Maajhe maaher pandhari

In this Abhang, Sant Eknath makes a family out of Pandharpur and it's occupants.  Let us see how.

The lyrics go thus:

Maajhe maaher pandhari, ahe bhiwarechya tiri

Baap ani ai, maajhi withhathhal rakhumaai
Maajhe maaher pndhari ...

Pundalik raahe bandhu, tyaachi khyaati kaay saangu
Maajhe maaher pndhari ...

Maajhi bahin chndrabhaaga, karitase paapabhnga
Maajhe maaher pndhari ...

Eka janaardani sharan, kari maaherachi athhawana
Maajhe maaher pndhari ...


Word-by-word meaning
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PanDhari (panDharaPura) is my mother’s house which is on the banks of BheemA (bheevaraa) river.  ...   tiri is "teeram", the banks of the river Bheema.

father (Baap) and mother (aai) , is my(maajhi)  Vitthala and Rakhumai (Rukmini)

PunDalika stays(raahe) as my bandhu, what (kaay) should I tell(saangu)  about his fame (tyaachi khyaati)!?
Note that 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.

my (maajhi) sister (bahin- behen)  is ChandrabhagA ( another name for Bheema River) . She makes (karitaachi) us free of our sins (paapa Bhanga)

ekanatha (Eka) is devoted to/ surrendered )sharani)  to JanArdana ( here, Janardhana refers to the guru Janardhana). "eka" is Sant Eknath, the composer of this Abhang..  Just as in Thyagaraj Krithis you will find " thyagraja", or in Dikshithar Krithis you will find "guru guha" as " signature"...  "Eka" is the "signature" of Sant Eknath's compositions.

remembering ( atthawana) maaher -the mother’s home, PanDharapura.

- Dilip-