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अभंग १ ला :-

काये करूनि करी धंदा । चित्त गोविंदा तुझे पायी ॥ १ ॥

ऐसा संकल्पाचे संधी । माझे बुद्धी धीर द्यावा ॥ २ ॥

कुटुंबाचा तुम्हा भार । मज व्यवहार निमित्त ॥ ३ ॥

तुका म्हणे करिता काम । हृदयी नाम धरीन मीं ॥ ४ ॥

अभंग २ रा :-

एक धरिला चित्तीं । आम्ही रखुमाईचा पती ॥ १॥

तेणें झाले अवघें काम । निवारला भवश्रम ॥ २ ॥

परद्रव्य परनारी । झाली विषाचिया परी ॥ ३ ॥

तुका म्हणें फार । नाही लागत व्यवहार ॥ ४ ॥

Verbatim Meaning of the Abhangas :-

Abhanga 1:-

I have decided that While I am doing all my duties in the world, O Govinda my mind is totally concentrated on you. I know that it is difficult to live like this ( where one has to live in two different state one that of living in the word and the other the state of keeping the mind at the Holy Feet of the Lord). But with your Blessings I can do this , hence Bless me with suitable intellect for the same. I have surrendered to you Totally and the responsibly of looking after my Family is now yours. I will now do everything by remembering you through your Holy Name.

Abhanga 2:-

I am mad with the love for the Panduranga . And because f this all my works are being done effortlessly . I treat the wealth of others and the women like poison. Tuka says that this does not cause any interference for living normal life in this world.

Background Information to understand the true meaning of the Abhanga:-

In our earlier post ( 73) we have seen how to continuously keep ourselves aware of the Lord. In these two Abhangas, the same subject is addressed in more details.

The first Abhanga describes the disciple who has totally surrendered to the Almighty.

And

The second one describes the experience after this total surrender.

The form of worship by recitation and remembering the name of Lord finally gets converted to the state where the relationship gets converted into the form of worship where The Lord and The disciple are friends. Such examples are seen in the Epic Mahabharata where Lord Krishna and Arjuna were friends, another example is that of the woman Saint Meerabai, Mahabharata also describes the friendship between The Cowherds and Lord Krishna, Uddhva and Krishna.

Below given Stanza from 11 th chapter of SrimadBhagavadgeeta describes how a Disciple who has totally surrendered to the Lord behaves in this world.

मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्त: सङ्गवर्जित: ।

निर्वैर: सर्वभूतेषू य: स मामेति पाण्डव ॥ ११-५५॥

He who does work for Me alone and has Me for his goal, is devoted to Me, is freed from attachment, and bears enmity towards no creature-- he enters into Me O'Pandava. || 11-55||

When the meaning of the first Abhanga is seen, it brings out a unique aspect to our knowledge, that Tukaram Maharaj has described in very simple word the same aspects that are addressed in the above sited Stanza of Srimad Bhagavadgeeta.

Meaning of the Abhnaga :-

In the very First line of the Abhanga; it is clarified that one need not forgo his duties in the world,. All one has to change is the mental attitude.

As long as one says that “ I am the Doer, I did this or that “ then one is taking all-the ownership of such deeds. When one does something there is an expectation of the result of such an action .If the results are as per our expectations the we feel Happy ,otherwise we feel unhappy, sad of even dejected.

We enjoy or suffer because of the results that arise out of the actions done by ourselves.

Further , because we claim the ownership of the action and the results; if the results do not happen in this bithtime then we have to comeback to enjoy or suffer from the results .

The only remedy for this is to surrender to the Lord totally and pray to Him that He should get all the works done fromus as per His desire and Plan. It is well known fact that the Lord takes care of such a Disciple in every aspect of life. ( In fact Lord has given this promise as mentioned in the Bhagavadgeeta)

However it should be remembered that at least at the initial stage of surrendering, one should not Forget the Lords Doership. Tukaram Maharaja has understood this point and says this point clearly at the end of the first Abhanga.

The next Abhanga describes the results , effects of that all the works and Duties in the word were discharged properly . Tukaram Maharaj says that this was possible because He had meditated contemplated only on the Lord Panduranga and did nothing else.

Since the Lord Himself has became the Doer, enjoy-er of all; the actions; Tukaram Maharaj says the he never gets disturbed because of Favorable or Un favorable results of the actions done by him. His mind is experiencing pure Bliss and Peace .

In the next line Maharaj has used two specific words “ Others wealth and Others Women” . We need to see the real meaning behind these words first. These meanings are as described further below.

Others wealth ::- This mean a desire for money or wealth.

Others women :- This means the information received by our five organs from external objects in the world.

1) Eyes receive the aspects of Beauty

2. The tongue gets the Taste and flavors
3. The sense of Touch is received by our whole skin or parts thereof
4. Nose receives the smells
5. ears re3ceive the sounds which are sweet to us.

Our mind always craves for the enjoyments earned through these sense organs and that is called Women in the abhanga.

Generally when one has lot of money , then the tendency is to pay attention to those activities which will give one pleasures .This can cause immense damage ultimately like poison, ;if one does not exercise some control. .

Tukaram Maharaja says that (because he had become addicted to meditate on the Lord who is everywhere) now he understands the above and therefore he is no more controlled by these sense organ and their objects.

After describing the results of his love for God, tukaram maharaj has ended the Abhanga by speaking about ,telling his own experience.

He says that the duties to be performed in the world towards family etc ; do not interfere with mental state of performing worship of the Lord as described in the abhanga.

Teaching of this Abhanga :-

All the Saints have always based their preachings on their sole experiences only. Same is applicable to the above abhangas too.

By describing his own experience h; Tukaram Maharaj has obliged us and we should show our gratitude by following his advise and performing the worship Lord Almighty. In my opinion , this is the teaching here too.  

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अभंग २ रा :-एक धरिला चित्तीं । आम्ही रखुमाईचा पती 

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अभंग १ ला :-

काये करूनि करी धंदा । चित्त गोविंदा तुझे पायी ॥ १ ॥

ऐसा संकल्पाचे संधी । माझे बुद्धी धीर द्यावा ॥ २ ॥

कुटुंबाचा तुम्हा भार । मज व्यवहार निमित्त ॥ ३ ॥

तुका म्हणे करिता काम । हृदयी नाम धरीन मीं ॥ ४ ॥

अभंग २ रा :-

एक धरिला चित्तीं । आम्ही रखुमाईचा पती ॥ १॥

तेणें झाले अवघें काम । निवारला भवश्रम ॥ २ ॥

परद्रव्य परनारी । झाली विषाचिया परी ॥ ३ ॥

तुका म्हणें फार । नाही लागत व्यवहार ॥ ४ ॥

अभंगच्या अर्थासाठी असलेली पार्श्वभूमी :-

ह्या आधिच्या post मधे तुकाराम महाराजांनी स्वत: सतत भगवंताचे अनुसंधान कसे ठेवले होते तो अभंग आपण पाहिला. ह्या दोने अभंगात तोच विषय पुढे नेलेला आहे.

ह्यातला पहिला अभंग भगवंताला संपूर्ण शरणागत भक्ताचे वर्णन करणारा

तर

दुसरा त्यामुळे घडलेले परिणाम सांगणारा असे आहेत.

नामस्मरण करणारी भक्ती पुढे पुढे सख्यभक्तीमधे रूपांतरित होते.हे पण ह्या अभंगामुळे स्पष्ट होते.

ज्याचा सखा प्रत्यक्ष भगवंतच आहे त्याला ह्या संसारात काय मिळवायचे राहिले? उत्तर हेच की कांही नाही. त्याला भगवंताचे सख्य मिळाले की सर्व कांही मिळते.

महाभारतात अर्जूनाला , गोपींना, उद्धवाला हे भाग्य लाभले होते. मीराबाईंचे उदाहरण पण आहे.

भगवंताने गीतेच्या विश्वरूप दर्शन अध्यायाच्या शेवटी शरणागत भक्ताचे ह्या लोकात कसे वर्तन असते ते खालील श्लोकामधे साघितले आहे.

मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्त: सङ्गवर्जित: ।

निर्वैर: सर्वभूतेषू य: स मामेति पाण्डव ॥ ११-५५॥

जो पुरुष सर्व कर्मे माझी म्हणजे परमेश्वराची होत ह्या बुद्धीने कर्म करतो,मत्परायन होऊन राहतो, माझी भक्ति करतो, आसक्तीरहित असतो व कोणत्याच भूताचे ठायी वैर करीत नाही; तो मलाच येऊन मिळतो.

ह्या अभंगांचा अर्थ पाहिला की हेच समोर येते की तुकाराम महाराजांनी वरील प्रमाणे जगामधे कसे जगायचे ते सोप्या शब्दांद्वारे आपल्याला सांगितले आहे.

अभंगाचा शब्दार्थ :-

अभंग १ ला :- मी माझ्या शरीराने जगातले सर्व व्यवहार करेन. ( पण) माझे चित्त हे गोविंदा तुझ्या पायाशी ठेवेन.असा हा संकल्प केला आहे ह्या संकल्पासाठी मला दोन्ही पातळिंवर ( शाररिक व मानसिक ) एकाच वेळी रहायचे आहे. ते करता येणे मला कठीण वाटते व तूच बुद्धी दे. असा व्यवहार करणे हे फक्त एक निमित्त आहे.

तुका म्हणतो की ( मी तुझ्या चरणी सर्व अर्पण केले आहे म्हणून माझ्या कुटुंबाचा भार ( योगक्षेम चालवणे) तुझ्यावरच आहे. मी काम करताना तुझे नाम अंत:करणात धरूनच सर्व कामे करेन.

अभंग २ रा:-

मी रखुमाईचा पती ( विठ्ठल ) ह्याचाच ध्यास मनामधे धरलेला आहे.त्यामुळे माझे सर्व काम झाले व ह्या भवसागरांत जगताना जे श्रम होतात त्यांचे निवारण झाले. माझ्यासाठी परद्रव्य व परनारी दोन्ही विषासमान आहेत. तुका म्हणतो की असे वागायला व्यवहार आडवा येत नाही.

अभंगाच्या अर्थाचे स्पष्टीकरण :-

पहिल्याच ओळित हे स्पष्ट होते की आपण आपले सर्व व्यवहार सोडायचे नाही आहेत , पण त्यां मागची आपली मानसिकता बदलायची आहे.

जोवर आपण म्हणतो की मी करणारा आहे , मी हे केले ते, करीन तेंव्हा आपण सर्व कर्तृत्व कळत व नकळत स्वत:कडे घेत असतो. शिवाय मी जे करतो आहे त्याचा परिणाम अस-असा व्हावा ही अपेक्षा पण आपल्या मनामधे असते.जर मनाप्रमाणे झाले तर सुख होते व मनाविरुद्ध झाले तर दु:ख होते. अर्थातच केलेल्या कर्माची फळे आपल्यालाच भोगावी लागतात.

ह्याशिवाय जर केलेल्या कर्माचे फळ ह्या जन्मामधे भोघणे झाले नाही तर ते भोगण्यासाठी पुन: जन्म घ्यावा लागतोच.

ह्यावरचा उपाय म्हणजे भगवंतालाच शरण जाणे व त्याच्याकडे प्रार्थना करणे जी सर्व कांही तुझ्यामनाप्राणे माझ्याकडून करवून घ्यावे. असा जो वागेल त्याला भगवंत धीर देतो. फार काय स्वत: दिलेल्या वचनाप्रमाणे ( भगवद्‍गीतेत हे वचन आहे)भगवंत स्वत: अशा भक्ताचा योगक्षेम चालवतो.

शरणगेल्यावरती जर आपण भगवंतालाच स्मरून आपली कामे केली तरच असे घडते हे तुकाराम महाराज समजून आहेत व म्हणूनच अभंगाच्या शेवटि ते म्हणताहेत की भगवंताचे स्मरणकरूनच ते सर्व व्यवहार करतील.

पुढचा अभंग वरील प्रमाणे भगवंताचे स्मरण कर्त सर्व कार्ये केल्याने काय परिणाम्क झाले ते सांगतान पुढच्या अभंगात महाराज म्हणतातहेत की त्यांना आता पांदुरंगाह्चाच ध्यास लागला आहे. त्यामुळे त्यांची वर्तणुक वागणे सर्वकांही पहिल्या अभंगात लिहिल्याप्रमाणे होते आहे.

सर्वकर्ता सर्वभोक्ता पांडुरंगच झालेला अहे त्यामुळे मनात होणारी सुखदु:खांची आंदोलने अर्थात हवेनकोपणाने होणारी सुखाची वा दु:खाची जाणिव आता होत नाही आहे. मनास शांती मिळाली आहे मन निवले आहे

अभंगातल्या पुढच्या चरणांमधे परद्रव्य व परनारी हे शब्द तुकाराम महाराजांनी वापरले आहेत. त्यांचा अर्थ प्रथम लक्षाण्त घेणे आवश्यक आहे.

परद्रव्य ह्या शब्दाचा अर्थ पैशाची वासना व परनारी म्हणजे मनाकडे येणारे जे पांच प्रकारचे विषय ( १)सौंदर्य डोळ्याचा विषय, २)जीभेचा विषय चव, ३)त्वचेचा स्पर्श, ४)नाकाचा विषय सुवास ,५) कानांचा विषय गोड आवाजात होणारे स्संभाषण, गाणे )त्यांचाकडे पाहण्याची द्रूष्टी असा घेणे योग्य ठरते. सर्वसाधारणत: पैसा असला की माणूस व्यसनांकडे म्हणजे विषयोपभोगांच्या आधीन होण्याचि शक्यता जास्त वाढते.

तुकाराम महाराज अभंगाम्धे पुढे असे म्हणताहेत की (भगवताचा ध्यास लागल्यामुळे सर्वत्र तोच आहे हे कळले आहे व म्हणुनच ) आता मनाला परद्रव्य व परनारी हे सर्व विषासमान म्हणजेच आपला घात करणारे आहेत असे वाटायला लागले आहे. अर्थात त्यांची आसक्ती आता उरलेली नाही.

हे परिणाम वर्णनकरून झाल्यावर महाराज शेवटी स्वत:चा अनुभव हाच सांगताहेत की "असे वागायला जगातला व्यवहार आड येत नाही" अर्थात भगवद्‍भक्तीच्या आड व्यवहार येत नाही.

अभंगाची शिकवण : 

संत जो कांही उपदेश करतात तो प्रथम स्वत: अनुभव घेऊन मग नंतरच करतात. महाराजांचा अभंग तर हे स्पष्टच करतो की त्यांनी ह्या अभंगामधे जे सांगितले आहे त्याप्रमाने त्यांचा स्वत:चाही अनुभव आहे. स्वत:चे अनुभवाचे बोल सांगून महाराजांनी आपल्यावर उपकारच केले आहेत.

ह्या उपकाराचे उतराई होण्यासाठी आपण त्यांच्या उपदेशाप्रंमाणे वागून भग्वंताची भेट होण्यास म्हणजेच मोक्षाचे अधिकारी व्हावे हीच येथे शिकवण आहे.

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राम म्हणें वाटचालीं । यज्ञ पाउलापाउली ।

धन्य धन्य ते शरीर । तिर्थव्रतांचे माहेर ॥ १ ॥

राम म्हणें धंदा कररितां। सुखसमाधि त्या सदा ।

राम म्हणें ग्रासोग्रासी । तोचि जेविला उपवासी ॥ २ ॥

राम म्हणें भोगी त्यागी । कर्म न लिंपे त्या आंगी ।

ऐसा राम जपे नित्य । तुका म्हणे तोचि जीवमुक्त ॥ ३ ॥

Verbatim Translation :-

One who recites Holy name of Rama in every walk of life, is doing the Yagna at every step taken. His body is the abode of all Holy places || 1||

One who recites the name of Rama while doing all activities, always experiences the Peace . One who recites the Name of Rama does not eat anything even though he has taken a full meal || 2||

One who recites the name of Rama while enjoyments, of during the acts of Giving; does not get affected by one's own acts . One who recites the name of Rama like this , is free of all the bondage in this very birth( while being alive) || 3||

Background Information for understanding the meaning of the Abhanga:-

At the end of the previous post “ My body had become dirty..,” it was said that the next post will be describing how Tukarama Maharaja did his Sadhana .Therefore in this post the Abhnaga chosen is to explain the method of doing the worship.

For this purpose , it is necessary to understand the concept of Worship by Total Surrendering”

There are nine ways of performing the worship and the last and most important form of worship is the “Totals Surrendering to God”. Even if one follows any other form of worship , ultimately this is the worship which leads one to Liberation.

This worship is done at three levels . These are

1. Believing that the real ownership of everything is God's and not ours. And
   living the life with this belief faithfully.

Generally each and every one of us, claim that the things and persons such as our Wife

or son , house etc are ours. It is a claim of ownership in this regards.

Because of this attitude towards all these things, we develop attachment for the same. We

have seen in the earlier posts that this kind of attachment produces Bondage for us.

However if we should understand that we are not the owners but are Trustees. The

trustee has to take care of everything as if the things are owned by him. If we live in

the world with the attitude of a Trustee then this becomes the first step in the

worship of Total Surrender.

2) Believing that all that happens , happens only by the will of God and not anybody
else.
In fact a little contemplation will reveal that Whatever happens in our life, happens
because of the will of the Divine and not because of our will. For example No one
likes to fall sick but one day or the other one definitely falls sick. We really do not
have control over the happenings in our life.

In fact as Sri Ramana Maharshee says , all the work is done by us as per the will of
Divine only. Divine within each and everyone of us gets the things done from us.

Similarly Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa says that it is very difficult to make the Ego

vanish completely. However it is possible to make it the Slave of Lord.

The above two ways of thinking enables one to diminish one's Ego. Complete loss of

Ego is nothing but the state of Liberation.

Additionally it is important to believe that the God is pervading every-where. This is an important characteristic of God . We have seen the details in the very First post itself.,

3. Living with the experience that all that is there is I and I alone and I am
   all pervading Parabrahman .

This subject is vary vast to explain. Sufficient to say that if we live in the world , with the

understanding at every moment that everything happens by the will of the Divine ; it is

the second step in the process of Total Surrender.

With this background information , we can now interpret the meaning of the abhanga.

Meaning of the abhanga :-

To start with the initial stanzas can be reorganized as given below.

One who recites Holy name of Rama in every walk of life, is doing the Yagna at every

step taken. One who recites the name of Rama while doing all activities, always

experiences the Peace . One who recites the Name of Rama does not eat anything even

though he has taken a full meal .His body is the abode of all Holy places || 1 & 2||

In these stanzas, Tukaram Maharaj is saying that he is reciting the Holy Ramanana while

walking ie. Doing every activity in the life. He is thus continuously doing “Yagna “ The

offering things as sacrifice in the fire . ( This is one form of as a form of worship.) .

By this he is stating that “ he is continuously aware of that the Lord is getting all the

actions done through him ;like a Puppet. And thus all his actions / activities are being

done without any specific expectations or results.

The advantage of this is multifold.

1) Since there are no specific expectations , there is

no feeling of Sorrowfulness id the fruits are bad in the eyes of others.

2) Since there is no expectation of fruits of actions , the actions will not be bindings.
In short, living this way keeps the mind unperturbed all the time.

The meaning of the words “ full meal” is simple. All the information received by our

body through the five sense organs is “ Meal “ for the body which generates the

feeling of Enjoyment and pleasure thereupon.

For example The Ears want sweet songs and words, The every desire for Beauty, The

nose for fragrant smells, tongue for the Taste and the skin desires the pleasure experienced

through touch.

One who has only the memory of Lord in his mind, and always thinks that Lord is

the real doer; will be always happy. That is why all these are addressed as “Meal” in

the abhanga.

Similarly it is clear that while doing any work or action, if one has full faith that :

Lord is the doer and not me” then this act becomes a form of worship through

Sacrifice. Such a person is always loved by everyone, since association with such a

person is always good. In the abhanga Tukaram Maharaj says that such association

is like living in a place of pilgrimage.

The last two-lines of the abhanga summarize the above points as given below.

One who recites the name of Rama while enjoyments, of during the acts of Giving; does not get affected by one's own acts . One who recites the name of Rama like this , is free of all the bondage in this very birth( while being alive) || 3||

By this statement Tukarama Maharaj has given us a Guarantee that that by adopting the

described way of living; one will reach the state of liberatio0n in this very birth itself.

Teachings from this Abhanga :-

Let there be any Saint or Liberated Soul, for example Sri. Tukaram Maharaj Himself,

Samartha Ramadas, Meerabai, Mahatma Kabir, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa ; each of

them has described their own experience only.

Therefore it is best to believe these sayings and follow the same . This way of living is

helpful for meaning full living in this world . Let us live that way is the teaching here.

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