GuruPaathache Abhang (in marathi) by Dasganu

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Om Sai Ram. Now let us try the meanings, by Sai baba's grace.

Part 1

jayaa-chi ti rupe sagun nirgun | aisaa narayana vandu aadhi ||

jayaa-chi - one whose
ti - those
rupe - forms, manifestations
sagun - with form
nirgun - without form, formless

aisaa - such a
narayana - narayana (God)
vandu - let us worship
aadhi - in the beginning, before

One whose those manifestations are (both) with form & formless, such a Narayana (Lord), let us worship in the beginning.

sagun sevita nirgun ye haati | nirgunaa-chi prapti aarambhi naa ||   

sagun - (god) with form
sevita - on serving
nirgun - formless (god)
ye - comes
haati - in hand

nirgunaa-chi - of the formless (god)
prapti - attainment
aarambhi - at the start, in the beginning
naa - not

On serving the god with form, the formless god comes in hand. The attainment of the formless god is not (directly) in the beginning.

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aadhi mul kaadhi ka, kha, baaraakhadi | mag shabda jodi jhaalyaa dynaan ||

aadhi - first
mul - the child
kaadhi - draws, writes
ka - the first alphabet in devnagari script, analogus to A in english alphabets
kha - the second alphabet in devnagari script, analogus to B in english alphabets
baaraakhadi - collection of 12 basic alphabets in devnagari script (a, aa, e, E, u, U etc.) All other alphabets can be tweaked as per these alphabets.

mag - then
shabda - words
jodi - joins, forms
jhaalyaa - on having, on getting
dynaan - knowledge, understanding

First the child draws A, B, C, D etc. alphabets. Then he joins words on getting understanding.

ganu mhane taisi sagunopasana | baaraakhadi jaanaa adhyatmaa-chi ||1||

ganu - dasganu
mhane - says
taisi - like that
sagunopasana - worship of god with form

baaraakhadi - alphabet collection
jaanaa - know
adhyatmaa-chi - of spiritualism

Dasganu says, worship of God with form is like that. Know that, it is the collection of alphabets of spiritualism.

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ti hi baaraakhadi shikavi jo guru | bhavaabdhi-che taaru toch jaanaa ||

ti - that
hi - this
baaraakhadi - alphabet collection
shikavi - teaches
jo - one who
guru - guru, spiritual master

bhavaabdhi-che - of the ocean of worldly existence
taaru - boat
toch - he alone, he only
jaanaa - know

That this alphabet collection, the Guru who teaches, know that he only is the boat of the ocean of worldly existence.

guruseva hich prathama paayari | ase tikanya bhaari avaghad ||

guruseva - devotional service unto the guru
hich - this alone
prathama - first
paayari - step

ase - is
tikanya - to survive
bhaari - very
avaghad - difficult

Devotional service unto the Guru, this alone is the first step and is very difficult to survive.

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sadguru-raayaa-chi krupa sampaadita | sevechi purtataa sahaj hoi ||

sadguru-raayaa-chi - of the dear Sadguru
krupa - grace
sampaadita - on earning, on getting

sevechi - of devotional service
purtataa - completion, fulfillment
sahaj - easily
hoi - happens

On earning the grace of dear sadguru, the fulfillment of devotional service easily happens.

ganu mhane kelya prasanna savita | prabhe-chi nyunataa kevi pade ||2||

ganu - Dasganu
mhane - says
kelya - on doing, on making
prasanna - happy, pleased
savita - sun god

prabhe-chi - of light
nyunataa - deficiency, want
kevi - how
pade - does fall, does occur

Dasganu says, on making the sun god pleased, how does deficiency of light occur

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sadguru-chi seva bahutaani keli | aisi saaksha didhali puraanaan-ni ||   

sadguru-chi - of sadguru
seva - devotional service
bahutaani - so many have
keli - did, done

aisi - like this, such a
saaksha - proof, witness
didhali - has been given
puraanaan-ni - by the Puranas

The devotional service of the Sadguru, so many have done. Such a witness, has been given by the Puranas.
   
purna-brahma ram jaanaki-cha kaant | jhaala sharanaagat vasishthaan-si ||

purna-brahma - full brahman, complete Brahman incarnation
ram - Lord Rama
jaanaki-cha - of Janaki (Sita)
kaant - husband

jhaala - became
sharanaagat - surrendered
vasishthaan-si - unto Sage Vasistha

The full Brahman incarnation, Lord Rama, the husband of Janaki (Sita), became surrendered unto Sage Vasistha.

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rukmini-vallabhe kela saandipani | aapanaa-laaguni gururaya ||

rukmini-vallabhe - the lover of Rukmini (Lord Krishna)
kela - made, did
saandipani - Sage Sandipani

aapanaa-laaguni - for himself
gururaya - dear guru

The Lover of Rukmini (Lord Krishna), made Sandipani, as the dear guru for himself.

ganu mhane guru-vaachuniyaa nar | tochi jaanaa khar do paayaan-cha ||3||

ganu - dasganu
mhane - says
guru - guru
vaachuniyaa - without
nar - human being

tochi - he is verily
jaanaa - know that
khar - donkey
do - two
paayaan-cha - of legs

Dasganu says, a human being without a Guru, know that, he is verily a donkey of two legs.

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nishthaavant bhaava haachi deto fala | abhakti-cha mala nimaaliya ||

nishthaavant - having complete faith, of complete faith
bhaava - real feeling, earnest feeling
haachi - this itself
deto - gives
fala - fruit, reward

abhakti-cha - of non-devotion, of lack of devotion
mala - dirt
nimaaliya - on having been ended, on having been cleared

The real feeling of complete faith, this itself, gives the reward, the dirt of non-devotion on having been cleared.

chahaad dutondya aisa naarad muni | pari jhaalaa tarani prahladaa-te ||

chahaad - vilifier, one who sets quarrels by reporting tales of one another 
dutondya - double speaker, one who speaks in favor of both sides under different circumstances.
aisa - such
naarad - Narada
muni - sage

pari - but, yet
jhaalaa - became
tarani - boat, rescuer, uplifter
prahladaa-te - for Prahlad

A vilifier, a double speaker, such is the sage Narada, but he became the uplifter for Prahlad

Sage Narada gave instructions in devotional service to the mother of the great devotee Prahlad Maharaj. At this time Prahlad maharaj was still in his mother's womb, yet he received those instructions & after taking birth became a greatest devotee of the Lord. This is inspite of the fact that Prahlad Maharaj was born in the family of Asuras (demons), who by thier very nature possess demonical qualities.

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gopichand-e guru lidi-si gaadila | pudhe tochi jhaalaa vandya tyaate ||

gopichand-e - king Gopichand, a king of ancient india
guru - guru
lidi-si - in horse dung
gaadila - buried

pudhe - later
tochi - he himself
jhaalaa - became
vandya - worshipable
tyaate - for him, unto him

King Gopichand buried his guru in horse dung. (However) later he himself became worshipable for him.

ganu mhane sone cadhe molaa ange | kasoti-chya sange jagaa-maaji ||4||

ganu - Dasganu
mhane - says
sone - gold
cadhe - gains, holds, climbs
molaa - value
ange - body

kasoti-chya - of test, of standard
sange - with association, in association
jagaa-maaji - in the world

Dasganu says gold gains body value (only) in association of test, in the world.

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kshamaa, shanti, dayaa ase jayaa thaayi | taise dyaana paahi sampurna te ||

kshamaa - forgiveness
shanti - peace
dayaa - compassion
ase - exists
jayaa – where, at which
thaayi - place
 
taise – like that
dyaana - knowledge
paahi – look out for
sampurna – complete, completely perfect
te – that is, which is

Forgiveness, Peace, Compassion exist at which place, look out for a knowledge like that, which is completely perfect
 
jayaa-chi-ye shiri ishwaraa-cha haat | toch sadguru-naath karaavaa ho ||

jayaa-chi-ye – one whose
shiri – on head
ishwaraa-cha – of god
haat – hand, palm
 
toch – that alone
sadguru-naath – sadguru nath
karaavaa – one should make
ho – O

One on whose head, is the hand of god, O, one should make that alone sadguru-nath

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baaherila songaa bhulu nakaa kadaa | patangaate dagaa dipaa-pashi ||

baaherila - outward
songaa – by pretention
bhulu – get deluded, get fooled
nakaa – do not
kadaa - ever
 
patangaate – for the kite-fly, for the moth (insect)
dagaa - cheating, fraud, deceit
dipaa-pashi – near the lamp (of light)

Do not ever get deluded by outward pretention. For the kite-fly (insect) there is cheating near the lamp.
 
ganu mhane haunsa paanyaate takuni | ghetase shodhoni jaise dudh ||5||

ganu - Dasganu
mhane – says
haunsa – the swan
paanyaate – the water
takuni – leaving aside, filtering out
 
ghetase – does take
shodhoni – by searching, by filtering
jaise – just as
dudh – milk

Dasganu says just as the swan, leaving aside the water, does take by searching, (only) the milk.

(The swan has got the ability to separate milk from water, with it's beak)

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hire aani gaara ekyaa-cha khaanit | taise baddha-mukta jagaa-maji ||

hire - diamonds
aani - and
gaara – ordinary stones
ekyaa-cha – one and same
khaanit – in the mine
 
taise – like that
baddha-mukta – bound and liberated (souls)
jagaa-maji – in the world

Diamonds and ordinary stones are in one and the same mine, like that, the bound and liberated (souls) (exist) in the world

paarakhi to yeta hira ghe vechoni | kukkut paayaanni kaalavi to ||

paarakhi – the clever judger, one who arrives at proper judgement after clever examination
to – he
yeta – comes and, on coming
hira - diamond
ghe – takes
vechoni – by choosing
 
kukkut - hen cock
paayaanni – by legs
kaalavi – mixes, mingles
to – it

The clever judger on coming, he takes the diamond by choosing (it from amongst the ordinary stones) whereas the hen cock mingles it (with the ordinary stones) by it’s legs (& thereby losses it).

(The purport of this verse: One must not loose a diamond like Sai baba, like the hen cock, considering him to be an ordinary stone.)

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mumukshu paarakhi chaarvaak kombada | kukkutaa ukirdaa god vaate ||

mumukshu – Mumukshu, a person desiring liberation
paarakhi – the clever judger, one who arrives at proper judgement after clever examination
chaarvaak - irreligious person, atheist
kombada - hen cock
 
kukkutaa - the hen cock
ukirdaa - dirt, dunghill, garbage-heap
god – sweet, lovely
vaate- feels

The Mumukshu is the clever judger (whereas) the irreligious person is the hen cock. The hen cock feels the garbage heap as sweet
 
(the irreligious person even after coming near the diamond (Sai baba) fails to recognise his worth & considers him as an ordinary stone. His liking is towards garbage i.e. wordly indulgences. The Mumukshu makes the most of this diamond)

ganu mhane jo kaa ase bhagya-vant | tayaa-chaach het gurupaayi ||6||

ganu - Dasganu
mhane - says
jo – who
kaa - one
ase -is
bhagya-vant - fortunate
 
tayaa-chaach – his alone, only his
het - desire, wish, liking
gurupaayi – at Guru’s feet

Dasganu says, one who is fortunate, only his liking is at the Guru’s feet.

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kshamaa-shaanti-yukta bhavaabdhi-che jahaaj | aisa sadguru-raaj shirdi-maaji ||

kshamaa - forgiveness
shaanti - peace
yukta - filled with, endowed with
bhavaabdhi-che - of the ocean of wordly existence
jahaaj - boat, ship

aisa - like this, such a
sadguru-raaj - king of sadgurus
shirdi - shirdi
maaji - in

One who is endowed with forgiveness and peace, one who is the boat of the ocean of worldly existence, such a king of sadgurus is (present) in Shirdi.

naamaabhi-dhaa jayaa-chi shobhe baba sai | anaathaan-chi maai tich jaanaa ||

naamaabhi-dhaa - name
jayaa-chi - one whose
shobhe - befits, looks good
baba - baba
sai - sai

anaathaan-chi - of the orphans, of the helpless
maai - mother
tich - she only, she itself, she herself
jaanaa - know

One whose name, befits as baba Sai. The mother of the helpless, she is herself, know (this).

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anaath sanaath haa na bhed jethe | surya-prakaasha-te nivad kaichi ||

anaath - orphan, helpless
sanaath - non orphan, not helpless
haa - this, such a
na - no, not
bhed - distinction, discrimination
jethe - where, wherein

surya-prakaasha-te - for the sun light, for the rays of the sun
nivad - discrimination
kaichi - which, where does

Helpless & not helpless, this discrimination, wherein there is not. For the sunlight, where does discrimination (exist).

maajha guru-raaj jaanhavi-che jal | ganu arpi bhaal tayaa paayi ||7||

maajha - my, mine
guru-raaj - king of gurus, Guru-king
jaanhavi-che - of Ganga
jal - water

ganu - Dasganu
arpi - offers
bhaal - forehead
tayaa - his
paayi - unto feet

My Guru-king (Sai baba) is the water of Ganga. Dasganu offers forehead unto his feet.

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angaa-kaathi uncha kelise dhaarana | kalvaa-vayaa khun bhakta-janaa ||

angaa-kaathi - bodily stature
uncha - tall, high
kelise - has done
dhaarana - assuming, holding, keeping

kalvaa-vayaa - in order to tell, in order to make known
khun - hint, secret
bhakta-janaa -  to the devotee people

Sai baba has done the assuming of a tall bodily stature in order to tell the hint to the devotee people.

uccha dynan je kaa adhyaatma saajire | techi sevaa saare kalyanaartha ||

uccha - high, higher
dynan - knowledge
je - that
kaa - which
adhyaatma - spiritualism
saajire - nice, good, pretty

techi - that itself
sevaa - consume, ultilise
saare - all of (you)
kalyanaartha - for well-being

That which is the higher knowledge, i.e. the nice spiritualism, that itself, all of you consume for well-being.