Poetic RenderingWhat use are ten thousand sacred hymnsif the mind has not touched the all-pervading Linga?What use are vows, rituals, or renunciationsif your very being does not dissolve into the…

Poetic RenderingWhoever it may beif his mind rests in remembrance of Mahadeva,I shall accept even the smallest morsel from his hand,and live in ceaseless communion with himlike the upper and…

Poetic RenderingWhen strangers walk into a village,do the dogs not bark?So too, when sharanas journey from afardifferent paths, different thoughts, same truthshould we marvel if slanderers howl?Yet, O Koodalasangamadeva,Your sharanas…

Poetic RenderingI have made myself Your ox,not the wild one that kicks in pride,but the gentle onethat bows its neck to Your yoke.Among Your sharanas I walk,bearing the weight of…