Abhanga 3871
The verse
भक्तिभावें करी बैसोनि निश्चित । नको गोवूं चित्त प्रपंचासी ॥१॥
एका दृढ करीं पंढरीचा राव । मग तुज उपाव पुढिल सुचे ॥ध्रु.॥
नको करूं कांहीं देवतापूजन । जप तप ध्यान तें ही नको ॥२॥
मानिसील झणी आपलिक कांहीं । येरझार पाहीं न चुके कदा ॥३॥
ऐसे जन्म किती पावलासी देहीं । अझूनि का नाहीं कळली सोय ॥४॥
सोय घरीं आतां होय पां सावध । अनुभव आनंद आहे कैसा ॥५॥
सहज कैसें आहे तेथीचें तें गुज । अनुभवें निज पाहे तुकीं ॥६॥
तुका म्हणे आतां होईं तूं सावध । तोडीं भवबंध एका जन्में ॥७॥
Literal translation
Sit-bhakti-bhāva-niścinta — don't-tangle-chitta-prapancha. Firm-one-Paṇḍharī-rāva — future-upāya-comes-to-mind. No-devatā-pūjana — no-japa-tapa-dhyāna. If-you-think-ownership — yērajhāra-never-misses. Many-janmas-in-deha — still-no-sōya. Be-sāvadha — anubhava-ānanda. Sahaja-essence-secret — see-in-your-tukī. Tukā: be-sāvadha — cut-bhava-bandha-in-one-janma.
What it means
★★ THE canonical 7-verse anti-multiplicity-of-worship + cut-bhava-bandha-in-one-janma text. Sit with bhakti-bhāva worry-free — don't tangle your mind in the world. Firmly hold one — the Lord of Paṇḍharī — then the means for the future occurs to your mind. Don't do other devatā-worship; even japa, tapa, dhyāna — not needed. If you think any ownership (āpalika), samsāra never lets you go. How many births you've taken in this body — and still you haven't grasped the right direction? In your own house, now, be alert — the bliss of experience is as-it-is. The spontaneous secret — see it in your own balance. Be alert — cut the bondage-of-becoming in one (this) birth. The structural progression: (1) one-pointed bhakti-bhāva; (2) only-Paṇḍharī-rāva; (3) negate other-devatā-pūjana/japa/tapa/dhyāna; (4) the one ownership-thought re-imprisons; (5-7) the urgency — many-janmas-already-wasted, cut-it-now-in-this-one. The closing tōḍīm bhavabandha ēkā janmēm (cut-the-bondage-in-one-birth) is the bhakti's-urgency-imperative. Pair with 3743 (Name-is-everything), 3795 (jaḷō-burn-everything-else), 3867 (Viṭṭhalāvāñchōnī).
For someone today
Tukārām: firm-one-Paṇḍharī-rāva-only; no-other-devatā-japa-tapa-dhyāna; ownership-re-imprisons; cut-bhava-bandha-in-one-birth-now.
Where this applies
- ★★ Tukārām's THE 7-verse cut-bhava-bandha-in-one-janma + anti-multiplicity-of-worship
- firm-one-Paṇḍharī-rāva-only exclusive-bhakti
- Pair with 3743, 3795, 3867 — Viṭṭhal-alone-real cluster