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Abhanga 4275

The verse

पवित्र तें कुळ पावन तो देश । जेथें हरिचे दास घेती जन्म ॥१॥ कर्मधर्म त्याचे जाला नारायण । त्याचेनी पावन तिन्ही लोक ॥ध्रु.॥ वर्णअभिमानें कोण जाले पावन । ऐसें द्या सांगून मजपाशीं ॥३॥ अंत्यजादि योनि तरल्या हरिभजनें । तयाचीं पुराणें भाट जालीं ॥३॥ वैश्य तुळाधार गोरा तो कुंभार । धागा हा चांभार रोहिदास ॥४॥ कबीर मोमीन लतिब मुसलमान । शेणा न्हावी जाण विष्णुदास ॥५॥ काणोपात्र खोदु पिंजारी तो दादु । भजनीं अभेदू हरिचे पायीं ॥६॥ चोखामेळा बंका जातीचा माहार । त्यासी सर्वेश्वर ऐक्य करी ॥७॥ नामयाची जनी कोण तिचा भाव । जेवी पंढरीराव तियेसवें ॥८॥ मैराळा जनक कोण कुळ त्याचें । महिमान तयाचें काय सांगों ॥९॥ यातायातीधर्म नाहीं विष्णुदासा । निर्णय हा ऐसा वेदशास्त्रीं ॥१०॥ तुका म्हणे तुम्ही विचारावे ग्रंथ । तारिले पतित नेणों किती ॥११॥

Literal translation

Pavitra-kuḷa-pāvana-dēśa-Hari-dāsas-janma. Karma-dharma-Nārāyaṇa — 3-lōkas-pāvana. Varṇa-abhimāna — no-one-pāvana. Antya-ja-yōnis-tarale-by-Hari-bhajana — purāṇas-as-bhāṭa. Tuḷādhāra/Gōrā-Kumbhāra/Rōhidāsa-Chāmbhāra. Kabīr-Mōmīn/Latīb-Musalmān/Śēṇā-Nhāvī. Kāṇōpātrā/Khōdu-pimjārī/Dādu. Chōkhāmēḷā-Bankā-Mahār — Sarvēśvara-ēkya. Nāmaya-Janī — Paṇḍharī-rāva-eats-with. Mairāḷā-Janaka. Yātāyātī-dharma-not-of-Viṣṇu-dāsa — niścaya-veda-śāstra. Tukā: consult-grantha — pātita-saved-countless.

What it means

★★ FOUNDATIONAL 11-verse caste-democratization-and-low-caste-saints-list. Sacred is the kuḷa, pure the deśa where Hari-dāsas take birth. His karma-dharma became Nārāyaṇa — the three worlds became pure by him. Who has become pure by caste-pride — tell me. The low-born wombs crossed over by Hari-bhajana — the purāṇas became their praise-singers. Vaiśya — Tuḷādhāra; Gōrā the potter; the thread-spinner Rōhidāsa the leather-worker. Kabīr the Mōmīn; Latīb the Musalmān; know Śeṇā the barber as Viṣṇu-dāsa. Kāṇōpātrā, Khōdu the cotton-carder, Dādu — undifferentiated in bhajana at Hari's feet. Chōkhāmēḷā, Bankā — by caste Mahār — the all-Lord makes oneness with them. Nāmaya's Janī — what's her bhāva? — Paṇḍharī-rāva takes meals with her. Mairāḷā-Janaka — what kuḷa is his? — what greatness can I tell. Caste-hereditary-dharma is not of the Viṣṇu-dāsa — this is the conclusion in veda-śāstra. Tukā says: consult the granthas — countless are the fallen-ones saved. Companion-to-2810 which is the 12-figure saints-list. The 4-tier-explicit inclusion: (1) Vaiśya (Tuḷādhāra); (2) Kumbhāra (Gōrā), Chāmbhāra (Rōhidāsa), pimjārī (Khōdu); (3) Musalmān (Kabīr, Latīb), Nhāvī (Śēṇā); (4) Mahār (Chōkhāmēḷā, Bankā), woman-of-Mahār-household (Janī). The line yātāyātī-dharma not-of-Viṣṇu-dāsa with *niścaya-by-veda-śāstra* is the doctrinal-anchor. Pair with 2810 (12-figure saints-list), 4205 (births-of-any-caste-acceptable), 4265 (no-adhama-yāti-rule).

For someone today

Tukārām: sacred-is-the-village-where-Hari-dāsas-are-born — and-Hari-dāsas-come-from-every-caste-and-religion; caste-hereditary-dharma-is-not-of-the-bhakta.

Where this applies

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