The Voice of the Primordial

Poetic RenderingWhen cream blends with jaggeryand becomes one crystal of sweetnessjust so are these Vachanas:the river of truth flowing unbrokeninto the ocean of being.Yet turning away from this stream,they dig…

Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

The Divine Embracing Itself

Poetic RenderingThe milk belongs to the calfits mouth has already claimed it.The river belongs to the fishendlessly it drinks what it lives within.The fragrance of a blossom belongs to the…

Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

The Inevitable Homecoming

Poetic RenderingThe serpent, coiled like a curving script,always slips back into its waiting hole.The winding river restless, shimmeringfinds its way at last to the ocean’s boundless heart.So too, O Kudalasangamadeva,no…

Bhakta - Aikya AIKYA

The True Lineage

Poetic RenderingWhat worth is one’s lineageif it is not rooted in You?What pride in birth or familyif Your hold is absent?The true ornament of any clanis one like Māḍara Chennayyamade…

Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

The Alchemy of True Nobility

Poetic RenderingWithout the seed, no womb conceives;the life-force moves the same in all.Desire, anger, greed these currentsflow alike in every being.Then what is learned? What is heard?What makes one high…

Bhakta - Aikya AIKYA

The True Measure of Holiness

Poetic RenderingIf one born low becomes Your true devotee,does not the dog-nature fall away?Washed clean of the five-sensed dirt,why should he not become musicworthy of honor?Let the drums resound,let the…

Aikya - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Path That Transforms Identity

Poetic RenderingThe Path That Transforms IdentityIf one called “low-born” bows to the Linga,then that is the company I choose.Even the man the world despisesif his heart leans toward You,call him…

Prasadi - Aikya AIKYA

The Sacred Trinity That Purifies All

Poetic RenderingWhere the Linga is present, can caste exist?Where the Jangama dwells, can clan remain?Where Prasada is shared, can impurity abide?Only the pollution of false speech defiles.O Koodalasangama, for Your…

Aikya - Prasadi PRASADI

The Unshakable Core

Poetic RenderingWhen the senses surge and rebel,can they shake the one anchored in You?When the world storms with anger,can its clamor break the spine of truth?Would anyone place a tender…

Aikya - Prasadi PRASADI

The Alchemy of Surrender

Poetic RenderingHailstones fall glittering from the skyhard, dazzling, pretending to be jewelsyet the moment the sun touches them,they melt into mere water.Wax stands firm in its borrowed shape,but when the…