Haripath·Twenty Returns
What the Haripath repeats
Sant Dnyaneshwar says some things once. Others he returns to thirty times. These twenty teachings are arranged by how often he returns to each across the hundred and twelve verses of the Haripath. Open any one to see the verses that carry it.
Order reflects repetition in the text, not importance in the path. He lives in the last teaching as fully as in the first.
Chant the Name aloud.
Dnyaneshwar returns to this thirty-two times.
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हरि मुखें म्हणा हरि मुखें म्हणा | पुण्याची गणना कोण करी || २ ||
Say Hari with your mouth, say Hari with your mouth - who can count the merit of this?
Abhanga 1 · Verse 2→
असोनि संसारीं जिव्हे वेगु करी | वेदशास्त्र उभारी बाह्या सदा || ३ ||
While living in the world, let your tongue be quick to chant - the Vedas and Shastras forever raise their arms.
Abhanga 1 · Verse 3→
सगुण निर्गुण गुणाचें अगुण | हरिविण मन व्यर्थ जाय || २ ||
Saguna, nirguna, and that which transcends all qualities - without Hari, the mind goes to waste.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 2→
अव्यक्त निराकार नाही ज्या आकार | जेथुनी चराचर हरिसी भजें || ३ ||
Unmanifest, formless, having no form - yet from this source all of creation arises. Worship Hari.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवा ध्यानीं रामकृष्ण मनीं | अनंत जन्मोनी पुण्य होय || ४ ||
In Dnyandev's meditation, Ram and Krishna dwell in the mind - the merit of infinite births is gained.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 4→
सायासें करिसी प्रपंच दिननिशीं | हरिसी न भजसी कवण्या गुणे || ३ ||
With such effort you toil at worldly life day and night - by what reason do you not worship Hari?
Abhanga 4 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे हरिजप करणें | तुटेल धरणें प्रपंचाचें || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: chant Hari's name - the grip of worldly life will snap.
Abhanga 4 · Verse 4→
रामकृष्ण वाचा भाव हा जीवाचा | आत्मा जो शिवाचा राम जप || २ ||
Ram Krishna on the tongue, feeling in the soul - the Atma which is Shiva's own - chant Ram.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 2→
एकतत्त्व नाम साधिती साधन | द्वैताचें बंधन न बाधिजे || ३ ||
Those who practice the one-truth Name as their sadhana - the bondage of duality does not afflict them.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 3→
विष्णुविण जप व्यर्थ त्याचें ज्ञान | रामकृष्णीं मन नाहीं ज्याचे || १ ||
Without Vishnu, japa is empty and knowledge is vain - for one whose mind does not rest in Ram Krishna.
Abhanga 9 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे सगुण हें ध्यान | नामपाठ मौन प्रपंचाचें || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: this is saguna meditation - the recitation of the Name is the silencing of the world.
Abhanga 9 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे नाम जपा हरिचें | परंपरा त्याचे कुळ शुद्ध || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: chant Hari's Name - the entire lineage of such a person becomes pure.
Abhanga 10 · Verse 4→
हरि उच्चारणीं अनंत पापराशी | जातील लयासी क्षणमात्रें || १ ||
By the utterance of Hari, infinite heaps of sin dissolve into nothing - in merely a moment.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 1→
तृण अग्निमेळें समरस झालें | तैसें नामें केलें जपता हरी || २ ||
As grass meeting fire becomes fire itself - so does chanting Hari make all one with the Name.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 2→
रामकृष्ण उच्चार अनंतराशी तप | पापाचे कळप पळती पुढें || २ ||
The utterance of Ram Krishna is austerity heaped beyond measure - herds of sins flee before it.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 2→
हरि हरि हरि मंत्र हा शिवाचा | म्हणती जे वाचा तया मोक्ष || ३ ||
Hari Hari Hari - this is Shiva's own mantra. Liberation comes to those whose lips speak it.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवा पाठ नारायण नाम | पाविजे उत्तम निज स्थान || ४ ||
Dnyandev's recitation is the Narayana Name - through it, one reaches the highest, one's own true abode.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 4→
हरिबुद्धी जपे तो नर दुर्लभ | वाचेसी सुलभ राम कृष्ण || १ ||
Rare is the person who chants with Hari-awareness - though Ram Krishna is easy on the tongue.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 1→
राम कृष्ण नामीं उन्मनी साधली | तयासी लाधली सकळ सिद्धि || २ ||
Through the Name of Ram Krishna, the state beyond mind is achieved - all perfections come to such a one.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेवीं नाम रामकृष्ण ठसा | तेणें दशदिशा आत्माराम || ४ ||
In Dnyandev, the Name Ram Krishna is imprinted - through this, in all ten directions, the self IS Ram.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 4→
हरिवंशपुराण हरिनाम संकीर्तन | हरिविण सौजन्य नेणे काही || १ ||
The Harivamsha Purana, the singing of Hari's name - beyond Hari, he knows no other goodness.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 1→
नामसंकीर्तन वैष्णवांची जोडी | पापें अनंत कोटी गेलीं त्यांची || १ ||
Nama-sankirtan is the Vaishnavas' wealth - infinite crores of their sins have gone.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 1→
वेदशास्त्रपुराण श्रुतीचें वचन | एक नारायण सार जप || १ ||
The Vedas, Shastras, Puranas, the word of the Shruti - the essence of all: chant Narayana.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 1→
रामकृष्ण नाम सर्व दोषां हरण | जडजीवां तारण हरि एक || २ ||
The Name of Ram Krishna removes all faults - Hari alone is the redeemer of even the most inert souls.
Abhanga 21 · Verse 2→
हरिनाम सार जिव्हा या नामाची | उपमा त्या दैवाची कोण वानी || ३ ||
The essence of Hari's Name - the tongue exists for this Name. Who can describe the fortune of such a one?
Abhanga 21 · Verse 3→
अजपा जपणें उलट प्राणाचा | येथेंही मनाचा निर्धारु असे || ३ ||
The ajapa-japa - the involuntary chant of the breath - even here, the mind's determination is needed.
Abhanga 23 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवा जिणें नामेंविण व्यर्थ | रामकृष्णीं पंथ क्रमियेला || ४ ||
For Dnyandev, life without the Name is futile - the path of Ram Krishna has been walked.
Abhanga 23 · Verse 4→
न सोडी रे भावो टाकी रे संदेहो | रामकृष्ण टाहो नित्य फोडी || २ ||
Do not abandon feeling! Cast off doubt! Cry out Ram Krishna every day!
Abhanga 24 · Verse 2→
जाणीव नेणीव भगवंतीं नाहीं | हरिउच्चारणी पाही मोक्ष सदा || १ ||
In God, there is no knowing or not-knowing - in the utterance of Hari, see: liberation is always present.
Abhanga 25 · Verse 1→
नारायण हरी उच्चार नामाचा | तेथें कळिकाळाचा रीघ नाहीं || २ ||
The utterance of Narayana Hari's Name - there, the dark age has no entry.
Abhanga 25 · Verse 2→
तें नाम सोपें रे रामकृष्ण गोविंद | वाचेसी सद्गद जपे आधीं || २ ||
That Name is easy, O! Ram Krishna Govind - chant it with an emotion-choked voice, right now.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 2→
नाममंत्र जप कोटी जाईल पाप | कृष्ण नामी संकल्प धरूनी राहे || ३ ||
Chant the Name-mantra - crores of sins will go. Hold firm in the resolve of Krishna's Name.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 3→
The Name alone is power.
Twenty-six verses carry this claim.
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हरि मुखें म्हणा हरि मुखें म्हणा | पुण्याची गणना कोण करी || २ ||
Say Hari with your mouth, say Hari with your mouth - who can count the merit of this?
Abhanga 1 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेवा ध्यानीं रामकृष्ण मनीं | अनंत जन्मोनी पुण्य होय || ४ ||
In Dnyandev's meditation, Ram and Krishna dwell in the mind - the merit of infinite births is gained.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे हरिजप करणें | तुटेल धरणें प्रपंचाचें || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: chant Hari's name - the grip of worldly life will snap.
Abhanga 4 · Verse 4→
पर्वताप्रमाणें पातक करणें | वज्रलेप होणें अभक्तांसी || १ ||
Sins pile up mountain-high - they become a diamond-hard coating on the devotionless.
Abhanga 7 · Verse 1→
नामामृत गोडी वैष्णवां लाधली | योगियां साधली जीवनकळा || ४ ||
The nectar-sweetness of the Name has been found by the Vaishnavas - the yogis have mastered the art of living through it.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 4→
सत्वर उच्चार प्रल्हादी बिंबला | उद्धवा लाधला कृष्णदाता || ५ ||
Swift utterance was imprinted in Prahlad - to Uddhava, Krishna the giver was revealed.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 5→
नामासी विन्मुख तो नर पापिया | हरीविण धांवया न पवे कोणी || २ ||
One who turns away from the Name is a sinner - without Hari, no one reaches the goal, no matter how fast they run.
Abhanga 10 · Verse 2→
पुराण प्रसिद्ध बोलिले वाल्मिक | नामें तिन्ही लोक उद्धरती || ३ ||
It is famous in the Puranas - Valmiki declared it: by the Name, all three worlds are redeemed.
Abhanga 10 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे नाम जपा हरिचें | परंपरा त्याचे कुळ शुद्ध || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: chant Hari's Name - the entire lineage of such a person becomes pure.
Abhanga 10 · Verse 4→
हरि उच्चारणीं अनंत पापराशी | जातील लयासी क्षणमात्रें || १ ||
By the utterance of Hari, infinite heaps of sin dissolve into nothing - in merely a moment.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 1→
तृण अग्निमेळें समरस झालें | तैसें नामें केलें जपता हरी || २ ||
As grass meeting fire becomes fire itself - so does chanting Hari make all one with the Name.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 2→
हरि उच्चारण मंत्र हा अगाध | पळे भूतबाधा भेणे तेणे || ३ ||
The utterance of Hari - this mantra is fathomless. Evil spirits flee in terror from its very presence.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे हरि माझा समर्थ | न करवे अर्थ उपनिषदां || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: my Hari is all-powerful - the Upanishads cannot render His meaning.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 4→
रामकृष्ण उच्चार अनंतराशी तप | पापाचे कळप पळती पुढें || २ ||
The utterance of Ram Krishna is austerity heaped beyond measure - herds of sins flee before it.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 2→
हरि हरि हरि मंत्र हा शिवाचा | म्हणती जे वाचा तया मोक्ष || ३ ||
Hari Hari Hari - this is Shiva's own mantra. Liberation comes to those whose lips speak it.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 3→
हरिपाठ कीर्ति मुखें जरी गाय | पवित्रचि होय देह त्याचा || १ ||
If one sings the glory of the Haripath with their mouth - their very body becomes sacred.
Abhanga 17 · Verse 1→
तपाचे सामर्थ्य तपिन्नला अमूप | चिरंजीव कल्प वैकुंठीं नांदे || २ ||
The power of such tapas is immeasurable - refined by its fire, one dwells in Vaikuntha for an entire cosmic age.
Abhanga 17 · Verse 2→
मतृपितृभ्राता सगोत्र अपार | चतुर्भुज नर होऊनि ठेले || ३ ||
Mother, father, brother, the entire clan beyond measure - all became four-armed divine beings.
Abhanga 17 · Verse 3→
नामसंकीर्तन वैष्णवांची जोडी | पापें अनंत कोटी गेलीं त्यांची || १ ||
Nama-sankirtan is the Vaishnavas' wealth - infinite crores of their sins have gone.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेवीं मंत्र हरिनामाचें शस्त्र | यमें कुळगोत्र वर्जियेलें || ४ ||
In Dnyandev's hands, Hari's Name is a weapon - even Yama has renounced claim on his lineage.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 4→
काळ वेळ नाम उच्चारितां नाहीं | दोन्ही पक्ष पाहीं उद्धरती || १ ||
There is no time or season for chanting the Name - both sides are redeemed.
Abhanga 21 · Verse 1→
रामकृष्ण नाम सर्व दोषां हरण | जडजीवां तारण हरि एक || २ ||
The Name of Ram Krishna removes all faults - Hari alone is the redeemer of even the most inert souls.
Abhanga 21 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेवा सांग झाला हरिपाठ | पूर्वजां वैकुंठ मार्ग सोपा || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: the Haripath is told - for the ancestors, the path to Vaikuntha is made easy.
Abhanga 21 · Verse 4→
नारायण हरी नारायण हरी | भुक्ति मुक्ति चारी घरीं त्यांच्या || २ ||
Narayana Hari, Narayana Hari - all four liberations and worldly enjoyment dwell in their home.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेव पुसे निवृत्तिसी चाड | गगनाहूनि वाड नाम आहे || ४ ||
Dnyandev asks Nivruttinath with longing - the Name is vaster than the sky.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 4→
नाममंत्र जप कोटी जाईल पाप | कृष्ण नामी संकल्प धरूनी राहे || ३ ||
Chant the Name-mantra - crores of sins will go. Hold firm in the resolve of Krishna's Name.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 3→
Without feeling, the Name bears no fruit.
Twenty-three verses insist on this.
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भावेंवीण भक्ति भक्तिवीणे मुक्ति | बळेंवीण शक्ति बोलूं नये || १ ||
Without feeling, there is no devotion. Without devotion, no liberation. Without strength behind it, do not merely speak of power.
Abhanga 4 · Verse 1→
कैसेनि दैवत प्रसन्न त्वरित | उगा राहें निवांत शिणसी वायां || २ ||
How will God be quickly pleased? Be still, be quiet - you exhaust yourself in vain.
Abhanga 4 · Verse 2→
भावेंवीण देव न कळे निःसंदेह | गुरुवीण अनुभव कैसा कळे || २ ||
Without devotion, God cannot be known - no doubt about it. And without a guru, how will experience ever make sense?
Abhanga 5 · Verse 2→
पर्वताप्रमाणें पातक करणें | वज्रलेप होणें अभक्तांसी || १ ||
Sins pile up mountain-high - they become a diamond-hard coating on the devotionless.
Abhanga 7 · Verse 1→
नाहीं ज्यांसी भक्ति ते पतित अभक्त | हरीसी न भजत दैवहत || २ ||
Those without devotion are fallen, devotionless - not worshipping Hari, they are ruined by their own fortune.
Abhanga 7 · Verse 2→
अनंत वाचाळ बरळती बरळ | त्यां कैंसा दयाळ पावे हरी || ३ ||
The endlessly talkative babble on and on - how will the compassionate Hari reach them?
Abhanga 7 · Verse 3→
रामकृष्ण वाचा भाव हा जीवाचा | आत्मा जो शिवाचा राम जप || २ ||
Ram Krishna on the tongue, feeling in the soul - the Atma which is Shiva's own - chant Ram.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 2→
विष्णुविण जप व्यर्थ त्याचें ज्ञान | रामकृष्णीं मन नाहीं ज्याचे || १ ||
Without Vishnu, japa is empty and knowledge is vain - for one whose mind does not rest in Ram Krishna.
Abhanga 9 · Verse 1→
तीर्थ व्रत नेम भावेवीण सिद्धी | वायांची उपाधी करिसी जनां || १ ||
Pilgrimages, vows, and disciplines - without bhava, they bear no fruit. You impose vain burdens on people.
Abhanga 12 · Verse 1→
भावबळें आकळे येरवी नाकळे | करतळीं आंवळे तैसा हरी || २ ||
By the power of bhava, He is grasped - otherwise, He cannot be. Hari is like an amla fruit in your palm.
Abhanga 12 · Verse 2→
पारियाचा रवा घेतां भूमीवरी | यत्न परोपरी साधन तैसें || ३ ||
Like trying to pick up mercury from the ground - effort upon effort, that is what practice without bhava is like.
Abhanga 12 · Verse 3→
समाधि हरीची समसुखेंवीण | न साधेल जाण द्वैतबुद्धि || १ ||
Samadhi in Hari, without equal bliss, cannot be achieved - know this, O dualistic mind.
Abhanga 13 · Verse 1→
ऋद्धि सिद्धि निधि अवघीच उपाधी | जंव त्या परमानंदी मन नाहीं || ३ ||
Supernatural powers, perfections, treasures - all are just burdens, so long as the mind is not in supreme bliss.
Abhanga 13 · Verse 3→
हरिबुद्धी जपे तो नर दुर्लभ | वाचेसी सुलभ राम कृष्ण || १ ||
Rare is the person who chants with Hari-awareness - though Ram Krishna is easy on the tongue.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेवा गोडी हरिनामाची जोडी | रामकृष्णी आवडी सर्वकाळ || ४ ||
Dnyandev's sweetness is the companionship of Hari's name - love for Ram Krishna, at all times.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 4→
जप तप कर्म हरीविण धर्म | वा उगाचि श्रम व्यर्थ जाय || २ ||
Japa, tapas, karma, dharma without Hari - or else all that effort simply goes to waste.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 2→
हरिविण जन्म तो नर्कचि पैं जाणा | यमाचा पाहुणा प्राणी होय || ३ ||
A birth without Hari - know it as hell itself. Such a being becomes Yama's guest.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 3→
जप तप कर्म क्रिया नेम धर्म | सर्वांघटीं राम भाव शुद्ध || १ ||
Japa, tapas, karma, ritual, discipline, dharma - Ram dwells in all of these, with pure feeling.
Abhanga 24 · Verse 1→
न सोडी रे भावो टाकी रे संदेहो | रामकृष्ण टाहो नित्य फोडी || २ ||
Do not abandon feeling! Cast off doubt! Cry out Ram Krishna every day!
Abhanga 24 · Verse 2→
जात वित्त गोत कुळ शीळ मात | भजकां त्वरित भावनायुक्त || ३ ||
Caste, wealth, lineage, family, character, status - for the devotee with feeling, all are swiftly transcended.
Abhanga 24 · Verse 3→
एक तत्त्व नाम दृढ धरीं मना | हरीसी करुणा येईल तुझी || १ ||
Hold firmly in the mind the one-truth Name - Hari's compassion will come to you.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 1→
तें नाम सोपें रे रामकृष्ण गोविंद | वाचेसी सद्गद जपे आधीं || २ ||
That Name is easy, O! Ram Krishna Govind - chant it with an emotion-choked voice, right now.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 2→
तीर्थ व्रत भाव धरीं रे करुणा | शांति दया पाहुणा हरि करीं || ५ ||
Pilgrimages, vows, feeling - hold compassion. Make peace and kindness your guest. Receive Hari.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 5→
Recite the Haripath daily.
Seventeen verses treat the Haripath itself as the practice.
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चहूं वेदीं जाण साही शास्र कारण | अठराहीं पुराणें हरीसी गाती || १ ||
Know this: the four Vedas, the six Shastras, and all eighteen Puranas - every one of them sings of Hari.
Abhanga 2 · Verse 1→
त्रिगुण असार निर्गुण हें सार | सारासार विचार हरिपाठ || १ ||
The three gunas are without essence; the formless is the true essence. This discernment between the essential and the inessential - this IS the Haripath.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 1→
पुराण प्रसिद्ध बोलिले वाल्मिक | नामें तिन्ही लोक उद्धरती || ३ ||
It is famous in the Puranas - Valmiki declared it: by the Name, all three worlds are redeemed.
Abhanga 10 · Verse 3→
नित्य सत्य मित हरिपाठ ज्यासी | कळिकाळ त्यासी न पाहे दृष्टी || १ ||
For whom the Haripath is a daily, true, dear companion - the dark age of Kali cannot even look upon them.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेवा पाठ नारायण नाम | पाविजे उत्तम निज स्थान || ४ ||
Dnyandev's recitation is the Narayana Name - through it, one reaches the highest, one's own true abode.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेवा चित्तीं हरिपाठ नेमा | मागिलिया जन्मा मुक्त झालों || ४ ||
With the Haripath held firmly in Dnyandev's mind - I became free from past births.
Abhanga 15 · Verse 4→
सिद्धि बुद्धि धर्म हरिपाठीं आले | प्रपंची निमाले साधुसंगे || ३ ||
Perfection, wisdom, and dharma all came through the Haripath - worldly entanglements perished through the company of saints.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 3→
हरिपाठ कीर्ति मुखें जरी गाय | पवित्रचि होय देह त्याचा || १ ||
If one sings the glory of the Haripath with their mouth - their very body becomes sacred.
Abhanga 17 · Verse 1→
मनोमार्गें गेला तो तेथेचि मुकला | हरिपाठीं स्थिरावला तोचि धन्य || ३ ||
He who follows the mind's own path is lost right there - but he who is steadfast in the Haripath, he alone is blessed.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 3→
योग याग क्रिया धर्माधर्म माया | गेले ते विलया हरिपाठी || ३ ||
Yoga, sacrifice, rituals, dharma-adharma, maya - all dissolve into the Haripath.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 3→
वेदशास्त्रपुराण श्रुतीचें वचन | एक नारायण सार जप || १ ||
The Vedas, Shastras, Puranas, the word of the Shruti - the essence of all: chant Narayana.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 1→
हरीपाठी गेले ते निवांताचि ठेले | भ्रमर गुंतले सुमनकळिके || ३ ||
Those absorbed in the Haripath came to perfect rest - like bees caught within a flower bud.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवा सांग झाला हरिपाठ | पूर्वजां वैकुंठ मार्ग सोपा || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: the Haripath is told - for the ancestors, the path to Vaikuntha is made easy.
Abhanga 21 · Verse 4→
नित्यनेम नामीं ते प्राणी दुर्लभ | लक्षुमीवल्लभ तयां जवळी || १ ||
Rare is the being with daily discipline of the Name - Lakshmi's beloved stays near them.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेव फळ नारायण पाठ | सर्वत्र वैकुंठ केलें असे || ४ ||
The fruit of Dnyandev's Narayana recitation - Vaikuntha has been made everywhere.
Abhanga 25 · Verse 4→
सर्व सुख गोडी साही शास्त्र निवडी | रिकामा अर्धघडी राहूं नको || १ ||
All happiness, all sweetness - the six shastras confirm it. Do not remain idle for even half a moment.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेवा प्रमाण निवृत्तिदेवीं ज्ञान | समाधि संजीवन हरिपाठ || ६ ||
Dnyandev's authority is Nivruttideva's knowledge - the Haripath is the living nectar of samadhi.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 6→
No practice equals the Name.
Sixteen verses place the Name above every other path.
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चहूं वेदीं जाण साही शास्र कारण | अठराहीं पुराणें हरीसी गाती || १ ||
Know this: the four Vedas, the six Shastras, and all eighteen Puranas - every one of them sings of Hari.
Abhanga 2 · Verse 1→
मंथुनी नवनीता तैसें घे अनंता | वायां व्यर्थ कथा सांडी मार्ग || २ ||
Churn and take the butter of the Infinite - let go of stories that don't nourish.
Abhanga 2 · Verse 2→
एकतत्त्व नाम साधिती साधन | द्वैताचें बंधन न बाधिजे || ३ ||
Those who practice the one-truth Name as their sadhana - the bondage of duality does not afflict them.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 3→
नामामृत गोडी वैष्णवां लाधली | योगियां साधली जीवनकळा || ४ ||
The nectar-sweetness of the Name has been found by the Vaishnavas - the yogis have mastered the art of living through it.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 4→
बुद्धीचें वैभव अन्य नाहीं दुजें | एका केशवराजे सकळ सिद्धि || २ ||
There is no other glory of the intellect - in Keshava alone, all perfections are found.
Abhanga 13 · Verse 2→
एक नाम हरि द्वैतनाम दूरी | अद्वैत कुसरी विरळा जाणे || १ ||
One Name - Hari - drives duality far away. The artistry of non-duality - only the rare one knows it.
Abhanga 15 · Verse 1→
तया नरा लाधलें वैकुंठ जोडलें | सकळही घडलें तीर्थाटण || २ ||
For such a person, Vaikuntha is found, all pilgrimages accomplished.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 2→
अनंत जन्मांचें तप एक नाम | सर्व मार्ग सुगम हरिपाठ || २ ||
The tapas of infinite births is one Name - the Haripath is the easiest of all paths.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 2→
योग याग क्रिया धर्माधर्म माया | गेले ते विलया हरिपाठी || ३ ||
Yoga, sacrifice, rituals, dharma-adharma, maya - all dissolve into the Haripath.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 3→
वेदशास्त्रपुराण श्रुतीचें वचन | एक नारायण सार जप || १ ||
The Vedas, Shastras, Puranas, the word of the Shruti - the essence of all: chant Narayana.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 1→
जप तप कर्म हरीविण धर्म | वा उगाचि श्रम व्यर्थ जाय || २ ||
Japa, tapas, karma, dharma without Hari - or else all that effort simply goes to waste.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 2→
सात पांच तीन दशकांचा मेळा | एक तत्त्वी कळा दावी हरी || १ ||
The gathering of seven, five, three, and the tens - Hari reveals the art of the one truth within them all.
Abhanga 23 · Verse 1→
तैसें नव्हे नाम सर्व मार्गा वरिष्ठ | तेथें कांहीं कष्ट न लगती || २ ||
Not so with the Name - it is supreme among all paths. There, no effort is required.
Abhanga 23 · Verse 2→
अजपा जपणें उलट प्राणाचा | येथेंही मनाचा निर्धारु असे || ३ ||
The ajapa-japa - the involuntary chant of the breath - even here, the mind's determination is needed.
Abhanga 23 · Verse 3→
एक तत्त्व नाम दृढ धरीं मना | हरीसी करुणा येईल तुझी || १ ||
Hold firmly in the mind the one-truth Name - Hari's compassion will come to you.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 1→
नामापरतें तत्त्व नाहीं रे अन्यथा | वायां आणिका पंथा जाशी झणी || ३ ||
There is no other truth besides the Name - do not hastily run to other paths.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 3→
Ram fills the ten directions.
Fourteen verses speak the language of non-duality.
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एक हरि आत्मा जीवशिव सम | वायां तु दुर्गमा न घालीं मन || ३ ||
Hari alone is the Atma - your individual soul and the cosmic reality are one and the same. Do not set your mind on difficult paths in vain.
Abhanga 2 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवा प्रमाण आत्मा हा निधान | सर्वांघटीं पूर्ण एक नांदे || ४ ||
Dnyandev's testimony: the Atma is the treasure - one and complete, it dwells in every being.
Abhanga 7 · Verse 4→
रामकृष्ण वाचा भाव हा जीवाचा | आत्मा जो शिवाचा राम जप || २ ||
Ram Krishna on the tongue, feeling in the soul - the Atma which is Shiva's own - chant Ram.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 2→
एकतत्त्व नाम साधिती साधन | द्वैताचें बंधन न बाधिजे || ३ ||
Those who practice the one-truth Name as their sadhana - the bondage of duality does not afflict them.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 3→
उपजोनी करंटा नेणें अद्वैत वाटा | रामकृष्णीं पैठा कैसेनि होय || २ ||
Born into misfortune, not knowing the path of non-duality - how will such a one enter into Ram Krishna?
Abhanga 9 · Verse 2→
द्वैताची झाडणी गुरुविण ज्ञान | तया कैंचें कीर्तन घडेल नामीं || ३ ||
The sweeping away of duality, knowledge without a guru - for such a one, how will kirtan of the Name ever truly happen?
Abhanga 9 · Verse 3→
तृण अग्निमेळें समरस झालें | तैसें नामें केलें जपता हरी || २ ||
As grass meeting fire becomes fire itself - so does chanting Hari make all one with the Name.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 2→
समाधि हरीची समसुखेंवीण | न साधेल जाण द्वैतबुद्धि || १ ||
Samadhi in Hari, without equal bliss, cannot be achieved - know this, O dualistic mind.
Abhanga 13 · Verse 1→
एक नाम हरि द्वैतनाम दूरी | अद्वैत कुसरी विरळा जाणे || १ ||
One Name - Hari - drives duality far away. The artistry of non-duality - only the rare one knows it.
Abhanga 15 · Verse 1→
समबुद्धि घेतां समान श्रीहरी | शमदमां वरी हरि झाला || २ ||
When equal vision is embraced, Shri Hari is the same in all - Hari stands supreme over tranquility and self-restraint.
Abhanga 15 · Verse 2→
सर्वांघटी राम देहादेहीं एक | सूर्य प्रकाशक सहस्ररश्मी || ३ ||
Ram dwells in every being, one in body after body - like the sun illuminating all with a thousand rays.
Abhanga 15 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवीं नाम रामकृष्ण ठसा | तेणें दशदिशा आत्माराम || ४ ||
In Dnyandev, the Name Ram Krishna is imprinted - through this, in all ten directions, the self IS Ram.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेव ध्यानीं रामकृष्ण मनीं | वैकुंठभुवनीं घर केलें || ४ ||
In Dnyandev's meditation, Ram Krishna in mind - a home has been made in the realm of Vaikuntha.
Abhanga 24 · Verse 4→
निजवृत्ति काढी सर्व माया तोडी | इंद्रियांसवडी लपूं नको || ४ ||
Draw out your true nature, cut all maya - do not hide behind the senses.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 4→
One utterance of the Name suffices.
Eleven verses hold the door open.
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देवाचिये द्वारीं उभा क्षणभरी | तेणें मुक्ति चारी साधियेल्या || १ ||
Standing at God's door for even a moment - by this alone, all four kinds of liberation are achieved.
Abhanga 1 · Verse 1→
मोक्षरेखें आला भाग्ये विनटला | साधूचा अंकिला हरिभक्त || ३ ||
Drawn by the line of liberation, blessed by fortune - marked as the saint's own, a devotee of Hari.
Abhanga 6 · Verse 3→
सत्वर उच्चार प्रल्हादी बिंबला | उद्धवा लाधला कृष्णदाता || ५ ||
Swift utterance was imprinted in Prahlad - to Uddhava, Krishna the giver was revealed.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 5→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे नाम हें सुलभ | सर्वत्र दुर्लभ विरळा जाणे || ६ ||
Dnyandev says: the Name is easy - yet everywhere it is rare. Only the rare one knows this.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 6→
हरिबुद्धी जपे तो नर दुर्लभ | वाचेसी सुलभ राम कृष्ण || १ ||
Rare is the person who chants with Hari-awareness - though Ram Krishna is easy on the tongue.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 1→
अनंत जन्मांचें तप एक नाम | सर्व मार्ग सुगम हरिपाठ || २ ||
The tapas of infinite births is one Name - the Haripath is the easiest of all paths.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 2→
काळ वेळ नाम उच्चारितां नाहीं | दोन्ही पक्ष पाहीं उद्धरती || १ ||
There is no time or season for chanting the Name - both sides are redeemed.
Abhanga 21 · Verse 1→
नित्यनेम नामीं ते प्राणी दुर्लभ | लक्षुमीवल्लभ तयां जवळी || १ ||
Rare is the being with daily discipline of the Name - Lakshmi's beloved stays near them.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 1→
तैसें नव्हे नाम सर्व मार्गा वरिष्ठ | तेथें कांहीं कष्ट न लगती || २ ||
Not so with the Name - it is supreme among all paths. There, no effort is required.
Abhanga 23 · Verse 2→
जात वित्त गोत कुळ शीळ मात | भजकां त्वरित भावनायुक्त || ३ ||
Caste, wealth, lineage, family, character, status - for the devotee with feeling, all are swiftly transcended.
Abhanga 24 · Verse 3→
तें नाम सोपें रे रामकृष्ण गोविंद | वाचेसी सद्गद जपे आधीं || २ ||
That Name is easy, O! Ram Krishna Govind - chant it with an emotion-choked voice, right now.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 2→
Drop doubt in the Name.
Eleven verses warn against scattering.
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मंथुनी नवनीता तैसें घे अनंता | वायां व्यर्थ कथा सांडी मार्ग || २ ||
Churn and take the butter of the Infinite - let go of stories that don't nourish.
Abhanga 2 · Verse 2→
एक हरि आत्मा जीवशिव सम | वायां तु दुर्गमा न घालीं मन || ३ ||
Hari alone is the Atma - your individual soul and the cosmic reality are one and the same. Do not set your mind on difficult paths in vain.
Abhanga 2 · Verse 3→
अनंत वाचाळ बरळती बरळ | त्यां कैंसा दयाळ पावे हरी || ३ ||
The endlessly talkative babble on and on - how will the compassionate Hari reach them?
Abhanga 7 · Verse 3→
त्रिवेणीसंगमीं नाना तीर्थें भ्रमीं | चित्त नाहीं नामीं तरी ते व्यर्थ || १ ||
You may bathe at the Triveni confluence, wander to countless pilgrimages - if the mind is not in the Name, it is all in vain.
Abhanga 10 · Verse 1→
हरिवंशपुराण हरिनाम संकीर्तन | हरिविण सौजन्य नेणे काही || १ ||
The Harivamsha Purana, the singing of Hari's name - beyond Hari, he knows no other goodness.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 1→
मनोमार्गें गेला तो तेथेचि मुकला | हरिपाठीं स्थिरावला तोचि धन्य || ३ ||
He who follows the mind's own path is lost right there - but he who is steadfast in the Haripath, he alone is blessed.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवी यज्ञ याग क्रिया धर्म | हरीविण नेम नाहीं दुजा || ४ ||
For Dnyandev - sacrifice, rituals, dharma - there is no second vow but Hari.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 4→
न सोडी रे भावो टाकी रे संदेहो | रामकृष्ण टाहो नित्य फोडी || २ ||
Do not abandon feeling! Cast off doubt! Cry out Ram Krishna every day!
Abhanga 24 · Verse 2→
एक तत्त्व नाम दृढ धरीं मना | हरीसी करुणा येईल तुझी || १ ||
Hold firmly in the mind the one-truth Name - Hari's compassion will come to you.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 1→
नामापरतें तत्त्व नाहीं रे अन्यथा | वायां आणिका पंथा जाशी झणी || ३ ||
There is no other truth besides the Name - do not hastily run to other paths.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 3→
नाममंत्र जप कोटी जाईल पाप | कृष्ण नामी संकल्प धरूनी राहे || ३ ||
Chant the Name-mantra - crores of sins will go. Hold firm in the resolve of Krishna's Name.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 3→
The divine abode stands where the Name is spoken.
Nine verses locate liberation here, not elsewhere.
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देवाचिये द्वारीं उभा क्षणभरी | तेणें मुक्ति चारी साधियेल्या || १ ||
Standing at God's door for even a moment - by this alone, all four kinds of liberation are achieved.
Abhanga 1 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेवा पाठ हरि हा वैकुंठ | भरला घनदाट हरि दिसे || ४ ||
Dnyandev's teaching: Hari IS Vaikuntha - Hari is seen present and whole, everywhere.
Abhanga 2 · Verse 4→
तपाचे सामर्थ्य तपिन्नला अमूप | चिरंजीव कल्प वैकुंठीं नांदे || २ ||
The power of such tapas is immeasurable - refined by its fire, one dwells in Vaikuntha for an entire cosmic age.
Abhanga 17 · Verse 2→
तया नरा लाधलें वैकुंठ जोडलें | सकळही घडलें तीर्थाटण || २ ||
For such a person, Vaikuntha is found, all pilgrimages accomplished.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेवा सांग झाला हरिपाठ | पूर्वजां वैकुंठ मार्ग सोपा || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: the Haripath is told - for the ancestors, the path to Vaikuntha is made easy.
Abhanga 21 · Verse 4→
नारायण हरी नारायण हरी | भुक्ति मुक्ति चारी घरीं त्यांच्या || २ ||
Narayana Hari, Narayana Hari - all four liberations and worldly enjoyment dwell in their home.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेव ध्यानीं रामकृष्ण मनीं | वैकुंठभुवनीं घर केलें || ४ ||
In Dnyandev's meditation, Ram Krishna in mind - a home has been made in the realm of Vaikuntha.
Abhanga 24 · Verse 4→
जाणीव नेणीव भगवंतीं नाहीं | हरिउच्चारणी पाही मोक्ष सदा || १ ||
In God, there is no knowing or not-knowing - in the utterance of Hari, see: liberation is always present.
Abhanga 25 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेव फळ नारायण पाठ | सर्वत्र वैकुंठ केलें असे || ४ ||
The fruit of Dnyandev's Narayana recitation - Vaikuntha has been made everywhere.
Abhanga 25 · Verse 4→
Yoga, sacrifice, and ritual fall short of the Name.
Eight verses subordinate ritual to remembrance.
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योग याग विधी येणें नोव्हे सिद्धि | वायांचि उपाधि दंभधर्म || १ ||
Through yoga, sacrifice, and ritual - realization does not come. These are just hollow burdens, the religion of show.
Abhanga 5 · Verse 1→
त्रिवेणीसंगमीं नाना तीर्थें भ्रमीं | चित्त नाहीं नामीं तरी ते व्यर्थ || १ ||
You may bathe at the Triveni confluence, wander to countless pilgrimages - if the mind is not in the Name, it is all in vain.
Abhanga 10 · Verse 1→
तीर्थ व्रत नेम भावेवीण सिद्धी | वायांची उपाधी करिसी जनां || १ ||
Pilgrimages, vows, and disciplines - without bhava, they bear no fruit. You impose vain burdens on people.
Abhanga 12 · Verse 1→
ऋद्धि सिद्धि निधि अवघीच उपाधी | जंव त्या परमानंदी मन नाहीं || ३ ||
Supernatural powers, perfections, treasures - all are just burdens, so long as the mind is not in supreme bliss.
Abhanga 13 · Verse 3→
योग याग क्रिया धर्माधर्म माया | गेले ते विलया हरिपाठी || ३ ||
Yoga, sacrifice, rituals, dharma-adharma, maya - all dissolve into the Haripath.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेवी यज्ञ याग क्रिया धर्म | हरीविण नेम नाहीं दुजा || ४ ||
For Dnyandev - sacrifice, rituals, dharma - there is no second vow but Hari.
Abhanga 19 · Verse 4→
जप तप कर्म हरीविण धर्म | वा उगाचि श्रम व्यर्थ जाय || २ ||
Japa, tapas, karma, dharma without Hari - or else all that effort simply goes to waste.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 2→
जप तप कर्म क्रिया नेम धर्म | सर्वांघटीं राम भाव शुद्ध || १ ||
Japa, tapas, karma, ritual, discipline, dharma - Ram dwells in all of these, with pure feeling.
Abhanga 24 · Verse 1→
The Name brings the mind to stillness beyond thought.
Eight verses point to the state beyond mind.
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साधुबोध झाला नुरोनियां ठेला | ठायींच मुराला अनुभव || १ ||
When the saint's teaching dawned, nothing else remained - experience merged right there, into itself.
Abhanga 6 · Verse 1→
कापुराची वाती उजळली ज्योती | ठायींच समाप्ती झाली जैसी || २ ||
Like a camphor wick that lights a flame - it ended right there, consumed in its own burning.
Abhanga 6 · Verse 2→
राम कृष्ण नामीं उन्मनी साधली | तयासी लाधली सकळ सिद्धि || २ ||
Through the Name of Ram Krishna, the state beyond mind is achieved - all perfections come to such a one.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 2→
सिद्धि बुद्धि धर्म हरिपाठीं आले | प्रपंची निमाले साधुसंगे || ३ ||
Perfection, wisdom, and dharma all came through the Haripath - worldly entanglements perished through the company of saints.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 3→
हरीपाठी गेले ते निवांताचि ठेले | भ्रमर गुंतले सुमनकळिके || ३ ||
Those absorbed in the Haripath came to perfect rest - like bees caught within a flower bud.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 3→
जाणीव नेणीव भगवंतीं नाहीं | हरिउच्चारणी पाही मोक्ष सदा || १ ||
In God, there is no knowing or not-knowing - in the utterance of Hari, see: liberation is always present.
Abhanga 25 · Verse 1→
तेथील प्रमाण नेणवे वेदांसी | तें जीवजंतूंसीं केवीं कळे || ३ ||
The measure of that place - even the Vedas do not know it. How then would mere living beings understand?
Abhanga 25 · Verse 3→
निजवृत्ति काढी सर्व माया तोडी | इंद्रियांसवडी लपूं नको || ४ ||
Draw out your true nature, cut all maya - do not hide behind the senses.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 4→
Worship the formless through the Name.
Seven verses bridge the formless and the form.
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त्रिगुण असार निर्गुण हें सार | सारासार विचार हरिपाठ || १ ||
The three gunas are without essence; the formless is the true essence. This discernment between the essential and the inessential - this IS the Haripath.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 1→
सगुण निर्गुण गुणाचें अगुण | हरिविण मन व्यर्थ जाय || २ ||
Saguna, nirguna, and that which transcends all qualities - without Hari, the mind goes to waste.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 2→
अव्यक्त निराकार नाही ज्या आकार | जेथुनी चराचर हरिसी भजें || ३ ||
Unmanifest, formless, having no form - yet from this source all of creation arises. Worship Hari.
Abhanga 3 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे सगुण हें ध्यान | नामपाठ मौन प्रपंचाचें || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: this is saguna meditation - the recitation of the Name is the silencing of the world.
Abhanga 9 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे हरि माझा समर्थ | न करवे अर्थ उपनिषदां || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: my Hari is all-powerful - the Upanishads cannot render His meaning.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे निवृत्ति निर्गुण | दिधलें संपूर्ण माझे हातीं || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: Nivruttinath gave the formless complete into my hands.
Abhanga 12 · Verse 4→
तेथील प्रमाण नेणवे वेदांसी | तें जीवजंतूंसीं केवीं कळे || ३ ||
The measure of that place - even the Vedas do not know it. How then would mere living beings understand?
Abhanga 25 · Verse 3→
Receive the guru's grace.
Seven verses name the teacher's hand.
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भावेंवीण देव न कळे निःसंदेह | गुरुवीण अनुभव कैसा कळे || २ ||
Without devotion, God cannot be known - no doubt about it. And without a guru, how will experience ever make sense?
Abhanga 5 · Verse 2→
तपेवीण दैवत दिधल्यावीण प्राप्त | गुजेवीण हित कोण सांगे || ३ ||
Without austerity, no divine grace. Without giving of yourself, nothing is received. Without real closeness, who will tell you the truth for your own good?
Abhanga 5 · Verse 3→
द्वैताची झाडणी गुरुविण ज्ञान | तया कैंचें कीर्तन घडेल नामीं || ३ ||
The sweeping away of duality, knowledge without a guru - for such a one, how will kirtan of the Name ever truly happen?
Abhanga 9 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे निवृत्ति निर्गुण | दिधलें संपूर्ण माझे हातीं || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: Nivruttinath gave the formless complete into my hands.
Abhanga 12 · Verse 4→
ज्ञान गूढगम्य ज्ञानदेवा लाधलें | निवृत्तीने दिले माझे हाती || ४ ||
This knowledge, deep and accessible only through depth, Dnyandev received - Nivruttinath placed it in my hands.
Abhanga 17 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेव पुसे निवृत्तिसी चाड | गगनाहूनि वाड नाम आहे || ४ ||
Dnyandev asks Nivruttinath with longing - the Name is vaster than the sky.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेवा प्रमाण निवृत्तिदेवीं ज्ञान | समाधि संजीवन हरिपाठ || ६ ||
Dnyandev's authority is Nivruttideva's knowledge - the Haripath is the living nectar of samadhi.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 6→
Keep the company of saints.
Seven verses name this as the way across.
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तपेवीण दैवत दिधल्यावीण प्राप्त | गुजेवीण हित कोण सांगे || ३ ||
Without austerity, no divine grace. Without giving of yourself, nothing is received. Without real closeness, who will tell you the truth for your own good?
Abhanga 5 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेव सांगे दृष्टांताची मात | साधूचे संगती तरुणोपाय || ४ ||
Dnyandev says - this is the essence, taught through example: the company of the holy is the only way across.
Abhanga 5 · Verse 4→
साधुबोध झाला नुरोनियां ठेला | ठायींच मुराला अनुभव || १ ||
When the saint's teaching dawned, nothing else remained - experience merged right there, into itself.
Abhanga 6 · Verse 1→
कापुराची वाती उजळली ज्योती | ठायींच समाप्ती झाली जैसी || २ ||
Like a camphor wick that lights a flame - it ended right there, consumed in its own burning.
Abhanga 6 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेवा गोडी संगती सज्जनीं | हरि दिसे जनीं वनी आत्मतत्त्वीं || ४ ||
Dnyandev's sweetness is in the company of the good - Hari is seen in people, in the forest, in the essential self.
Abhanga 6 · Verse 4→
संतांचे संगती मनोमार्गगती | आकळावा श्रीपति येणें पंथें || १ ||
In the company of saints, the mind finds its true path - by this way alone, the Lord is grasped.
Abhanga 8 · Verse 1→
सिद्धि बुद्धि धर्म हरिपाठीं आले | प्रपंची निमाले साधुसंगे || ३ ||
Perfection, wisdom, and dharma all came through the Haripath - worldly entanglements perished through the company of saints.
Abhanga 16 · Verse 3→
Death renounces its claim. The dark age cannot look.
Six verses mark what the Name defeats.
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हरि उच्चारण मंत्र हा अगाध | पळे भूतबाधा भेणे तेणे || ३ ||
The utterance of Hari - this mantra is fathomless. Evil spirits flee in terror from its very presence.
Abhanga 11 · Verse 3→
नित्य सत्य मित हरिपाठ ज्यासी | कळिकाळ त्यासी न पाहे दृष्टी || १ ||
For whom the Haripath is a daily, true, dear companion - the dark age of Kali cannot even look upon them.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 1→
रामकृष्ण उच्चार अनंतराशी तप | पापाचे कळप पळती पुढें || २ ||
The utterance of Ram Krishna is austerity heaped beyond measure - herds of sins flee before it.
Abhanga 14 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेवीं मंत्र हरिनामाचें शस्त्र | यमें कुळगोत्र वर्जियेलें || ४ ||
In Dnyandev's hands, Hari's Name is a weapon - even Yama has renounced claim on his lineage.
Abhanga 20 · Verse 4→
हरिविण जन्म तो नर्कचि पैं जाणा | यमाचा पाहुणा प्राणी होय || ३ ||
A birth without Hari - know it as hell itself. Such a being becomes Yama's guest.
Abhanga 22 · Verse 3→
नारायण हरी उच्चार नामाचा | तेथें कळिकाळाचा रीघ नाहीं || २ ||
The utterance of Narayana Hari's Name - there, the dark age has no entry.
Abhanga 25 · Verse 2→
Do not forget the Name for half a moment.
Five verses ask for ceaseless remembrance.
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ज्ञानदेवीं रम्य रमलें समाधान | हरीचें चिंतन सर्वकाळ || ४ ||
In Dnyandev, beautiful contentment has found its rest - contemplation of Hari, at all times.
Abhanga 13 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेवा गोडी हरिनामाची जोडी | रामकृष्णी आवडी सर्वकाळ || ४ ||
Dnyandev's sweetness is the companionship of Hari's name - love for Ram Krishna, at all times.
Abhanga 18 · Verse 4→
न सोडी रे भावो टाकी रे संदेहो | रामकृष्ण टाहो नित्य फोडी || २ ||
Do not abandon feeling! Cast off doubt! Cry out Ram Krishna every day!
Abhanga 24 · Verse 2→
ज्ञानदेवा मौन जपमाळ अंतरी | धरोनी श्रीहरी जपे सदा || ४ ||
Dnyandev's silence is the rosary within - holding Shri Hari, chanting always.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 4→
सर्व सुख गोडी साही शास्त्र निवडी | रिकामा अर्धघडी राहूं नको || १ ||
All happiness, all sweetness - the six shastras confirm it. Do not remain idle for even half a moment.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 1→
Chant inside worldly life, not after leaving it.
Four verses place the practice in the householder's hands.
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असोनि संसारीं जिव्हे वेगु करी | वेदशास्त्र उभारी बाह्या सदा || ३ ||
While living in the world, let your tongue be quick to chant - the Vedas and Shastras forever raise their arms.
Abhanga 1 · Verse 3→
सायासें करिसी प्रपंच दिननिशीं | हरिसी न भजसी कवण्या गुणे || ३ ||
With such effort you toil at worldly life day and night - by what reason do you not worship Hari?
Abhanga 4 · Verse 3→
ज्ञानदेव म्हणे हरिजप करणें | तुटेल धरणें प्रपंचाचें || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: chant Hari's name - the grip of worldly life will snap.
Abhanga 4 · Verse 4→
लटिका व्यवहार सर्व हा संसार | वायां येरझार हरीविण || २ ||
All worldly dealings are false, this entire samsara - without Hari, all is pointless coming and going.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 2→
See God in every being.
Four verses train the eyes for equal vision.
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ज्ञानदेवा गोडी संगती सज्जनीं | हरि दिसे जनीं वनी आत्मतत्त्वीं || ४ ||
Dnyandev's sweetness is in the company of the good - Hari is seen in people, in the forest, in the essential self.
Abhanga 6 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेवा प्रमाण आत्मा हा निधान | सर्वांघटीं पूर्ण एक नांदे || ४ ||
Dnyandev's testimony: the Atma is the treasure - one and complete, it dwells in every being.
Abhanga 7 · Verse 4→
समबुद्धि घेतां समान श्रीहरी | शमदमां वरी हरि झाला || २ ||
When equal vision is embraced, Shri Hari is the same in all - Hari stands supreme over tranquility and self-restraint.
Abhanga 15 · Verse 2→
सर्वांघटी राम देहादेहीं एक | सूर्य प्रकाशक सहस्ररश्मी || ३ ||
Ram dwells in every being, one in body after body - like the sun illuminating all with a thousand rays.
Abhanga 15 · Verse 3→
In Dnyandev, silence itself became the rosary.
Four verses touch this inward turning.
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ज्ञानदेव म्हणे सगुण हें ध्यान | नामपाठ मौन प्रपंचाचें || ४ ||
Dnyandev says: this is saguna meditation - the recitation of the Name is the silencing of the world.
Abhanga 9 · Verse 4→
समाधि हरीची समसुखेंवीण | न साधेल जाण द्वैतबुद्धि || १ ||
Samadhi in Hari, without equal bliss, cannot be achieved - know this, O dualistic mind.
Abhanga 13 · Verse 1→
ज्ञानदेवा मौन जपमाळ अंतरी | धरोनी श्रीहरी जपे सदा || ४ ||
Dnyandev's silence is the rosary within - holding Shri Hari, chanting always.
Abhanga 26 · Verse 4→
ज्ञानदेवा प्रमाण निवृत्तिदेवीं ज्ञान | समाधि संजीवन हरिपाठ || ६ ||
Dnyandev's authority is Nivruttideva's knowledge - the Haripath is the living nectar of samadhi.
Abhanga 27 · Verse 6→
Hold compassion. Peace and kindness are your guests.
He says this once, in the closing abhanga. Listen closely.
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श्री
Return to the twenty as a lamp, not a list. The Haripath itself is the path.