Love poems from God. Tukaram Gatha Abhanga 34 Jaya nahi nem ekadashi vrat जया नाहीं नेम एकादशीव्रत

Tukaram Gatha Abhanga 34

जया नाहीं नेम एकादशीव्रत । जाणावें तें प्रेत सर्व लोकीं ।।१।।
त्याचें वय नित्य काळ लेखीताहे । रागें दांत खाय कराकरा ।।२।।
जयाचिये द्वारीं तुळसीवृंदावन । नाहीं तें स्मशान गृह जाणां ।।३।।
जये कुळीं नाहीं एक ही वैष्णव । त्याचा बुडे भवनदीतापा ।।४।।
विठोबाचें नाम नुच्चारी जें तोंड । प्रत्यक्ष तें कुंड चर्मकाचें ।।५।।
तुका म्हणे त्याचे काष्ठ हातपाय । कीर्तना नव जाय हरीचिया ।।६।।

English

1. Jayaa nahee nem ekadashivrat, janave te prêt shav lokee
2. Tyaache vay nitya kaal lekheetahe, rage data khaay karaakaraa
3. Jayaachiye dvaaree tulasivrundaavan, nahee te smashaan gruh janaa
4. Jaye kuli nahee ek hee vaishnav, tyachaa bude bhavanditapaa
5. Vithobaache naam nuchharee je tond, pratyaksh te kund charmakache
6. Tukaa mhane tyaache kaashta haatapaay, keertanaa nav jaay harichiyaa

Translation

In this abhanga, Tukoba is stressing the important of fasting of 'Ekadashi', the eleventh day of a lunar calendar cycle of 15 days (There are two such ekadashis in every lunar month. Many people observe fast on this day). Tukoba is using a strong language to caution about the consequences if someone doesn't follow his established tradition.

1. A person, who doesn't practice fasting on all ekadashis, even though alive, is as good as a dead man in the society.
2. The deity of death, Yama, is counting every day lived by such a person (eagerly waiting to finish his life). Yama is clenching his teeth with anger.
3. A person's house without a Basil plant at the entrance, should be considered equivalent to a funeral place (inauspicious).
4. A person, in whose clan, there is not even one person who worships Lord Vishnu (God), should consider that his boat for crossing the river of this material world is sunk!
5. A person whose mouth does not chant the name of the Lord (Vitthal, Krishna, Rama or any name of God); his mouth is just like a dirty tank of water used by a cobbler for washing leather footwear.
6. Tuka says, consider the hands and legs of a person as worthless as wood, if he doesn't go to attend a kirtan (a program in which several people come together and sing God's name and glory in verses).

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