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.
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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).

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Translation of Marathi Abhanga 'maajhe maaher panDhari' माझे माहेर पंढरी -इंग्रजी अनुवादाचा प्रयत्न.

One more Abhanga sung by the great Pandita Bhimsen Joshi, written by Saint-poet Ekanatha (wiki article link) composed by Ram Phatak.

माझे माहेर पंढरी । आहे भीवरेच्या तीरी ॥१॥
PanDhari (panDharaPura) is my mother’s house which is on the banks of BheemA (bheevaraa) river.
-In Indian context maaher (Kannada ತವರುಮನೆ tavaru mane/ Hindi मायका maayakaa) or mother’s (parent’s place) house has a lot of importance as the girl leaves it for forever and comes to husband’s house –her own house still,, the hometown, the mom’s place remains her special for forever. Sense of belonging is attached with it. So the poet says that PanDharapura, the abode of Lord ViTThala is the maaher for him.

बाप आणि आई । माझी विठ्ठल रखुमाई ॥२॥
father and mother, is my Vitthala and Rakhumai (Rukmini)

पुंडलीक राहे बंधू । त्याची ख्याती काय सांगू ॥३॥
PunDalika stays as my brother, what should I tell about his fame !?
-Bhakta Pundalika is the person whose devotion is said to have brought Lord Vishnu from his abode VaikunTha to PanDharapura in the form of Lord ViTThala.

माझी बहीण चंद्रभागा ।करितसे पाप भंगा ॥४॥
my sister is ChandrabhagA (river BheemA is called ChandrabhagA in PanDharapura as it’s course takes the shape of moon crescent here), breaks the sins – makes us free of our sins.   

एका जनार्दनी शरण । करी माहेरची आठवण ॥५॥
ekA (which also means ‘one’) –ekanatha is devoted to/ surrendered to JanArdana (JanArdana Swamy was the guru of Saint Ekanatha, Guru is seen in very high respect in India and thus poet remembers his Guru in each of his compositions), remembering maaher -the mother’s home, PanDharapura. 

 mp3 link of the song, listen here