Summary Basavanna asks us to behold Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharana: one who is not born into bhava, is not polluted by doubt, and cannot be confined either to form or to…

Summary Basavanna declares that Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas cannot be compared with anything. They are upamātīta—beyond likeness, analogy, and comparative measure. They are free from the binding authority of time and…

Summary Basavanna asks us to recognize the sacred condition of Kudalasangama’s Sharana. When the Sharana sleeps, it is japa; when he rises and sits, it is Shivaratri; when he walks,…

Summary Basavanna asks where lagna and vighna remain before Kudalasangama Deva—where joining or auspicious conjunction remains, and where obstruction remains. He then asks where fault and durita, wrongdoing or affliction,…

Summary Basavanna presents four conditions that do not reverse. Clay that has become a pot does not return to unformed clay; butter clarified into ghee does not become butter again;…

Summary Basavanna repeats “at every step” three times. Each step is a sacred station, a Divine field, and the place where treasure and its abiding ground are found together. Sacredness…

Summary Basavanna presents three closely connected conditions: the natural arising of Jnana, being taken within the radiance of Linga, and meditation upon Kudalasangama Deva. Before each, he repeats the same…

Summary Speaking in the bridal voice, Basavanna says that Kudalasangama Deva is unlike the husbands ordinarily seen. The Divine beloved does not move about displaying Himself, nor does He adorn…

Summary Basavanna places both possibilities before Kudalasangama Deva: the Lord may be pleased, or He may not be pleased. In either condition, Basavanna asks to be brought into sameness within…

Summary In the presence of the Sharanas established in Aikya, Hari, Brahma, and the hosts of gods acclaim Basavanna and ask where he should be seated. Basavanna refuses every proposed…