Summary Basavanna questions whether outward religious marks, bodily observances, and ritual crossing can by themselves establish spiritual transformation. He asks Kudalasangama Deva to prevent his attention from turning toward another…

Summary What had appeared in a dream is now seen as true and established. Basavanna has found a treasure that cannot be relinquished. He identifies this treasure directly as Kudalasangayya.…

Summary Basavanna praises Kudalasangama Deva through a succession of forms, marks, and remembered acts: the golden serpent, matted locks, sacred ash, skull, Ardhanari form, and deeds associated with Bāṇa, Nambi,…

Summary Basavanna declares that no lord other than the heart-captivating Kudalasangama Deva can enter his mind. The One adorned with the serpent alone answers his inward longing; no other relation…

Summary Basavanna asks the whole world to know that he has one husband: Kudalasangama Deva. Speaking in the devotional voice of a wife, he declares that he is married and…

Summary Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva not to let samsara pursue and scatter him. His mind is already absorbed in the Lord’s meditation, and he knows no other. Using bridal language,…

Summary Basavanna places the measure of merit and sin in Kudalasangama Deva’s approval: what pleases the Lord is merit, and what does not please Him is sin. The Lord is…

Summary Basavanna says that bodily association has fallen away. He cannot part from those who remain in the fellowship of Anubhava, nor from those whose love is deeply given to…

Summary Basavanna asks what ordinary reasoning can make of one overwhelmed by devotional love. He compares this condition with a person consumed by sensual desire, who no longer calculates shame,…

Summary Basavanna says that the body of one who practises devotion must resemble a plantain stem. When its layers are gently removed and examined, no hard core should remain within.…