Summary Basavanna describes the abiding condition of Kudalasangama’s Sharanas through effortlessness, fullness of form, profound seeing, and the radiance of a jewel appearing within water. The dwelling is made without…

Summary Basavanna says that where worship was present, he sang of Linga; where speech was present, he sang of Jangama; and where the tongue was present, he sang of Prasada.…

Summary Addressing the seeker as a daughter, Basavanna asks her not to shrink in shame or turn away upon seeing the bridegroom. There is nowhere to hide and no place…

Summary Basavanna presents a reciprocal transformation. When the sattvika wears the garment of the bhoutika, the bhoutika becomes sattvika and the sattvika becomes bhoutika. This exchange does not remain hidden.…

Summary Basavanna presents the Shuddhatma, the pure self, and the Paramatma, the Supreme Self, as two claimants quarrelling over a single jewel. Their contention is observed, and the jewel is…

Summary Basavanna distinguishes two movements. The world circles within Kudalasangama Deva’s Māyā, while his own mind circles around the Lord. He then states the relation of knowing: Kudalasangama Deva knows…

Summary Basavanna repeatedly beholds the conduct of a Sharana who is not governed by contact and restraint and who does not know the fluctuation of coming and going. What he…

Summary Basavanna places several recognised spiritual conditions before the unborn: those who are fearful in this world, those regarded as heroes in another world, and those who have attained Salokya,…

Summary Basavanna questions those who perform the eightfold worship and the sixteen forms of sacred service but do not know how to reach or touch Kudalasangama Deva. Ritual completeness alone…

Summary Basavanna addresses the Supreme Lord and recalls that, even when the Lord was displeased and left him within the mortal world, he endured that condition. Having passed through it,…