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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3947 of 4582

Abhanga 3947

Bhūmīvari kōṇa aisā — on bhūmi, who is such; gāñjūm śake Harichyā dāsā — can oppress Hari's dāsa.

Tukārām's no-one-on-earth-can-oppress-Hari's-dāsa confidence-text
Companion to 3137 (kaḷi-kāḷa-under-our-hand)

The verse

भूमीवरि कोण ऐसा । गांजूं शके हरिच्या दासा ॥१॥ सुखें नाचा हो कीर्त्तनीं । जयजयकारें गर्जा वाणी ॥ध्रु.॥ काळा सुटे पळ । जाती दुरितें सकळ ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे चित्तीं । सांगूं मानाची हे निति ॥३॥

Literal translation

Bhūmīvari kōṇa aisāon bhūmi, who is such; gāñjūm śake Harichyā dāsācan oppress Hari's dāsa. Sukhe nāchā hō kīrtanīmhappily dance in kīrtana; jayajayakāre garjā vāṇīwith jayajaya-kāra roar vāṇī. Kāḷā suṭe paḷakāḷa flees; jātī duritē sakaḷaall duritas go. Tukā mhaṇe chittīmTukā says: in chitti; sāngūm māṇāñcī he nitiI'll tell this māṇa-nīti.

What it means

A short 3-verse bhakta-confidence text by Tukārām.

The claim: No-one-on-earth can-oppress-Hari's-dāsa. Dance-in-kīrtana; jayajaya-kāra; Time-flees, sins-go. This-is-the-honor-policy.

Pairs with 3137 (kaḷi-kāḷa-under-our-hand).

For someone today

Tukārām's bhakta-confidence text. On the earth — who is such — who can oppress the dāsa of Hari? Happily dance in kīrtana; with victory-victory, roar (your) speech. Time flees; all sins go. In the heart, I tell (you) — this is the honor-policy. The verse permits the canonical bhakta-confidence: Hari-dāsa-is-untouchable.

Where this applies

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