Abhanga 4579
The verse
भोगिला गोपिकां यादवां सकळां । गौळणीगोपाळां गाईंवत्सां ॥१॥
गाती धणीवरी केला अंगसंग । पाहिला श्रीरंग डोळेभरि ॥२॥
भक्ति नवविधा तयांसि घडली । अवघीं च केली कृष्णरूप ॥३॥
रूप दाखविलें होतां भिन्न भाव । भक्त आणि देव भिन्न नाहीं ॥४॥
नाहीं राहों दिलें जातां निजधामा । तुका म्हणे आम्हांसहित गेला ॥५॥
Literal translation
★★★ Bhōgilā-by-gopikā-Yādava-Gauḷaṇī-Gopāḷa-cows-vatsas-all. Sing-dhaṇī-vari-anga-sang — Śrīranga-dōḷē-bhari. Nava-vidhā-bhakti-fulfilled — all-made-Krṣṇa-rūpa. Rūpa-shown-when-bhinna-bhāva — bhakta-Deva-no-bhinna. Not-allowed-to-stay-going-nija-dhāma — Tukā: with-us-he-went.
What it means
★★★ MAJOR A 5-verse closing-summary of-the-entire-Bhāgavata-arc + Vaikuṇṭha-gamana-of-bhaktas. Key claims: (a) the Lord was enjoyed-to-the-full by gopikās, Yādavas, Gauḷaṇīs, Gopāḷas, cows, vatsas — universal-shared-enjoyment of-the-Lord, (b) nava-vidhā-bhakti (the nine-fold-bhakti tradition: śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, pāda-sevana, archana, vandana, dāsya, sakhya, ātma-nivedana — Bhāgavata 7.5.23) was fulfilled in them, (c) all were made Krṣṇa-rūpa, (d) ★ bhakta-and-Deva are not bhinna (different) — only bhinna-bhāva makes-it-appear-so, (e) ★★★ Lord-didn't-allow-them-to-stay-behind when-going-to-his-nija-dhāma — Tukā says: he-went-along-with-us — radical-claim that the Lord's-Vaikuṇṭha-departure took-all-the-bhaktas-along-with-him. This connects to the Bhāgavata-tradition of-the-Yadu-clan-going-along-with-Krṣṇa in the mauṣala-parvan — but Tukārām universalizes-it to-all-bhaktas. He went along-with-us — Tukārām claims-his-place in-Vaikuṇṭha alongside-the-Bhāgavata-figures. Pair with 4448 (canonical vaikuṇṭha-gamana farewell-abhang — Tukā jātō Vaikuṇṭhālā).
For someone today
Tukārām: the-Lord-was-enjoyed-by-cowgirls-Yadus-cowherds-cows-vatsas-all-fulfilling-the-nine-fold-bhakti-all-made-Krṣṇa-rūpa — bhakta-and-Lord-are-not-different-only-bhinna-feeling-makes-it-seem-so — and-when-going-to-his-own-abode-he-didn't-leave-them-behind — he-went-along-with-us.
Where this applies
- ★★★ Tukārām's bhōgilā-by-all-Gokul-Yādavas-cows-vatsas + nava-vidhā-bhakti-fulfilled + bhakta-Deva-no-bhinna + ★ Lord-took-bhaktas-along-to-Vaikuṇṭha — went-with-us canonical closing-summary