Abhanga 4289
The verse
रक्त श्वेत कृष्ण पीत प्रभा भिन्न । चिन्मय अंजन सुदलें डोळां ॥१॥
तेणें अंजनगुणें दिव्यदृष्टि जाली । कल्पना निवाली द्वैताद्वैत ॥ध्रु.॥
देशकालवस्तुभेद मावळला । आत्मा निर्वाळला विश्वाकार ॥२॥
न जाला प्रपंच आहे परब्रम्ह । अहंसोहं ब्रम्ह आकळलें ॥३॥
तत्वमसि विद्या ब्रम्हानंद सांग । तें चि जाला अंगें तुका आतां ॥४॥
Literal translation
Red-white-black-yellow + chinmaya-anjana-on-eye. By-anjana-guṇa-divya-drṣṭi — dvaita-advaita-kalpanā-cooled. Deśa-kāla-vastu-bhēda-dissolved — ātmā-viśvākāra-nirvāḷalā. No-prapancha — only-para-brahma — ahamsōham-grasped. Tatvamasi-vidyā Brahmānanda-sānga — Tukā-became-that-with-anga.
What it means
★★ MAJOR rare 4-verse extreme-advaita-jñāna-tatvamasi-realization canonical text. Red, white, black, yellow — lustres separate — and a chinmaya anjana — placed on the eye. By the quality of the anjana, divine-sight arose; the imagining of dvaita-and-advaita cooled. Space-time-thing-distinction dissolved; the soul was distilled-out as universal-form. There has been no prapancha — only para-brahma is; aham-so-aham — brahma was grasped. The tatvamasi-vidyā, the Brahmānanda (entered) complete — Tukā now has become that-itself with the body. The progression: (1) sense-organ-purification by chinmaya-anjana → (2) divya-drṣṭi → (3) dvaita-advaita-kalpanā-extinguished → (4) space-time-object-distinctions dissolved → (5) ātmā-as-universal-form → (6) only para-brahma → (7) aham-so-aham realized → (8) tatvamasi entered with body. The line tatva-masi vidyā Brahmānanda sānga — tēm chi jālā angēm is Tukārām's most-direct advaita-jñāna-realization claim: Tukā has become tatvamasi with body. Pair with 4279 (ripened-sēndha-Pāṇḍuranga-svayameva), 4247 (jaggery-without-cane), 2942 (true-samnyāsa = samkalpa-destruction).
For someone today
Tukārām: the-anjana-of-chinmaya placed-on-the-eye gave-divine-sight — space-time-thing-distinctions-dissolved — only-para-brahma-is — Tukā-has-become-that-with-body.
Where this applies
- ★★ Tukārām's MAJOR 5-color-chinmaya-anjana → tatvamasi-Brahmānanda extreme advaita-realization canonical