Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses the distance between sacred knowing and realized seeing. He calls birth low, yet he has not left birth. He receives the love of bhaktas,…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that he became attached to the sound of words. He answered word with word and was ruined. Without anubhava becoming established, speech scattered him.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what he should call a mind that cries out, yet cannot offer what belongs to the Owner back to the Owner. The mind laments,…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that people call him a bhakta because they see only his outer side. They do not know the condition within. He does not accept…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that he performs bodily devotion where others can see. The body is active before onlookers, but inward truth is absent. He says that he…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that bhakti has not arisen in him. He also says that he is empty of yukti, the discernment that should guide devotion. He then…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna compares himself to a washerman beating clothes that are not his own. The action is intense, but the cloth does not belong to him. He…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that the illusion of gold pulled him like a dog toward wealth, and in that pull he forgot Kudalasangama Deva. The fault is not…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna uses the image of a wife who does not love or turn toward her own husband. The relation is near, but inward recognition is absent.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that he sees the path, yet turns away from it. He names himself as one whose mind is disturbed and wandering, even while the…