Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what fruit can come from worshipping the Linga without knowing how to walk and without knowing how to speak. Conduct and speech must become…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna begins with a familiar image: people say the body burns when it is placed in fire. But he points to what happens earlier. The hand…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna describes praise as a golden spear. Those who love and honour him may intend good, yet their praise can pierce inwardly and fill the wound…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what adornment can do for a face without a nose. Ornament cannot restore what is absent. He then names his own condition sharply: he…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna gives three images of outward honor without inward fitness. A crown is placed on one who cannot bear its dignity. Adornment is placed where the…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that by claiming, “I have known tattva,” he has invited death. The claim of knowledge itself becomes dangerous when it arises before true realization.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that he is a sinner who has failed in the threefold field. The failure is not limited to one action or one thought; it…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that he sees the path, yet turns away from it. He names himself as one whose mind is disturbed and wandering, even while the…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna uses the image of a wife who does not love or turn toward her own husband. The relation is near, but inward recognition is absent.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that the illusion of gold pulled him like a dog toward wealth, and in that pull he forgot Kudalasangama Deva. The fault is not…