Words of Adi Sankara - ‘Ma kuru dhana jana yavvana garvam’ - came in handy to explain Sant Gyaneswar’s ‘Nalage thandana nalage mundana’ - don’t take pride in wealth, friends or youth.
All I want is Satsang, the association of a sacred gathering of noble souls.’ In order to further reinforce the spirit of the evening’s theme song, he rendered ‘Nalage Mukti Ani Sampada,’ another Abhang of Tukaram. Tukaram Ganapathi quoted an Abhang of Janabhai (Namdev’s adopted daughter), ‘Dharila Pandaricha Chor’ - here is a thief who will steal your heart.
Sans faith, there would be no mental peace. India is perhaps the only land that offers such a diversity and at once, universality in worship. His narration of the spiritual essence of this Abhang in chaste Tamil was interspersed with humorous anecdotes and profuse quotes from Thevaram and Divyaprabhandam. The essence of the Abhang: One should spend every moment of life in contemplation - about this illusory world and the ultimate truth in the Lord of Pandharpur. Sant Tukaram’s familiar Abhang ‘Kshana Kshana Hachi Karava Vichar’ was the theme song for elaborate exposition.
Appropriately Jnaneswar’s ‘Roopa Pahatha Lochani’ was rendered, describing the joy of witnessing the divine form of Vithala. Strictly following the varakari sampradaya abhanga Hari keerthan technique, he commenced the Namasankirtanam with the refrain, ‘Jai Jai Ramakrishna Hari.’ It is believed that during this Namavali, the Lord makes His presence instantly. Tukaram Ganapathi Maharaj presented the rich Abhang tradition of Maharashtra, with the compositions of saints Tukaram, Namdev, Jnaneswar and Janabhai, rendered in native Marathi style. On the stage was Tukaram Ganapathi Maharaj and his team - all vintage Marathi, in terms of costume, headgear, etc. The houseful audience at the Sringeri Pravachana Mandiram, Chennai, on Saturday last had the rare experience of being transported to a remote Maharashtra village.
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