Summary
Basavanna says that once the body is known as belonging to Kudalasangama Deva, no separate body remains for him. Once the mind is known as belonging to the Lord, no separate mind remains. Once wealth is known as belonging to the Lord, no separate wealth remains.
The vachana then gathers these three into one recognition. When body, mind, and wealth are all known as His, what separate thought or concern can remain? The question removes the ground of private possession.
The teaching is direct: surrender is not merely giving something away. It is knowing that what was called “mine” was already Kudalasangama Deva’s. When the threefold field of body, mind, and wealth is understood in this way, the separate claimant loses its place.
Imagery & Symbolic Relevance
The body is the first field of surrender. It is the nearest and most immediate ground of personal claim. Basavanna says that when the body is known as the Lord’s, there is no other body left to call one’s own.
The mind is the second field. Even after the body is given, the mind may continue to claim thought, intention, memory, and concern as private. Basavanna removes this too: when the mind is His, no separate mind remains.
Wealth is the third field. Wealth extends the self outward through possession, resource, and capacity. When wealth is known as belonging to Kudalasangama Deva, no separate wealth remains under personal ownership.
The threefold structure is the core of the vachana. Body, mind, and wealth together form the practical field in which possession operates. Basavanna does not leave surrender vague; he places it in these three concrete domains.
The final question about separate thought completes the movement. Once the threefold field is known as belonging to Kudalasangama Deva, separate concern has no basis. The mind can no longer stand aside and say, “this is mine,” “that is mine,” or “what remains for me?”
Lingayoga
In Lingayoga, this vachana teaches the surrender of ownership across the whole field of embodied life. The body must not remain self-owned, the mind must not remain self-directed, and wealth must not remain self-possessed.
For Sharana Sthala, the practice-point is total belonging. The Sharana does not merely offer from what he owns; he recognizes that ownership itself was mistaken. Body, mind, and wealth are returned to their true relation with Kudalasangama Deva.
This also clarifies Dasoha. Dasoha is not fulfilled while wealth alone is given and body and mind remain held back. Nor is surrender complete while one speaks devotion but keeps possession inwardly. The whole threefold field must be known as the Lord’s.
Editorial Commentary
Its relevance here is the living integration of surrender: body, mind, and wealth are not treated as abstract possessions, but as the threefold field that must belong wholly to Kudalasangama Deva.
Related Vachana
Supporting Vachana
Pranalingi Sthala Vachana 340 — The Vigilance of the True Sharanas
Pranalingi Vachana 340 supports this teaching by describing the true Sharanas as those who move above the hold of body, mind, and wealth. It also says that if remembrance weakens even for a moment, they correct the mind, bow the head, and return with “Shiva, Shiva” to Kudalasangama Deva, the Lord of prana. This prepares Vachana 829 directly. In Vachana 340, body, mind, and wealth no longer govern the Sharana; in Vachana 829, Basavanna goes further by saying that body, mind, and wealth are Kudalasangama Deva’s, leaving no separate claim or separate thought.
Advancing Vachana
Aikya Sthala Vachana 1226 — The Final Offering into Purity
Aikya Vachana 1226 advances this teaching by carrying the threefold surrender into complete self-offering. There, wealth is offered, then body, then mind, then bhava, then nirbhava, and finally the self is offered completely after Chennabasavanna makes the crossing possible. This is the Aikya-stage fulfillment of Vachana 829. In Sharana Vachana 829, body, mind, and wealth are known as belonging to Kudalasangama Deva; in Aikya Vachana 1226, even the deeper layers beyond the threefold field are offered, and the devotee merges into Kudalasangama Deva in complete purity.
