Abhanga 4453
The verse
तुझे पाय माझें भाळ । एकत्रता सर्वकाळ ॥१॥
हें चिं देई विठाबाईं । पांडुरंगे माझे आईं ॥ध्रु.॥
नाहीं मोक्ष मुक्ति चाड । तुझी सेवा लागे गोड ॥२॥
सदा संग सज्जनांचा । नको वियोग पंढरीचा ॥३॥
नित्य चंद्रभागे स्नान । करीं क्षेत्रप्रदक्षण ॥४॥
पुंडलीक पाहोन दृष्टी । हर्षो नाचों वाळवंटीं ॥५॥
तुका म्हणे पांडुरंगा । तुझें स्वरूप चंद्रभागा ॥६॥
Literal translation
Your-feet-my-forehead — ekatratā-all-time. This-give-Viṭhābāī — Pāṇḍurangē-my-mother. No-mokṣa-mukti-need — your-sēvā-sweet. Sadā-sajjana-sanga — no-Paṇḍharī-viyōga. Nitya-Chandrabhāgē-snāna — kṣētra-pradakṣiṇa. Puṇḍalīka-darśana — dance-on-vāḷavaṇṭa. Tukā: Pāṇḍurangā — your-svarūpa-is-Chandrabhāgā.
What it means
★★ A canonical 6-verse Vārkarī itinerary-prayer addressed to Pāṇḍuranga-as-mother. Your feet, my forehead — united at all times. This only give me, Viṭhābāī — Pāṇḍurangē, my mother. I have no desire for mokṣa, mukti — your service tastes sweet. Constant company of good-people — no separation from Paṇḍharī. Daily bath in Chandrabhāgā — circumambulation of the holy-place. Seeing Puṇḍalīka with my sight — let me rejoice and dance on the sandy-bank. Tukā says: Pāṇḍurangā — your own-form is the Chandrabhāgā itself. The 6-fold daily-prayer: (1) feet-on-forehead-always — (2) Viṭhābāī-mother — (3) sēvā-sweeter-than-mukti — (4) sajjana-sanga + no-Paṇḍharī-separation — (5) Chandrabhāgā-snāna + pradakṣiṇa — (6) Puṇḍalīka-darśana + dance-on-sand. The closing: your own-svarūpa is the river Chandrabhāgā itself — non-dual identification of Lord with sacred-river. Pair with 4360 (5-step Paṇḍharī-itinerary), 2811 (bhēṭīlāgīm-jīva-lāgalīse-āsa).
For someone today
Tukārām: give-me-only-this — your-feet-on-my-forehead-always — Viṭhābāī-my-mother — no-need-of-liberation-your-service-tastes-sweet — company-of-good-people-no-separation-from-Paṇḍharī — daily-Chandrabhāgā-bath-circumambulation-Puṇḍalīka-darśana-dance-on-the-sandy-bank — your-own-form-IS-the-Chandrabhāgā.
Where this applies
- ★★ Tukārām's Viṭhābāī-Pāṇḍurangē-mother + 6-fold-Paṇḍharī-itinerary-prayer canonical daily-Vārkarī