Summary Basavanna presents Bhakta and Jangama as mutually joined in Linga worship. When the Jangama joins the Bhakta, the Bhakta performs Linga-archane; when the Bhakta joins the Jangama, the Jangama…

Summary Basavanna addresses Kudalasangama Deva as the Master and the Eternal One through whom the vast world has unfolded. He repeats, “Mahadeva, Mahadeva,” and says that beyond this no further…

Summary Basavanna asks whether anything can stand as an equal to the incomparable glory indicated through Śruti and the radiance of the twelve Adityas. He then cites Śruti itself: “Somaḥ…

Summary Before the elevated shrine, with Nandi as the sacred vehicle and at the doorway associated with Sadyojata, a proclamation is being made. Basavanna asks us to observe what is…

Summary Basavanna addresses the one who claims that the Veda is self-born and asks him to listen to what Śruti itself proclaims. Śruti declares that Rudra is the one God…

Summary Basavanna stands before the highest declaration of Śruti and asks what more he can say. Kudalasangama Deva possesses a greatness beyond the greatest and remains beyond the mind’s grasp.…

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…

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 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 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…