Abhanga 4485
The verse
मनोरथ जैसे गोकुळींच्या जना । पुरवावी वासना तयापरी ॥१॥
रिण फेडावया अवतार केला । अविनाश आला आकारासी ॥२॥
सीण जाला वसुदेवदेवकीस । वधी बाळें कंस दुराचारी ॥३॥
दुराचारियासी नाहीं भूतदया । आप पर तया पाप पुण्य ॥४॥
पुण्यकाळ त्याचा राहिलासे उभा । देवकीच्या गर्भा देव आले ॥५॥
गर्भासी तयांच्य आला नारायण । तुटलें बंधन आपेंआप ॥६॥
आपेंआप बेड्या तुटल्या शंकळा । बंदाच्या आगळा किलिया कोंडे ॥७॥
कोंडमार केला होता बहु दिस । सोडवी निमिष्य नलगतां ॥८॥
न कळे तो त्यासी सांगितला भाव । आपणासी ठाव नंदाघरीं ॥९॥
नंदाघरीं जातां येतां वसुदेवा । नाहीं जाला गोवा सवें देव ॥१०॥
सवें देव तया आड नये कांहीं । तुका म्हणे नाहीं भय चिंता ॥११॥
Literal translation
★ An 11-verse yamak-bandha-chain Krṣṇa-janma-narrative. Fulfill manōratha as for Gokul-folks; to pay rṇa of Vasudeva-Devakī avatāra was made — deathless came to form; Vasudeva-Devakī suffered — Kamsa kills bāḷas — durāchārī no bhūta-dayā; his puṇya-time stood depleted — Deva came to Devakī's garbha; bandhana broke by itself; chains broke prison-locks opened; held up many days — released in less than a moment; not knowing he was told the bhāva — to himself a place at Nanda-ghar; going to Nanda's house Vasudeva had no block with Deva — Tukā: no fear, no chinta.
What it means
★ An 11-verse yamak-bandha continuation of the chain from 4484, narrating Krṣṇa-janma. Key narrative-elements: (a) Vasudeva-Devakī's-rṇa repaid by-Lord-taking-avatāra, (b) Kamsa's durāchārī no-bhūta-dayā kills bāḷas, (c) Kamsa's puṇya-kāḷa-stōōd-up (time-of-merit-depleted) — Deva came, (d) bandhana-tutalē-āpe-āpa — chains-broke-prison-locks-opened-by-themselves (the Bhāgavata-tradition's miracle of the prison-locks-opening on-Krṣṇa-janmāṣṭamī), (e) Vasudeva-given-Nanda-ghar-route, (f) with-Deva no-block — Tukā: no fear no chinta. Pair with 2826-2830 (5-abhang Krṣṇa-janma cluster), 4486 (continuing chain).
For someone today
Tukārām: fulfill-my-heart-desire-as-for-Gokul-folk — your-avatāra-paid-the-debt-of-Vasudeva-Devakī — Kamsa's-merit-depleted-Deva-came-into-the-womb — chains-and-prison-locks-broke-by-themselves — with-Deva-with-you-no-block — no-fear-no-anxiety.
Where this applies
- ★ Tukārām's 11-verse yamak-bandha Krṣṇa-janma-narrative with bandhana-tutalē-āpe-āpa miracle canonical