Taatiche Abhang: Abhang 6
Taatiche Abhang: Abhang 6
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६ – एक आपण साधू झाले
एक आपण साधू झाले ।
येर कोण वाया गेले ? ॥१॥
उठे विकार ब्रह्मी मूळ ।
अवघे मायेचें गबाळ ॥२॥
माया समूळ नुरे जेव्हां ।
विश्व ब्रह्म होइल तेव्हां ॥३॥
ऐसा उमज आदिअंतीं ।
मग सुखी व्हावे संती ॥४॥
चिंता क्रोध मागे सारा ।
ताटी उघडा ज्ञानेश्वरा ॥५॥
When one attains to real sainthood
How could he possibly let another soul waste away his life?
He recognizes that all creation has arisen as an apparent distortion( mess)in the changeless Reality through the magical effects of Maya
Seeing through and thus having eliminated Maya
For him the entire universe becomes the divine truth, Bramha!
Thus gaining an understanding of the beginning and end of all creation
The saint attains bliss.
Let go of all worries and anger ( to attain that bliss)
And open the door oh Dnyaaneshwara!
एक one
आपण himself
साधू saint
झाले became
येर As a result
कोण who
वाया futile, worthless
गेले turned
उठे arises
विकार fault
ब्रह्मी Divine principle
मूळ root
अवघे all encompassing, everything
मायेचें pertaining to Maya, the illusory power of God
गबाळ clutter, mess
माया God’s illusory or projection power
समूळ complete
नुरे non existent, abolished
जेव्हां when
विश्व universe
ब्रह्म divine reality, God principle
होइल will become
तेव्हां then
ऐसा such
उमज realization, understanding
आदिअंतीं of beginning and end
मग subsequently
सुखी happy, content, peaceful
व्हावे become
संती saints
चिंता worry
क्रोध anger
मागे behind
सारा push, move aside
ताटी उघडा ज्ञानेश्वरा open the door o wise one
In the preceding abhang it was discussed how a saint must be compassionate,humble and well versed in the knowledge of the eternal truth.
एक आपण साधू झाले ।
येर कोण वाया गेले ? ॥१॥
The abhang opens with this line.
It cannot be emphasized enough how easily and frequently seekers tend to acquire a certain arrogance when they gain knowledge. They begin to look down upon others. They draw the conclusion that I made good use of my life and most others wasted theirs. Muktabai could be cautioning Dnyaaneshwar or spiritual aspirants to be careful to not arrive at such false conclusions. Every person strives within his own limitations to improve their lives. Hence being judgmental or comparing our progress with another is not appropriate.
The same line could be interpreted in another manner. When one person reaches spiritual enlightenment everyone around him would benefit. How could he possibly leave others behind?
माया समूळ नुरे जेव्हां ।
विश्व ब्रह्म होइल तेव्हां ॥३॥
We discussed earlier how the manifest world of objects, thoughts and emotions arose from pure consciousness through the power of projection which is referred to as Maya. The same concept is continued in this abhang to point out that all the clutter in our lives is the mischief of Maya that has arisen out of pure consciousness. Once a person recognizes this and withdraws from the illusion all that remains for him is the pure awareness or consciousness. The entire world to him is inherently nothing but divine consciousness.
ऐसा उमज आदिअंतीं ।
मग सुखी व्हावे संती ॥४॥
When the mystery behind the origin and resolution of the manifest universe is revealed and that conclusion becomes firm in his understanding the person attains peace because his personal investment in the world of objects is withdrawn.
चिंता क्रोध मागे सारा ।
ताटी उघडा ज्ञानेश्वरा ॥५॥
All vested interests are a cause of worry and potential for conflict and anger. Worry is an imagined prospect of things going wrong. Most of the time those anticipated bad things never happen. Yet man tends to worry. Even if we presume that the bad things will certainly happen as anticipated,worrying does not solve anything. Hence it is a senseless tendency of the mind that causes perpetual stress.
The other useless and even potentially harmful tendency is anger. It disrupts both physical and mental wellbeing. It clouds thinking and affects judgement. It hurts relationships. Even leads to violence at times.
Hence a man of wisdom must make an effort to keep these tendencies away.
Constant vigilance is needed to clean up old habits and cultivate healthy attitudes.
With that reminder Muktabai reiterates to Dnyaaneshwar to open the door.
Line from this abhang to contemplate upon:
ऐसा उमज आदिअंतीं ।
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