Summary In this vachana, Basavanna addresses the mind as one who has gone to the hunt. Others may go hunting, but he asks why the mind should wander without purpose.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna teaches that joining with Kudalasangama Deva requires the cleansing of the whole embodied field. The eye must first be cleared of dirt before it can…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what is gained by counting the many openings of an anthill. Though the anthill may have many mouths, the serpent dwells in one place.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna invokes the Hero who burned Tripura, broke Daksha’s sacrifice, subdued fierce Narasimha, and was born from Hara’s forehead. Each image shows corrective power. The Hero…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna presents sleep as a demoness dwelling in the cave of darkness. She seizes beings and weakens even the brave. She drains the strength of the…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna warns that daily ritual attention to the Linga does not by itself become living worship. Day after day, the Linga is bathed, anointed, and remembered,…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that seeing Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas brings deep joy. When he does not see them, his condition becomes troubled and incomplete. The longing arises from…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that the company of Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas is supreme joy. Their nearness is not ordinary companionship; it is the living field in which devotion…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses the sorrow of falling away after the Sharanas of Kudalasangama Deva had come and protected him. The shelter was given, but he did not…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna recalls the vast greatness of Ravana: asura-like wealth, countless women said to rival Sita, wise ministers, immense armies, many sons, power over the guardians of…