Adoration of Pandhari, every wish fulfilled
Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
आवडे पंढरी भीमा पांडुरंग । चंद्रभागा लिंग पांडुरंग॥1॥
कामधेनु कल्पतरु चिंतामणी । आवडीची धणी पुरवीती॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जीवा थोर जालें सुख । नाठवे हे भूक तान कांहीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I love Pandhari, the Bhima, and Panduranga. Chandrabhaga is the very emblem of Panduranga. Like the wish-fulfilling cow, the wish-granting tree, and the wish-yielding gem, they satisfy every desire. Says Tuka, the jiva has found such great joy that it remembers neither hunger nor thirst.
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In Plain Words
I love Pandhari, the Bhima river, and Panduranga. Chandrabhaga is the very sign of Panduranga. Like the wish-granting cow, the wish-granting tree, the wish-granting jewel, they fulfill every desire to the full. Tuka says: the soul has found such great joy that it remembers no hunger and no thirst.
What it means
Tukaram pours out love for the holy place itself: Pandhari, the river Bhima, the curve called Chandrabhaga, and Panduranga who is their meaning. He compares them to the three great wish-fulfillers of myth, the divine cow, the wish-tree, and the wish-jewel, saying they satisfy every longing completely. The closing line names the effect on the devotee: the joy is so great that the soul forgets hunger and thirst altogether. The place and its God are not a means to something else; resting in them, the ordinary cravings simply fall silent.
Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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