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 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 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 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 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 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 asks why he should call anyone his own merely because that person stands within Ādi, Veda, Shastra, or Samaya. Scriptural, doctrinal, or inherited affiliation does not by itself…

Summary Basavanna questions the final worth of elder brother, younger brother, father, and lineage when those relationships are not joined with the Linga. Blood relation and inherited descent do not…

Summary Basavanna rejects the condition of the ritualist who remains caught in the karmic net of gold, woman, and land and moves wastefully toward ruin. He then asks twice: is…

Summary Basavanna declares that he will bind the Veda, shackle the Shastra, break the back of Tarka, and cut the nose of Agama. These established authorities cannot retain supremacy when…