The Antidote to Empty Religion

Poetic RenderingWhat worth are songs that rise with no soul within?What worth the chants that echo hollow from the tongue?Of what use is scripture, read and recited,when the heart gives…

Bhakta - Sharana SHARANA

The Lineage of Truth

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…

Sharana - Bhakta BHAKTA

Poetic RenderingA Sharana must hold fast to vows:never desire another’s wealth,never touch another’s wife,never bow to another’s god,never forsake Linga and Jangama,never doubt the sanctity of Prasada.Without this steadfastness, O…

Bhakta - Prasadi PRASADI

The Throne of Humility

Poetic RenderingIf I harden my heart, I lose the wayso I keep the highest seat within me empty,awaiting the Jangama’s arrival.Only by leaving space for Youcan I hope to merge…

BHAKTA Prasadi - Bhakta

Forging the Unbreakable Vessel

Poetic RenderingIf a servant fails his master, the master's name is shamed. O Lord, make me a servant who does not fail. Make me an unbreakable vessel, O Koodalasangamadeva, So that in this…

BHAKTA Prasadi - Bhakta

The Masks of Illusion

Poetic RenderingTo birth, she came as a mother, an illusion so keen,In the attachment’s guise, as daughter unseen.As a spouse in the union, illusion weaves tight,In every role, illusion cloaks…

Maheshwara - Bhakta BHAKTA

Fiery Vigilance

Poetic RenderingIn waking, in dream, in deep sleep if I think of another, strike me down!In laughter, in joy if I forget you, strike me down!If ever I turn from…

Bhakta - Sharana SHARANA

True Nobility

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…

Bhakta - Maheswara MAHESHWARA

Inner Arsonist

Poetic RenderingWhy direct your fury at another, O fool?What is your gain? What is their loss?The body's anger first burns your own dignity.The mind's anger first shatters your own inner…

Maheshwara - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Eclipse of the Soul

Poetic RenderingIgnorance devours the poor like a dark eclipse.Delusion ruins the wealthy like a shadow swallowing their light.Lust blinds the lustful in the darkness of craving.Afraid of these terrors haunting…