Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that his bhakti is not even as much as a small mustard measure. Yet others call him a bhakta and a true practitioner. He…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that he burned in the pride of performing eightfold worship and the sixteen offerings. The worship was present, but pride entered it. What should…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna exposes devotion weakened by the claim of doership. His bhakti has become like an ox turning an empty oil mill. There is movement, labor, and…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of a stain that does not easily leave. If something has been blackened for a long time, can it become white merely by washing?…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna describes the arrival of Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas as the recovery of life. Their coming is like finding water in a wilderness, like a blind person…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna longs for the coming of Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas and bhaktas. His longing is like a child seeking its mother, and like a separated animal seeking…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna refuses the desire for a higher place. He asks to remain low, because milk cannot be drawn from a cow unless one bends beneath it.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna calls himself poor in bhakti. He goes begging at the houses of Kakkayya, Chennayya, and Dāsayya. He does not seek food, wealth, or social support;…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva not to burden him with the pride of having been born in a so-called noble family. Birth, lineage, and social rank are…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks how he can call himself a bhakta before the Sharanas of Kudalasangama Deva. He gives the image of an areca nut within a mango…