English 60A post अभंग :- आता कोठे धावे मन
Dt 11th March 14.
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आतां कोठे धावे मन । तुझे चरण देखेलिया ॥ १॥

भाग गेला शीण गेला । अवघा झाला आनंद ।। २॥

प्रेमरसें बैसली मिठी । आवडी लाठी मुखासी ॥ ३॥

तुका म्हणे आम्हां |विठ्ठल घोगें खरें माप ॥ ४॥

Verbatim Meaning:-

O' Lord, I have seen your holy feet, then where is my mind running? Meaning that now my my mind is running nowhere except at your holy feet || 1||

Because of this , all the tiredness of mine has vanished and I am very very Happy || 2||

I am submerged in the taste of your love and my mouth has attained sweetness with it || 3|

Tuka says that in order to measure this happiness , one requires a measure of the size of Lord Himself || 4||

Background Information for the Abhanga;-

As seen and explained in the previous post ; Tukarama Maharaja has written this Abhanga also while being in the state of experiencing the unification with the Divine.

Even though Tukarama Maharaj experienced Unification with the Divine; he has come back to the

the Dual State ( This is what is named as Turya Avastha in the spiritual Language). At this stage one is aware of the surrounding Universe and at the same time one is united with the Divine. Shstras describe it with the example of a Light kept in the door. The light shines and makes the outside of the house visible and simultaneously the inside is also visible.

Meaning of the Abhanga :-

In the first stanza Tukarama Maharaj therefore saying that his mind is still remembering and experiencing the Bliss due the union with the Divine. However being in the state of awareness of the world around, he feels that now his mind is not going anywhere except to the Holy feet of Lord VithThala.

To get an idea of this pleasure , we can take ( this example is not a perfect one) an example of our experience of waking up after deep sleep. In the state of Deep sleep, ( It is also called Gamma state of sleep in the technical terms) we experience a Bliss (pleasure) which can not be described in words. This is because for that time our mind is merged with the Divine . The nature of the Divine is nothing but Bliss. Thus we remember the experience of the deep sleep.

In the second stanza Maharaj describes the effect of the above mentioned experience. He says that he no more is feeling disturbed/ upset etc now. Thus he says that he no more is tired.

It is well known that if the mind is not at Peace then one suffers from many ailments ( Physical as well as Mental) . One ultimately gets tired because of the disturbed state of mind.

The third stanza describes the state of union further. Maharaj has only one feeling in his mind , that is the love for the Lord Panduranga. It is our experience that enjoyment of the taste of any dish, is because of the capability of our tongue. What ever it likes ,it demands the same continuously. In physical terms there is a limit to the feeling of enjoyment which is called Law of Diminishing Return.

But this Law is not applicable for the tongue for the Holy name of Lord. Tukarama Maharaj is saying this by stating that his tongue does not like to do any other thing, except reciting the blissful name of the Lord Panduranga.

Final fourth stanza is using the concept of Measurement of Quantity . Here Maharaj says that if we have to measure the quantum of the experienced Bliss, then it is so large that one has to use a larger Measure for the same. This measure is Lord Himself. We have seen in the earlier Abhangas the “ All pervading Quality of of Lord. He pervades all the universe which is so large that one can not define this largeness. In short the stanza tells us that it is impossible to explain using any means the Bliss one experiences. It can be understood only by those who experience it.

Teaching from this Abhanga:-

This Abhanga teaches us that we should also do the Namasmarana and experience the union with Divine and the Bliss thereon.

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