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अभंग १
ला :-
सद्गुरू
रायें कृपा मज केली । परि नाही
घडली सेवा कांही ॥ १ १॥
सांपडविलें
वाटे जातां गंगास्नाना ।
मस्तकी तो जाणा ठेविला कर ॥
२।\
भोजना
मागती तूप पावशेर । पडला विसर
स्वप्नामाजीं ॥ ३॥
काय कळें
उपजला अंतराय । म्हणोनियां
काय त्वरा जाली ॥ ४॥
राघव चैतन्य
केशव चैतन्य । सांगितली खूण
माळिकेची ॥ ५ ॥
बाबाजी
आपुलें सांगितलें नाम । मंत्र
दिला रामकृष्णहरि ॥ ६ ॥
माघ शुद्ध
दशमी पाहूनि गुरुवार । केला
अंगिकार तुका म्हणें ॥ ७॥
Verbatim Meaning :-
First
Abhanga :- ( About the event of Initiation)
The Divine Teacher
has graced me, but I could not perform any service for Him || 1||
He met me while I
was going to take bath in the holy river Ganga, and put His palm on
my head || 2|||
He then asked me
for quarter pound of Ghee, but I forgot to provide the same in the
dream || 3||
I was having a
feeling of urgency for His grace, that may be the reason for this
urgent event ||4||
He also told me
that the succession sequence is “ Raghavchaitanya,Keshavachaitanysa
|| 5||
He told me His
name as BabajI and initiated me with the mantra “ Ramakrishnahari
|| 6||
Tuka says that on
“ The tenth day of the month Magha in the First fortnight , on
Thursday “ ; The Divine teacher has accepted me as His Disciple ||
7||
Second Abhanga :- ( About the
Mantra told during Initiation )
अभंग २
रा :-
माझिये
मनींचा जाणोनिया भाव । तो करी
उपाय गुरूराजा ॥ १॥
आवडीचा
मंत्र सांगितला सोपा । जेणें
नव्हे गुंफा कांही कोठें ॥
२॥
जाती पुढे
एक उतरले पार । हाभवसागर साधुसंत
॥ ३॥
जाणत्या
नेणत्या ज्या जैंसी आवडी ।
उतार सांगडी तापे पेटी ॥ ४॥
तुका
म्हणे मज दावियेला तारू ।
कॄपेचा सागरु पांडुरंग ॥ ५॥
Verbatim Meaning :-
My Divine teacher understood the feelings in my mind and has taken
the appropriate action|| 1||
He told me the Mantra of my liking so that there is no confusion any
time || 2||
All those seeking Liberation have been following this path, and some
have attained it || 3||
To cross this Ocean of World, each needs a suitable carrier ( Such as
a boat etc) || 4||
Tuka says Lord
Panduranga through His grace has given him this Mantra . Like a Ship
it will take him across to other side.|| 5||
Background Information :-
In spirituality , it is very
important to have initiation from a divine teacher. Generally this
happens when a Guru initiates his disciple with some mantra. This is
termed as “ Anugraha “.
There are different ways this can
happen. In some cases the disciples go to a specific Guru whom they
believe and ask for initiation. Some do not do this since they
believe that guru will come to give anugraha when He feel it to be
the right time. Anugraha can take place in the dream state. The
famous saint Meerabai has written about this in one of her Poetry “
Mhane charkar rakhojI”. Similar description is found to be written
in the famous bokk “ The Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramahansa
Yoganand. Samarth Ramadasa had anugraha from Lord SrI Rama at the
age of 8 years * in a temple. Tukaram Maharaj describes that he got
the anugraha during dream .
But everybody has gone through this
state when he has followed any path for Spiritual awakening and
Self Realization.
Recently the “Guru PorNimaa “ was
celebrated all over India. This day falls on the Full-moonday of the
Indian Month AshaDha. It is customary to perform worship of the
Divine- Teacher on this day. The Divine-teacher means the one who
takes the Disciple across the ocean of the world and gives
liberation. Sage Vyasa is also worshiped since he has been
instrumental for the availability of Sri. Bhagavadgeeta to us.
Bhagavadgeeta teaches the ways of living in this world as well as
attaining the Liberation.
Liberation is possible only when our “
I “ is fully dissolved. This is done by the Divine Teacher. And
therefore on this day we worship our Divine Teacher to express our
Gratitude towards Him.
Saint Tukarama Maharaj has written how
his Divine Teacher initiated him through a dream. The second one
describes about the same event.
Detailed explaination of the
meanings of both the Abhangas.:-
Abhanga 1 :-
In this Abhanga Tukarama Maharaj has
described how he was initiated by his Divine teacher in the dream
state. He says that this event occurred in the Indian Month of Magha,
in the First fortnight on the 10th day. It was Thursday .
He says that His teacher appeared in the dream and told his name as
“BabajI. In this dream Tukaram says that he was going to take dip
in the holy river Ganga and at that time this meeting took place .
And his Divine teacher initiate him by telling him to recite the
mantra “ RamakrishnaHari” Teacher also described that this
knowledge has been handed over from his ( Babaji's Teachers Raghava
chaitanya, who got it his teacher from KeshavChaitanya .
In the same Abhanga Tukaram Maharaj
further says with pleasure that I wanted to meet my Panduranga .This
was my desire. My Teacher understood this desire and obliged me by
accepting me as his disciple.
Having thus said ; Tukaram Maharaj
further says with regret that he could not fulfill a simple demand
of quarter pound of Ghee in this dream.
As per my
interpretation , the Ghee represents Pure Virtuous state of mind
where the Goodness fully occupies then heart. The interruption of
dream means that his Spiritual Teacher wanted Tukarama to follow this
way of living during the waking state of the body.
We are aware that the time is relative
in nature. In a few minutes of sleep ,one can spend time of years in
his dream. The waking state unit of time is relatively slow as far as
we all are concerned. Tukaram Maharaj transcended these limits as far
as his living in this world is concerned since he was a liberated
soul at this stage. Such saints come to this world only to preach the
ignorant and it is natural that they set an example for ignorant
people like us .who have yet to get the experience of liberation.
Therefor all his life Tukaram Maharaj
lived lif of Goodness .He loved His PanduraMga and as said in the
Bhagvadgeeta ; the Lord Himself took care of his all needs. Lord did
not allow the written work of his Abhangas when these were immersed
in the river Indrayani. When Moghuls came to arrest Shivaji Maharaj ,
who was attending one of the discourses of Tukarama Maharaj, they saw
everybody as Shivaji , and thus confused Moghals left empty handed..
Tukarama Maharaj himself has said in
another Abhanga that he has come to this world only to teach the
people.
Abhanga 2:-
As described in
the earlier Abhanga above, the Divine teacher had understood the
feelings in the mind of Tukaraam Mahaaraj. He initiated Tukaram
Maharaj by telling the same Mantra which he was reciting earlier.
Because of this no confusion arose in his mind.
How Truly said! The real teacher
never teaches such that his disciple will be confused. In fact the
teacher removes all the doubts in the mind of his pupil. The divine
Teacher is like a wishing tree. All those desires , which will take
the Disciple further towards the goal of liberation , are fulfilled
by such a teacher. The emphasis is to take the disciple across the
ocean of this world so as to reach the goal of liberation.
It is clear here
that the Divine teacher addressed in the Abhanga and Lord Panduranga
are one and the same. Tukaram Maharaj addresses the Divine teacher as
Panduranga. Meerabai addressed him as Lord Shrikrishana, Samartha
Ramadas called him Lord ShrIRama. Just by reciting the Holy name of
Lord, one can cross this worldly ocean is again emphasized at the end
of this abhanga in it's las stanza.
Teaching of the Abhanga :-
This Abhanga
teaches us that one should not doubt what our saints have told us.
Their words are the experiences verbilised , and since they are
liberated ones; one can say that their speech is the speech of God.
We can ata least put our efforts when we are awake. The efforts are
nothing but the holy name of our beloved deity.(Sri Rama, Krishna,
Govinda any name is his name only); and alwayes remember that He is
the does and we are just his instruments. If we live this way , a day
and time will come when our Spiritual Teacher will bless us. We
should wait for that moment patiently.
posted by Ravindra G.Phadke. @ 4:04 AM
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