70th post in English :अखंड जयां तुझी प्रीती _ Praying God to bless with company of Liberated Souls.
अखंड जयां तुझी प्रीती । मज दे बा तयांची संगति ।
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अखंड जयां तुझी प्रीती । मज दे बा तयांची संगति ।
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अखंड
जयां तुझी प्रीती । मज दे बा
तयांची संगति ।
मग मी
कमळापति तुज बा नाणीं कंटाळा
॥ १ ॥
पडून
राहेन तये ठायीं । उगीच संतांचिये
पायीं ।
न मागे
न करी कांहीं । तुझी आण गा
बिठोबा॥ २॥
तुम्ही
आम्ही पीडॊं जेणें । दोन्ही
वारतीं एकाने ।
बैसलों
धरणें । हाका देत दाराशीं ॥
३ ॥
तुका
म्हणें या बोला । चित्त द्यावें
बा विठ्ठला ।
न पाहिजे
केला । अवघा माझा आव्हेर ॥ ४॥
Verbatim Meaning :-
O' Kamalapati, ( Bhagavan
Vishnu) please let me have association of those who have intense love
for you . After getting this boon , I will not demand from you
anything else, so that you will not feel tired of hearing my demands
|| 11 ||
I assure you that I will remain
at the feet of such person who has such intense love for you and
will not ask you for anything || 2||
O'Viththalaa ( God) I always
am asking you to give me somethings and am giving you troubles. Not
only I give you trouble, I also feel bad If you grant me the boon(
Association and company of the person who loves you) then both of us
will be free of troubles. That is the reason I am standing at your
gate and calling you|| 3||
Tuka says that O Vitthala please
listen to my call and do not abandon me || 4||
Background Information to
understand the meaning of the Abhanga:-
.
In the science of Spirituality,
the association with a liberated souls has been given highest
importance. The reason for this may be in the fact that the goal is
also very lofty ( Attainment of Liberation is the goal) . This being
very abstract concept in nature, it can be attained only if there is
help and guidance from a soul who Himself has achieved the goal. It
is the best strategy to have association of such a personality.
Such a personality is called as
Saint or Seer in the Indian science of Spirituality.
We follow this approach even in
our material world. For example if one wants to become PhD in some
subject , then the guide and Philosopher must be the one who himself
has such capability.
In spirituality y , we are
searching or trying to understand our own real nature. Saint or Seer
has attained this and therefore only such a saint can be the guide in
the spirituality.
However it is very difficult,
almost impossible to know and meet such a person. To remain in his
company is further difficult. Very lucky and selected ones may get
such an opportunity. But one need not feel worried about the above
aspects. There is one very simple approach.
All the saints have written some
or more books . This has been done by them since they very well
understand the above described problems. Because of their compassion
for the masses who are ignorant the saints have written such books.
They are present in the form of these books. Saints have attained
Liberation and thus have transcended the cycle of birth and death..
They are ever present are now in the un-manifested state. But they
are also present as their books.
At least one such confirmatory
description is available in the literature about the famous saint
Samarth Ramadasa from Maharashtra. At the time of his departure from
physical body , some of his disciple were very unhappy since they
would no longer be seeing him He told the following statement is the
form of Abhanga(poem)
Loosely translated it reads as
follows.
Even if my physical form is no
more present, still remember that I am existing as this visible wold
form . Listen to me for your own benefits|| 1||
You need not run here and there.
All you should do is to read my boos carefully and attentively. You
will know the path for attaining Liberation. || 2||
Atmaram and Dasabodha are my
literary forms. Since these are available to you you should not feel
unhappy. || 3||
Same is truly applicable for all
the other saints as well.
In short, to study the books
written by our saints, and follow them in our day to day life, is is
self the best method to remain in their company and Association
good association, good deeds,
and following our own nature are to be done through the body ,
while performing spiritual practices such as Meditation or
Recitation of Holy name of the Lord, always wishing good only for
everybody, doing the worship with love are to be done though the
mind. By living in this fashion in this world, definitely one will
progress rapidly in his quest for Liberation.
From this background , can
one understand the true message in this abhanga.
It is very difficult to get
association of a liberated person .When one gets associated with such
a person , naturally all his work will be done without expectations
of the result , a s a worship to the lord..Therefore Sant Tukarama
mahaaraj in the abhanga is requesting the Al;mighty Lord that he
should bless him, with this boon. He requests for this in the very
first stanza.
If we observe the reason for the
worship of god by the people , we can easily see that almost everyone
worships God so that he will get Wealth, Health , longevity, and
everything as per the worshiper's desires.
This is like asking the King for
a few coins when he is capable of giving anything.
A real disciple , who loves God
does not ask for anything from the God, since he knows that Motherly
nature of God. Asking anything else other than the association with
God himself is useless and thus the best one can think of asking is
the company and association of Holy and Liberated .
Also in our daily life , we will
try to avoid a person who keeps on making some demands to us.
Therefore further in the abhanga; (based on this example ) Tukaram
Maharaj is telling the God that I will not do like this.
In
the second stanza
Maharaj is praying the God again for good association. He says that
O'Vitthala, please let me have the company of the person who knows
you. I will stay at such a person's feet meaning I will serve him.
This is again an indication about the importance of such a good
association with a holy person.
Further Tukaram Maharaj
has made promise on oath that once he gets the above boon , he will
ask for nothing further.
In the third Stanza an
example has been sited from our day to day life. This specific stanza
clearly indicates that at this stage Tukaram Maharaj is intensely
desiring only for the meeting with God nothing else. In this stage of
worship the disciple is needing nothing but God and it is obvious
that this meeting has still not taken place. All the worship at this
stage is done only because of intense love for the God.
Coming back to the example, we
know that if anybody keeps on making some or other demands to us,
then we get tired of such attitude and then we will avoid such
persons. In short we are unhappy and the demanding person is of'
cource unhappy. Both experience the state of unhappiness only.
Tukaram Maharaj is very
sensitive about this aspect and he is feeling that God must be
feeling same. He is worried that God will therefore abandon him,That
is why in this third stanza ,Tukaram maharaj addresses the Lord,
saying that O;God please fulfill my only desires of association and
company of Holy saintly person. Once this demand is satisfied both of
us will not experience the type of unhappiness described in
paragraph prior to this one. .
The last stanza is like
asking for a pardon for a commited mistake. Here Maharaj prays to
The Lord that He( The Lord) should listen to what Maharaj has said
in the earlier three stanzas and not abandon him.
Teaching of the Abhanga :
The abhanga brings out the
importance and benefits of the Right association of a saintly
person. One should have such an association and get benefited with
the blessings which will take one further in the path of Liberation.