आरती संग्रह · Full sequence
The kakad aarti is sung at dawn to wake Vitthal – by Namdev and Tukaram – followed by the Vitthal aartis, in one continuous page.
कांकड आरती संग्रह
उठा उठा हो साधक । साधा आपुलालें हित ।
गेला गेला हा नरदेह । मग कैंचा भगवंत ॥ १ ॥
उठा उठा हो वेगेंसी । चला जाऊं राऊळासी ।
हरतिल पातकांच्या राशी । कांकड आरती पाहोनी ॥ धृ ॥
उठोनियां हो पाहाटें । पाहा विठ्ठल उभा विटे ।
चरण तयाचे गोमटे । अमृतदृष्टीं अवलोका ॥ २ ॥
जागें करा रुक्मिणीवरा । देव आहे निजसुरा ।
वेगें निंबलोण करा । दृष्ट होईल तयासी ॥ ३ ॥
पुढें वाजंत्री । ढोल दमामे गर्जती ।
होत कांकड आरती । माझ्या पंढरीरायाची ॥ ४ ॥
सिंहनाद शंख भेरी । गजर होतो महाद्वारीं ।
केशवराज विटेवरी । नामा चरण वंदितो ॥ ५ ॥
भक्तीचिये पोटी बोध कांकडा ज्योती ।
पंचप्राण जीवेंभावें ओवाळूं आरती ॥ १ ॥
ओवाळूं आरती माझ्या पंढरीनाथा ।
दोन्ही कर जोडूनि चरणीं ठेविला माथा ॥ धृ ॥
काय महिमा वर्णू आतां सांगणें तें किती ।
कोटी ब्रह्महत्या मुख पाहतां जाती ॥ २ ॥
राही रखुमाबाई उभ्या दोन्ही दों बाहीं ।
मयूरपिच्छचामरें ढाळिती ठाईच्या ठाईं ॥ ३ ॥
विटेसहित पाय म्हणुनी भावें ओवाळूं ।
कोटी रवि शशी दिव्य उगवले हेळू ॥ ४ ॥
तुका म्हणे दीप घेउनी उन्मनींत शोभा ।
विटेवरी उभा दिसे लावण्यगाभा ॥ ५ ॥
युगे अठ्ठावीस विटेवरी ऊभा ।
वामांगी रखुमाई दिसे दिव्य शोभा ।
पुंडलिकाचे भेटी परब्रह्म आले गा ।
चरणी वाहे भीमा उद्धरी जगा ॥
जय देव जय देव जय पांडुरंगा ।
रखुमाई वल्लभा राईच्या वल्लभा ।
पावे जिवलगा ॥ जय देव ॥
तुळसी माळा गळा कर ठेवुनी कटी ।
कासे पितांबर कस्तुरी लल्लाटी ।
देव सुरवर नित्य येती भेटी ।
गरुड हनूमंत पुढे उभे राहती ॥ जय देव ॥
धन्य वेणुनाद अनुक्षेत्रपाळा ।
सुवर्णाची कमळे वनमाळा गळा ।
राई रखुमाबाइ राणीया सकळा ।
ओवाळू आरत्या विठोबा सावळा ॥ जय देव ॥
ओवाळू आरत्या कुरवंड्या येती ।
चंद्रभागेमध्ये सोडुनिया देती ।
दिंड्या पताका वैष्णव नाचती ।
पंढरीचा महिमा वर्णावा किती ॥ जय देव ॥
आषाढी कार्तिकी भक्तजन येती ।
चंद्रभागेमध्ये स्नान जे करती ।
दर्शन हेळामात्रे तया होय मुक्ती ।
केशवासी नामदेव भावे ओवाळिती ॥ जय देव ॥
येई हो विठ्ठले माझे माऊली ये ।
निढळावरी कर ठेवुनि वाट मी पाहे ॥ धृ ॥
आलिया गेलिया हाती धाडी निरोप ।
पंढरपूरी आहे माझा मायबाप ॥ १ ॥
पिवळा पीतांबर कैसा गगनी झळकला ।
गरुडांवरि बैसोनि माझा कैवारी आला ॥ २ ॥
विठोबाचे राज्य आम्हां नित्य दिपवाळी ।
विष्णुदास नामा जीवेभावे ओंवाळी ॥ ३ ॥
The whole sequence in Roman script, in the same order.
1. Utha Utha Ho Sadhak (Kakad Aarti)
Utha utha ho sadhak | sadha apulalen hit |
Gela gela ha nardeh | mag kaincha bhagavant || 1 ||
Utha utha ho vegensi | chala jaun raulasi |
Hartil patakanchya rashi | kankad arti pahoni || dhri ||
Uthoniyan ho pahaten | paha viththal ubha vite |
Charan tayache gomte | amritadrishtin avloka || 2 ||
Jagen kara rukminivra | dev ahe nijsura |
Vegen nimblon kara | drisht hoil tayasi || 3 ||
Pudhen vajantri | dhol damame garjati |
Hot kankad arti | majhya pandharirayachi || 4 ||
Sinhnad shankh bheri | gajar hoto mahadvarin |
Keshavraj vitevri | nama charan vandito || 5 ||
2. Bhaktichiye Poti (Kakad Aarti – Sant Tukaram)
Bhaktichiye poti bodh kankda jyoti |
Panchapran jivembhaven ovalun arti || 1 ||
Ovalun arti majhya pandharinatha |
Donhi kar joduni charnin thevila matha || dhri ||
Kay mahima varnu atan sangnen ten kiti |
Koti brahmahatya mukh pahtan jati || 2 ||
Rahi rakhumabai ubhya donhi don bahin |
Mayurapichchhchamren dhaliti thaichya thain || 3 ||
Viteshit pay mhanuni bhaven ovalun |
Koti ravi shashi divya ugvale helu || 4 ||
Tuka mhane dip gheuni unmanint shobha |
Vitevri ubha dise lavanyagabha || 5 ||
3. Yuge Atthavis Vitevari Ubha (Vitthal Aarti)
Yuge aththavis vitevri ubha |
Vamangi rakhumai dise divya shobha |
Pundalikache bheti parabrahma ale ga |
Charni vahe bhima uddhri jaga ||
Jay dev jay dev jay panduranga |
Rakhumai vallabha raichya vallabha |
Pave jivlaga || jay dev ||
Tulsi mala gala kar thevuni kati |
Kase pitambar kasturi lallati |
Dev survar nitya yeti bheti |
Garud hanumant pudhe ubhe rahti || jay dev ||
Dhanya venunad anukshetrapala |
Suvarnachi kamle vanmala gala |
Rai rakhumabai raniya sakla |
Ovalu aratya vithoba savla || jay dev ||
Ovalu aratya kuravandya yeti |
Chandrabhagemadhye soduniya deti |
Dindya pataka vaishnav nachti |
Pandhricha mahima varnava kiti || jay dev ||
Ashadhi kartiki bhaktajan yeti |
Chandrabhagemadhye snan je karti |
Darshan helamatre taya hoy mukti |
Keshvasi namdev bhave ovaliti || jay dev ||
4. Yei Ho Vitthale Maze Mauli Ye
Yie ho viththale majhe mauli ye |
Nidhalavri kar thevuni vat mi pahe || dhri ||
Aliya geliya hati dhadi nirop |
Pandharpuri ahe majha maybap || 1 ||
Pivla pitambar kaisa gagni jhalkala |
Garudanvri baisoni majha kaivari ala || 2 ||
Vithobache rajya amhan nitya dipvali |
Vishnudas nama jivebhave onvali || 3 ||
Each aarti explained in simple English.
Wake up, seekers, and work for your own good – once this human life is gone, where will you find God? Wake up quickly and let us go to the temple; seeing the kakad (dawn) aarti will destroy heaps of sin. Rise at dawn and see Vitthal standing on the brick – look with loving eyes at his beautiful feet. Wake the Lord of Rukmini, for he is still asleep; quickly wave salt and neem to ward off the evil eye. Musicians go ahead, drums and kettle-drums roar – the kakad aarti of my Lord of Pandhari is happening. Conches, bugles and a lion's roar of joy resound at the great door; Keshavraj stands on the brick and Nama bows at his feet.
From the womb of devotion comes the flame of understanding, the kakad lamp; with my five life-breaths and all my heart I wave the aarti. I wave the aarti to my Lord of Pandhari; with folded hands I have placed my head at his feet. What glory can I describe – how much can I tell? Merely seeing his face removes millions of great sins. Rahi and Rakhumai stand on either side, waving peacock-feather fans. I lovingly wave the lamp before his feet along with the brick – it is as if millions of suns and moons have risen. Tuka says: holding the lamp, I see the beauty of the state beyond the mind – the very core of loveliness standing on the brick.
For twenty-eight yugas he has stood on a brick, with Rukmini at his left in divine splendour. The Supreme Brahman came to meet his devotee Pundalik, and the Bhima river flows at his feet to uplift the world. Victory to Panduranga, beloved of Rukmini and Rai – come, dearest one. A tulsi garland at his neck, hands on his hips, yellow silk at his waist and musk on his brow; gods visit daily while Garuda and Hanuman stand before him. Blessed is the sound of his flute; golden lotuses and a forest garland adorn him, and Rai, Rukmabai and all the queens wave lamps before dark King Vithoba. Lamps float on the Chandrabhaga, dindis and flags dance – how much can Pandharpur's glory be described? On Ashadhi and Kartiki Ekadashi devotees bathe in the Chandrabhaga and attain liberation at a single glimpse; Namdev lovingly waves the lamp before Keshava.
Come, O Vitthala, my mother, come – I wait for you with my hand shading my brow. I send messages with everyone who comes and goes: my mother and father live in Pandharpur. How your yellow silk shines in the sky! My protector has come riding on Garuda. In Vithoba's kingdom every day is Diwali for us – Vishnudas Nama waves the lamp before him with all his heart.
