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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 3955 of 4582

Abhanga 3955

Kaṭhiṇa nāraḷāñce anga — the anga of nāraḷa (is) hard; bāherī bhītarī te chānga — outside-inside it (is) chānga.

Tukārām's canonical outer-appearance-vs-inner-essence examples

The verse

कठिण नारळाचें अंग । बाहेरी भीतरी तें चांग ॥१॥ तैसा करी कां विचार । शुद्ध कारण अंतर ॥ध्रु.॥ वरि कांटे फणसफळा । माजि अंतरीं जिव्हाळा ॥२॥ ऊंस बाहेरी कठिण काळा । माजी रसाचा जिव्हाळा ॥३॥ मिठें रुचविलें अन्न । नये सतंत कारण ॥४॥

Literal translation

Kaṭhiṇa nāraḷāñce angathe anga of nāraḷa (is) hard; bāherī bhītarī te chāngaoutside-inside it (is) chānga. Taisā karī kām vichāramake such vichāra; śuddha kāraṇa antarapure kāraṇa is antara. Varī kāṇṭe phaṇasaphaḷāon top, thorns on jackfruit; māji antarīm jivhāḷāinside, jīvāḷa. Ūmsa bāherī kaṭhiṇa kāḷāsugarcane outside hard-black; māji rasāñcā jivhāḷāinside, rasa-jīvāḷa. Miṭhe ruchavile annasalt makes anna rūchī; naye satanta kāraṇanot the continuous-cause.

What it means

A 4-verse canonical text on outer-vs-inner. Coconut, jackfruit, sugarcane — all hard-outside, jīvāḷa-inside; salt-flavors-but-isn't-the-cause-itself. Discriminating-wisdom about external-appearance.

For someone today

Tukārām's pure-kāraṇa-is-in-antara — judge by-inside, not-outside.

Where this applies