Abhanga 4367
Tukaram declares that he has stopped caring about the pull of worldly life, choosing instead to simply sing the sweet Name of Hari. He is so committed that he says he would not give up Ananta even if it cost him his own life. He wants this same devotion, and the company of good, sincere people, to be his life's work in birth after birth, not just for now. In the end he says that this heartfelt feeling itself is nothing other than Pandharirav, the Lord of Pandharpur, meaning your sincere devotion and God are not separate things.
The verse
नाहीं संसाराची चाड । गाऊं हरिचें नाम गोड ॥१॥
हो का प्राणाचा ही घात । परि हा न सोडीं अनंत ॥ध्रु.॥
जन्मोजन्मीं हा चि धंदा । संतसंग राहो सदा ॥२॥
तुका म्हणे भाव । तो हा जाणा पंढरिराव ॥३॥
Literal translation
No-samsāra-chāḍa — sing-Hari-Name-sweet. Prāṇa-loss-don't-leave-Ananta. Janma-after-janma-dhandā — santa-sanga-sadā. Tukā: bhāva = Paṇḍharī-rāva.
What it means
A 3-verse bhakta-commitment text. I have no concern for samsāra — let us sing Hari's Name sweetly. Even at the cost of life — I will not leave Ananta. Birth-after-birth, this is the very work — let sant-company stay always. Tukā says: feeling — know that to be Paṇḍharī-rāva himself. The doctrine: bhāva (the inner-feeling) = Paṇḍharī-rāva himself. Pair with 4315 (don't-leave-kīrtana-even-at-life-cost), 4205 (births-of-any-caste-acceptable).
For someone today
Tukaram declares that he has stopped caring about the pull of worldly life, choosing instead to simply sing the sweet Name of Hari. He is so committed that he says he would not give up Ananta even if it cost him his own life. He wants this same devotion, and the company of good, sincere people, to be his life's work in birth after birth, not just for now. In the end he says that this heartfelt feeling itself is nothing other than Pandharirav, the Lord of Pandharpur, meaning your sincere devotion and God are not separate things.
मराठी: तुकाराम सांगतात, त्यांनी संसाराच्या ओढीची काळजी करणं सोडून दिलं आहे, आणि त्याऐवजी फक्त हरीचं गोड नाम गात राहणं निवडलं आहे. ते इतके ठाम आहेत की म्हणतात, आपल्या प्राणाची किंमत मोजावी लागली तरी अनंताला सोडणार नाही. त्यांना हीच भक्ती आणि चांगल्या, प्रामाणिक लोकांची संगत जन्मोजन्मी आपलं जीवनकार्य राहावी असं वाटतं, फक्त आताच नाही. शेवटी ते म्हणतात, हीच मनापासूनची भावना म्हणजे दुसरं तिसरं काही नसून पंढरीराव आहे, म्हणजेच तुमची खरी भक्ती आणि परमेश्वर वेगळे नाहीत.
Where this applies
- Tukārām's no-samsāra-chāḍa + bhāva = Paṇḍharī-rāva canonical