Abhanga 4484
The verse
देवा आदिदेवा जगत्रया जीवा । परियेसीं केशवा विनंती माझी ॥१॥
माझी वाणी तुझे वर्णी तुझे वर्णी गुण नाम । ऐसी देई प्रेम कांहीं कळा ॥२॥
कळा तुजपाशीं आमचें जीवन । उचित करून देई आम्हां ॥३॥
आम्हां शरणागतां तुझा चि आधार । तूं तंव सागर कृपासिंधु ॥४॥
सिंधु पायावाट होय तुझ्या नामें । जाळीं महाकर्में दुस्तरें तीं ॥५॥
तीं फळें उत्तमें तुझा निजध्यास । नाहीं गर्भवास सेविलिया ॥६॥
सेविंलिया राम कृष्ण नारायण । नाहीं त्या बंधन संसाराचें ॥७॥
संसार तें काय तृणवतमय । अग्नि त्यासी खाय क्षणमात्रें ॥८॥
क्षणमात्रें जाळी दोषांचिया रासी । निंद्य उत्तमासी वंद्य करी ॥९॥
करीं ब्रिदें साच आपलीं आपण । पतितपावन दिनानाथ ॥१०॥
नाथ अनाथाचा पति गोपिकांचा । पुरवी चित्तीचा मनोरथ ॥११॥
चित्ती जें धरावें तुका म्हणे दासीं । पुरविता होसी मनोरथ ॥१२॥
Literal translation
★ A 12-verse yamak-bandha-chain petition. Deva, primal-Deva, jīva of three-worlds — listen, Kēśava, my petition; let my voice sing your guṇa-nāma — give me some art-fragment of prema; that skill is with you — give us our proper jīvana; we śaraṇāgatas have you as only support — you are the ocean of compassion; sindhu becomes foot-path by your Name — burns the mahā-karma; highest-fruits are of your nija-dhyāsa — no garbha-vāsa having served; served Rāma-Krṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa — no bondage of samsāra; samsāra is grass-flame — agni eats in a moment; in a moment burns heap of dōṣas — makes vandya from nindya; make your vows true yourself — pātita-pāvana dīnanātha; nātha of orphans pati of gopikās — fulfill manōratha of chitta; whatever I hold in chitta, Tukā says, in your dāsa — you become fulfiller of manōratha.
What it means
★ A 12-verse yamak-bandha (chain-rhyme) petition. Key claims: (a) the krpā-sindhu-ocean of-compassion is-the-only-support, (b) the sindhu of samsāra becomes a pāyavāṭa (foot-path) by-the-Name, (c) serving-Rāma-Krṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa = no-bondage, (d) samsāra-is-grass-burnt-by-agni-of-Name in-one-moment, (e) the Name makes vandya-from-nindya (worship-worthy from-slander-worthy) — a key-transformation-claim, (f) closing-call make-your-bīrudas-saca — pātita-pāvana-dīnanātha-nātha-of-orphans-pati-of-gopikās — fulfill-chitta-manōratha. Pair with 4481-4482 (chain-rhyme companions), 2787 (bhakti-redeems-fallen).
For someone today
Tukārām: Kēśava-listen-my-petition — give-some-prema-kaḷā-to-my-voice — samsāra-becomes-foot-path-by-Name — Name-burns-mahā-karma-in-one-moment — makes-vandya-from-nindya — pātita-pāvana-dīnanātha — fulfill-the-manōratha-of-this-dāsa's-chitta.
Where this applies
- ★ Tukārām's 12-verse yamak-bandha Kēśava-vinamti + Name-makes-samsāra-foot-path + Name-makes-vandya-from-nindya + bīruda-saca canonical petition