Monday, December 29, 2014

Translation of 'kaaya hee panDhari' Abhanga

This is the Abhanga sung by Bhimsen Joshi, written by Santa Ekanatha, in this Abhanga Ekanatha  looks the PanDahri in the world, thus essence of worship and pilgrimage in all walks of daily life.

काया
ही पंढरी आत्मा हा विठ्ठल । नांदतो केवळ पांडुरंग
॥१

(kaaya hee panDhari aatmaa haa viTThala, naandato kewaLa paanDuranga)
this body is PanDhari and soul is ViTThala, dwells only PanDuranga there


भाव-भक्ति भीमा उदक ते वाहे । बरवा शोभताहे पांडुरंग ॥२॥

(bhaava bhakti bheemaa udka te waahe, barawaa shibhatase paanDuranga) 
feelings-devotion s the flowing water of Bheema river, suits the stunning, adorable PanDuranga.

दया क्षमा शांती हेचि वाळुवंट । मिळालासे थाट वैष्णवांचा ॥३॥

(dayaa kshamaa shaanti hechi waaLuwanTa, miLalase thaaTa vaishnavaanchaa)
compassion, forgiveness, peace is the desert (the sandy ground on the banks of Bheema river in PanDharapur) , we got the honour of being Vaishnava (dedicated to god)

ज्ञान ध्यान पूजा विवेक आनंद । हाचि वेणुनाद शोभतसे ॥४॥

(jnaana dhyaana pooja viveka aananda, haachi veNunaada shobhatase)
knowledge, meditation,worship, thoughtfulness and thus happiness is what is the veNunaada – sound of flute (flute is the instrument lord Krishna plays)  

दश इंद्रियांचा एक मेळ केला । ऐसा गोपाळकाला होत असे ॥५॥

(dasha indriyaanchaa eka meLa kelaa, aisaa gopaaLakaalaa hota ase) 
ten Indriyas are brought together and that is the gopaaL-kaala here
(GopaaLakaalaa is the mixture of different food items of different tastes, they are believed to be Lord Krishna’s favourite which he shares with his close friends)

Indriya is the Sanskrt-Yogic term for senses, there are thought to be ten Indriyas, five cognitive senses which
give us knowledge about outer world while five are active expressions.
Read it here.

देखिली पंढरी देही-जनी-वनी । एका जनार्दनी वारी करी ॥६॥

(dekhili panDhari dehee janee vanee, ekaa janaardanee waaree karee) 
thus we saw PanDharapura in my body, in the people, in the world -everywhere, eka (ekanatha) the disciple of Janardana thus completes the waari (pilgrimage of PanDharapura).

you can listen the song here too




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