Taatiche Abhang :Part 5

 


#Taatiche Abhang # 5

विश्व पट ब्रह्म दोरा। ताटी उघडा ज्ञानेश्वरा ॥४॥
Vishwa pat brahma dora II
Taati ughadaa Dnyaaneshwaraa II4II

Vishwa= universe 
Pat= fabric, cloth, screen
Brahma= Spiritual Truth/ Divine Reality/ Godhead
Dora= thread
Taati= door
Ughadaa= open
Dnyaaneshwaraa= O Dnyaaneshwar 

विश्व पट ब्रह्म दोरा।

In the course of cheering up her dejected brother the young poetess laid down the qualities of a saint.

Until this point Muktabai was using an argument leaning upon self control and tolerance. The essential preparatory steps for a spiritual seeker whose ultimate goal is to realize the Universal Being or Parabramha! 

But that’s enough, she seems to say.

And suddenly in this last of four lines, like an athlete in a high jump event, after vigorously sprinting towards the point of the jump, she takes a big leap in the sky, directly into Brahma Vidya! 

The whole universe is a cloth, of which, the yarn is Para Brahma !! 
The fiber that makes the fabric of the entire universe is Bramha!! 

The good, bad and evil. Everything is made out of the same reality underlying all existence. Sat-Chit-Ananda. 

Others may be ignorant but you know better. You are a yogi of pure heart. You surely know this truth.

If everything is the Supreme Reality( Bramha) then what’s there to turn your back on? Who’s there to frown upon? What’s there to feel bad about? What’s more left to know ? 

 ताटी उघडा ज्ञानेश्वरा ॥४॥

Open the door my dear brother Dnyaaneshwar!! 

There are both, a literal and a figurative meaning implied here. 

Taati is the door that separates inner dwelling from the outer world. 

Overwhelmed with the negativity in the outside world Dnyaaneshwar had retreated to solitude to seek answers within himself. 

That door is important and necessary for each of us. 

From time to time we need to turn our attention inside and introspect. We need to withdraw our attention from the exterior and investigate the internal affairs of our existence. 

But it is not healthy to stay shut out from the world for extended periods. After some cleansing and rebooting of our apparatus we need to step out to shoulder our social responsibilities. 

All the knowledge that is assimilated must be shared and put to use for the greater good. 

Dnyaaneshwar had a bigger purpose to fulfil in his life. Muktabai had just reminded him of that and boosted his spirits to rise and return to that task which awaited him.

History stands witness to the fact that all the great works including Dnyaaneshwari( Bhavartha Deepika), Amrutanubhav, Chaangdev Paasashti etc were created out of the genius of Dnyaaneshwar post this enlightenment from Muktabai. 

Such was the enigma of Muktabai, the little sister of a spiritual giant. 

This concludes the sample abhanga from a series of verses that are credited to Muktabai during her conversation with  Dnyaaneshwar from across the door of their hut, collectively known as Taatiche abhang.  Hope you readers liked this one 🙏🏼🙏🏼

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