Summary Basavanna declares that from the socially elevated Vipra to the socially excluded Antyaja, all who are Shiva-bhaktas are one. Birth and inherited status cannot create higher or lower ranks…

Summary Basavanna says that he is entangled with the mark called karma, yet he turns to Kudalasangama Deva with a direct appeal. The Lord’s language becomes the force that redirects…

Summary Basavanna distinguishes between service performed for maintenance and service that remains firm when the decisive hour arrives. He is not one who serves merely for grain, nor a servant…

Summary Basavanna declares that even if his body is flayed, stretched, and made to resound like a drum, remembrance of Kudalasangama Deva’s feet will not cease while life remains. The…

Summary Basavanna declares that whatever may happen, he will not lose steadiness. Even if the bones are exposed, the nerves are torn, and the entrails spill out, his inward firmness…

Summary Basavanna declares that the conduct and words of the Lingavanta arise under the direction of the Linga. When movement and speech have this source, fear has no ground. The…

Summary Basavanna asks whether three realities can be reduced to a single word: the essence of sound, the Sharana’s bond, and Kudalasangama Deva’s utterance “O” to Nambi. The repeated question…

Summary Basavanna distinguishes between recounting the tested lives of earlier exemplars and personally undergoing such a test. The battles of ancient warriors may be described, the severe resolve of husband-vowed…

Summary When Linga and Jangama are known as one—not merely spoken of as one or accepted through belief, but directly realized—their presence is no longer divided. Those established in this…

Summary Basavanna recalls a sequence of extraordinary deeds: Vāli was killed, the ocean was bridged, ten-headed Rāvaṇa was brought down with a single arrow, Lanka was devastated, and Vibhīṣaṇa was…