Abhanga 4473
The verse
नामांचा डांगोरा फिरवीं घरोघरीं । म्हणा हरीहरी सर्वभावें ॥१॥
नामें हरती कर्में वैकुंठींची पै विस्त । संनिध श्रीपति सदोदित ॥ध्रु.॥
नामाचा महिमा बहुतां कळला । नामें उद्धरिला अजामेळ ॥२॥
गजेंद्राची स्थिति पुराणीं बोलती । नामें चि श्रीपति पावलासे ॥३॥
तुका म्हणे घेतां मुक्ति आहे । नामें सर्व पाहें आकळिलें॥४॥
Literal translation
Name-ḍāngōra-house-to-house — say-Hari-Hari-sarva-bhāva. Names-vanquish-karma — Vaikuṇṭha-vista-Śrīpati-sadōdita. Name-mahima-known-by-many — Ajāmēḷa-uddharila. Gajēndra-stithi-by-Name-Śrīpati-pāvalāsē. Tukā: taking-Name-mukti — all-encompassed.
What it means
★ A 4-verse canonical Name-proclamation text with 2 bhakta-redemption-examples. Proclaim the drum-announcement of Names house-to-house — say Hari-Hari with every-feeling-of-devotion. Names vanquish your karma — Vaikuṇṭha's settlement is near — Śrīpati is always-present. The greatness of the Name has been known by many — by the Name was Ajāmēḷa lifted-across. Gajēndra's situation, the purāṇas tell — by Name only Śrīpati came-and-reached-him. Tukā says: by taking the Name, liberation is there — by Name, everything is all encompassed. The 2 canonical-redemption-examples: (a) Ajāmēḷa (the sinful Brahmin who called for his son Nārāyaṇa at death-hour, thus inadvertently invoking the Name and being-rescued — from Bhāgavata 6.1-3), (b) Gajēndra (the elephant-king attacked by a crocodile, who called Ādi-mūla — Lord came-and-rescued — from Bhāgavata 8.2-4). Pair with 4297 (7-figure-rescue-precedent-list), 2787 (bhakti-redeems-fallen), 2843 (5-figure-redemption-list).
For someone today
Tukārām: proclaim-the-Name-house-to-house — Names-vanquish-karma — even-sinful-Ajāmēḷa-was-lifted-by-Name — even-the-elephant-king-was-rescued-by-Name — taking-the-Name-includes-mukti.
Where this applies
- ★ Tukārām's Name-proclamation-house-to-house + Ajāmēḷa-Gajēndra-Name-redemption canonical