all, shares in that blessing. Whatever shape a life takes, whether an insect, a great bird, someone considered high or low, a man, woman, or child, he says all of them are equally divine there, all touched by the same sacred presence. He insists there is nothing separate in that place, only Vitthal, filling everything inside and out, without pause. Tukaram ends by saying he wants to stay there forever, even if it means becoming nothing more than a forgotten stone lying in Pandharpur.
मराठी: तुकाराम पंढरपूरला अत्यंत धन्य म्हणतात, आणि तेथे जन्मलेला प्रत्येक जीव, कुठल्याही रूपात असो, त्या धन्यतेत सामील आहे असे सांगतात. कीटक असो, मोठा पक्षी असो, उच्च मानला जाणारा किंवा हीन मानला जाणारा असो, पुरुष, स्त्री किंवा बालक असो, तेथे सगळे सारखेच दिव्य आहेत, सगळ्यांना तीच पवित्र उपस्थिती स्पर्श करते असे ते म्हणतात. त्या ठिकाणी वेगळे असे काहीच नाही, फक्त विठ्ठलच आत-बाहेर न थांबता भरून राहिला आहे असा ते आग्रह धरतात. तुकाराम शेवटी सांगतात की त्यांना तिथेच कायमचे राहायचे आहे, अगदी पंढरपूरचा एक विसरलेला दगड होऊन राहावे लागले तरी चालेल.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's THE canonical Pandhari-radical-inclusion text
- Companion to 3730 (dhanya-tō-grāma), 3735 (janī Janārdana), 3834 (sarva-chatur-bhuja)
- sāṇḍōvā-pāṣāṇa-Paṇḍharīchā (a-discarded-stone-of-Paṇḍharī) — extreme humility-and-attachment to-place