Summary Basavanna begins with the smallest bodily measure and proceeds through an exact chain of increasingly larger units until he reaches the forty-eight-yojana boundary of Kalyana. Having established the full…

Summary Basavanna instructs the seeker not to fear, become disturbed, lose inward strength, or collapse. He then addresses the subtler movement of the mind: do not remain caught in anxious…

Summary Ignorance has receded and ego has subsided. The sixfold inner adversaries are dispersed, the eight forms of pride lose their hold, the ten vital airs become obedient, the senses…

Summary When other thought is forgotten and Kudalasangama Deva’s thought takes its place, Prāṇa becomes firmly established in its ground. The movement of the ten vital airs ceases, and the…

Summary Basavanna names Kudalasangama Deva as the Linga beyond valuation and beyond the reach of measure. This Linga has no beginning, middle, or end. It is independent, eternally stainless, and…

Summary Within Basavanna’s body, Maḍivāḷa Machideva was revealed. Within his mind, the revealer’s own abiding state was shown; within his awareness, Kudalasangama Deva was revealed. This threefold svāyatta was established…

Summary Basavanna places the entire experience of seeking food under Kudalasangama Deva’s action. When the Lord is gracious, He may make Basavanna go from place to place begging. When he…

Summary Basavanna says that through the forgetfulness of what had gone before, he came into this bhava, this embodied becoming. Through Kudalasangama Deva’s līlā and the ordering thread of His…

Summary The qualities belonging to Anga have worn away, and the separately experienced taste of bhakti has ebbed. Linga has completely enveloped Anga. Basavanna can no longer determine what to…

Summary Basavanna describes a search obstructed like feet entangled by a creeper. The object of longing finally comes within reach, and after many days it is found. In exultation, he…