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Kakad Aarti of Sant Namdev (Uthoniya Pratahkali)

Kakad Aarti of Sant Namdev (Uthoniya Pratahkali): Text, Transliteration and Meaning

Aarti · 6 verses · original in Marathi

About Kakad Aarti of Sant Namdev (Uthoniya Pratahkali)

An abhang for the dawn (Kakad) aarti of Vitthal of Pandharpur, whose closing line carries Sant Namdev's name, "Nama". The devotee calls everyone to rise early and go to the temple, to make good use of this human birth, and to see Vitthal's Kakad aarti amid drums and kettledrums.

Text: Sant Namdev (signed "Nama" in the closing line) (13th–14th century (d. 1350))

Meanings and summaries are editorial, written for this library from the cited edition.

Text and meaning

Stanza 1

उठोनिया प्रातःकाळीं । वेगें जाऊ राउळासी । जळतिल पातकांच्या राशी । काकडआरती देखिल्या

uṭhoniyā prātaḥkāḷīṃ | vegeṃ jāū rāuḷāsī | jaḷatila pātakāṃcyā rāśī | kākaḍaāratī dekhilyā

Rising at dawn, let us hurry to the temple; seeing the Kakad aarti, heaps of sins will burn away.

Source: Nityanemavali (comp. R. D. Ranade), 12th ed., Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum, 1987, p. 4 (PDF p. 40), Marathi Wikisource, revision 224155, Kakad aarti no. 3, lines 1-2 (book p. 4)

Stanza 2

उठा उठा हो साधुजन । साधा आपुलालें हित । गेला गेला नरदेह | मग कैंचा भगवंत

uṭhā uṭhā ho sādhujana | sādhā āpulāleṃ hita | gelā gelā naradeha | maga kaiṃcā bhagavaṃta

Wake up, wake up, good people, and attend to your own true good. Once this human body is gone, where will you find God then?

Stanza 3

उठोनिया पहाटे । विठोबा पाहूं बा नीट | चरण तयाचे अमोलिक | अवलोकूं दृष्टीं या

uṭhoniyā pahāṭe | viṭhobā pāhūṃ bā nīṭa | caraṇa tayāce amolika | avalokūṃ dṛṣṭīṃ yā

Rising at daybreak, let us see Vithoba well, and behold his priceless feet with these eyes.

Stanza 4

जागे करा रुक्मिणीवरा । देव निजले निजमंदिरां । वेगीं निंबलोण करा | दृष्ट होईल तयासी

jāge karā rukmiṇīvarā | deva nijale nijamaṃdirāṃ | vegīṃ niṃbaloṇa karā | dṛṣṭa hoīla tayāsī

Wake Rukmini's lord; the god is asleep in his own temple. Quickly do the nimbalona (the rite against the evil eye), lest the evil eye fall on him.

Stanza 5

ढोल दमामें गर्जतीं । पुढें वाजंत्री वाजती । काकडआरती होते। पांडुरंगरायाची

ḍhola damāmeṃ garjatīṃ | puḍheṃ vājaṃtrī vājatī | kākaḍaāratī hote| pāṃḍuraṃgarāyācī

Drums and kettledrums roar, the band plays in front; the Kakad aarti of King Panduranga is under way.

Stanza 6

सिंहशंखनादभेरो । गजर होतो महाद्वारीं । केशवराज विटेवरी। नामा चरणीं वंदितो

siṃhaśaṃkhanādabhero | gajara hoto mahādvārīṃ | keśavarāja viṭevarī| nāmā caraṇīṃ vaṃdito

With conches and drums roaring like lions, the chant resounds at the great door. Keshavaraja (Vitthal) stands on the brick, and Nama bows at his feet.

Sources and licence

Nityanemavali (comp. R. D. Ranade), 12th ed., Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum, 1987, p. 4 (PDF p. 40), Marathi Wikisource, revision 224155. CC BY-SA 4.0 (edition relicensed by its publisher, Wikimedia VRT ticket 2023060210002841; Marathi Wikisource transcription)

The text is copied character for character from the Marathi Wikisource transcription of "Nityanemavali" (compiled by Gurudev R. D. Ranade; 12th edition, 1987, Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum), which its publisher has released under CC BY-SA 4.0. The printed spelling is kept as is. This is the book's Kakad aarti no. 3 (p. 4); the first-edition preface (1911) shows the Kakad aarti was in the book from the start. The printed text has no stanza numbers, so its six two-line stanzas are numbered here in order. In the last stanza "भेरो" is probably "भेरी" (a kettledrum). IAST is generated by a fixed rule and is not a guide to Marathi pronunciation.