Summary Basavanna says that through ages, dissolutions, and overwhelming movements of burning and blazing, he has seen no other. He then turns directly to the field of deities. Apart from…

Summary When six crore Brahmās pass away, only one day has passed for Nārāyaṇa. When one crore Nārāyaṇas pass away, Rudra’s eye has merely blinked. Basavanna then places even the…

Summary When Kudalasangama Deva dances, the earth trembles beneath the impact of His feet, the stars scatter as His crown touches them, and the worlds are shaken by the movement…

Summary Seeing the inscriptions upon the skull garland around Hara’s neck, deluded groups read them and assign different identities: Aja, Hari, Surapati, Dharanendra, and Antaka. They engage one another with…

Summary Basavanna recalls three manifestations of Shiva’s greatness: Brahma’s skull came into His hand, Vishnu’s eye came to His feet, and the ashes of the burnt Kama came upon His…

Summary Basavanna offers repeated salutations to Kudalasangama Deva as the Supreme Form, the Supreme Reality, the fearsome One established in the primordial, and the cause of dissolution. He also addresses…

Summary Basavanna presents Kudalasangama Deva through an immeasurable Divine body. Rudra, Vishnu, Aja, Indra, the moon, sun, fire, air, space, the hosts of gods, earth, and the directions are each…

Summary Basavanna gathers the foundations and vast structures of the cosmos—water, Kūrma, Nāga, earth, the seven oceans, the cosmic egg, Hari, and Viriñci—and places them within Kudalasangama Deva. Even these…

Summary Basavanna declares that wherever he looks, Kudalasangama Deva alone is present. The Lord is the form of the entire manifested expanse. He then identifies Him through the Śruti expressions:…

Summary Basavanna declares that Kudalasangama Deva holds Sakala and Niṣkala together. He alone is the manifest, and He alone is the formless. The Śruti expressions that follow present Him as…