Abhanga 4158
Jīve jīva nēṇē pāpī sārikā chi — naḷī dujayāchī kāpūm baise — the sinner does-not-know jīva-by-jīva — like the sārikā — sits to cut the other's throat.
The verse
जीवें जीव नेणे पापी सारिका चि । नळी दुजयाची कापूं बैसे ॥१॥
आत्मा नारायण सर्वां घटीं आहे । पशुमध्यें काय कळों नये ॥ध्रु.॥
देखत हा जीव हुंबरे वरडत । निष्ठाचे हात वाहाती कैसे ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे तया चांडाळासी नर्क । भोगिती अनेक महादुःखें ॥३॥
Literal translation
Jīve jīva nēṇē pāpī sārikā chi — naḷī dujayāchī kāpūm baise — the sinner does-not-know jīva-by-jīva — like the sārikā — sits to cut the other's throat. Ātmā Nārāyaṇa sarvām ghaṭīm āhe — paśu-madhye kāya kaḷōm naye — Ātmā-Nārāyaṇa is in every vessel — should it not be known (even) in animals. Dekhata hā jīva humbare varaḍata — niṣṭhurāche hāta vāhātī kaise — seeing this the jīva moans crying — how do the cruel hands move. Tukā mhaṇe tayā chāṇḍāḷāsī narka — bhōgitī aneka mahāduḥkhe — Tukā says: that cruel-soul (suffers) naraka — many great duḥkhas.
What it means
A 4-verse anti-animal-slaughter ahimsā text. The-killer-doesn't-recognize-jīva-by-jīva; Ātmā-Nārāyaṇa-is-in-every-vessel (ghaṭa) — should-show-up-in-animals-too; the-jīva-moans-and-cries — how-can-cruel-hands-keep-moving; such-chāṇḍāḷa-goes-to-naraka. Compare Tukā's 2657 bhakti = bowing-to-jīva-jantu-bhūta.
For someone today
Tukārām says: the-life-in-another-is-Nārāyaṇa-in-a-vessel; if-you-can-see-it-moan-and-cry — your-hand-cannot-be-cruel.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's anti-animal-slaughter; ātmā-Nārāyaṇa-in-every-ghaṭa canonical
- Companion to 2657 (bhakti = bowing-to-jīva-jantu-bhūta)