Abhanga 3890
The verse
यालागीं आवडी म्हणा राम कृष्ण । जोडा नारायण सर्वकाळ ॥१॥
सोपें हें साधन लाभ येतो घरा । वाचेसी उच्चारा राम हरि ॥ध्रु.॥
न लगती कष्ट न लगे सायास । करावा अभ्यास विठ्ठलाचा ॥२॥
न लगे तप तीर्थ करणें महादान । केल्या एक मन जोडे हरि ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे कांहीं न वेचितां धन । जोडे नारायण नामासाटीं ॥४॥
Literal translation
Say-Rāma-Krṣṇa-with-āvaḍī — jōḍā-Nārāyaṇa-sarva-kāḷa. Easy-sādhana — lābha-comes-home — tongue-uttering. No-kaṣṭa-no-sāyāsa — abhyāsa-of-Viṭṭhal. No-tapa-tīrtha-mahā-dāna — ēka-mana — jōḍē-Hari. Tukā: no-dhana-spending — Nārāyaṇa-jōḍē-for-Name.
What it means
★★ THE canonical 4-verse easy-Name-sādhana text. Therefore say Rāma-Krṣṇa with love — earn Nārāyaṇa always. This is the easy practice — the gain comes home; just utter Rāma-Hari by the tongue. No hardship, no strain — just do this practice of Viṭṭhal. No tapa, no tīrtha, no mahā-dāna is needed — one-pointed-mind earns Hari. Without spending any dhana, Nārāyaṇa is earned for the (price of the) Name. Foundational Vārkarī Name-democratization-text: the Lord can be earned by anyone — no resources, no austerities, no pilgrimage, no large-charity needed. Companion to 2448 (Nāma-sankīrtana-sādhana-sōpē), 2855 (Hari-mhaṇatām-everything-happens), 3743 (Name-is-everything), 3103 (bhakti-democratization-by-alternatives).
For someone today
Tukārām: say-Rāma-Krṣṇa-with-love — no-tapa-no-tīrtha-no-dhana-spending — Nārāyaṇa-is-earned-for-the-Name.
Where this applies
- ★★ Tukārām's THE easy-Name-sādhana-no-resources-needed canonical
- Pair with 2448 (Nāma-sankīrtana-sōpē), 2855 (Hari-mhaṇatām-everything-happens), 3743 (Name-is-everything), 3103 (bhakti-democratization-by-alternatives)