Poetic Rendering“Welcome, come in”if you greet a guest with joy,does your wealth diminish?If you say, “Please sit,”does the earth crack beneath the weight?If you speak kindly the moment they arrive,will…

Poetic RenderingWhen the eyes fall upon a Sharanawith the purity of true reverence,and the heart recognizes himas the servant of Shivathen the stains of seven birthsdissolve like frost in morning…

Poetic RenderingTo the stone serpent they pour out milk,but when a living serpent comes,they strike it with a stick.To the lifeless idol they offer grand feasts,yet the living Jangama they…

Poetic RenderingDoes not the crow, on finding food,call out to gather its kin?Does not the hen, on seeing danger,cry aloud to shield her chicks?But the devotee who hoards his joy,who…

Poetic RenderingWhen the crow soils the gold,does it become a king’s crown?Can filth ever shape raw goldinto an ornament worthy of a throne?So, O Kudalasangamadeva,let me seek no false upliftmentfrom…

Poetic RenderingCall him an outcaste who killsbut know this:the one who devours others through harsh words,cruel thoughts, or harmful intentionsis the greater outcaste still.What worth is lineage without virtue?What value…

Poetic RenderingIf you claim a noble lineage,why hide your face,why trace timid circles in the dust?If your gotra is your pride,why bend your head in silencewhen asked to speak it…

Poetic RenderingCan one shed birth, yet clutch to impurity?Can one abandon light, yet embrace the dark?Why this delusion of caste-pride, O man?What use a hundred crore priests,if devotion is absent?Do…

Poetic RenderingWhen my walk is true, my words flow true;when my speech is pure, my steps align with it.In all my movements and all my words,it is You who are…

Poetic Renderinghen the Brahmin calls himself a devotee,he still clings to the thread of pride and lineage.When the flower-seller turns to devotion,he keeps the same stale well of illusion beside…