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संत साहित्य · Tukārām · Abhanga 4203 of 4582

Abhanga 4203

Tukārām's bhāgya-greedy-prīti-for-wife-not-bhajana; (b) pativratā-praised burns-sindhaḷī's-forehead; our-natural-talk; blow-falls-on-Master canonical paired anti-bhāgya + sindhaḷī-burns

The verse

भाग्यालागी लांचावले । देवधर्म ते राहिले ॥१॥ कथे जातां अळसे मन । प्रपंचाचें मोटें ज्ञान ॥ध्रु.॥ अखंडप्रीति जाया । नेणे भजनाच्या ठाया ॥२॥ कथाकीर्तन धनाचें । सर्वकाळ विषयीं नाचे ॥३॥ तुका म्हणे पंढरिराया । ऐसे जन्मविले वांयां॥४॥ पतिव्रतेची कीर्ती वाखाणितां । सिंदळईंच्या माथां तिडिक उठे ॥२॥ आमुचें तें आहे सहज बोलणें । नाहीं विचारून केलें कोणीं ॥ध्रु.॥ अंगें उणें त्याच्या बैसे टाळक्यांत । तेणें ठिणग्या बहुत गाळीतसे ॥२॥ तुका म्हणे आम्ही काय करणें त्यासी । ढका खवंदासी लागतसे ॥३॥

Literal translation

Bhāgya-greedy — deva-dharma-stays-behind. Lazy-in-kathā — prapancha-knowledge-great. Akhaṇḍa-prīti-for-jāyā — doesn't-know-bhajana-ṭhāya. Kathā-kīrtana-of-dhana — sarva-kāḷa-viṣaya-dances. Tukā: Paṇḍharī-rāyā — such-born-in-vain. (b) Pativratā-praised — sindhaḷī's-forehead-burns. Our-talk-sahaja — no-one-arranged. Defective-anga-strikes-in-skull — sparks-fly. Tukā: what-can-we-do — blow-falls-on-Master.

What it means

A paired-double abhang. (a) 5-verse anti-bhāgya-greedy: Greedy for fortune, their deva-dharma stays behind. In kathā the mind is lazy; prapancha-knowledge is large. Their unbroken-love is for the wife; they don't know the place of bhajana. Their kathā-kīrtana is of wealth; all the time they dance in pleasures. Paṇḍharī-rāyā — such are born in vain. (b) 3-verse sindhaḷī-burns reflection: When the kīrti of the faithful-wife is praised, the unchaste-woman's forehead burns (with shame-jealousy). Our talk is natural — no one arranged it by deliberation. The one with defect — it strikes into his skull — many sparks fly. What can we do — the blow falls on the Master. The two verses connect: (a) diagnoses-the-falsely-pious; (b) defends-Tukārām-against-their-anger by pointing out — our-talk-is-natural; if-the-shoe-fits, it-fits — but-the-blow-actually-falls-on-the-Lord-who-makes-us-speak. Pair with 2940 (sāḷunkī Lord-speaks-through-me).

For someone today

Tukārām: those-whose-love-is-for-wealth-and-wife-not-bhajana are-born-in-vain; when-our-natural-talk-hits-them-the-blow-actually-falls-on-the-Master-who-makes-us-speak.

Where this applies

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