Pranalingi - Aikya Sharana - Aikya AIKYA

The Final Resting Place

Poetic RenderingWhere does the boundless ocean rest?Upon the broad and patient earth.Where does the earth itself rest?Upon the mighty serpent’s jeweled hood.And where does that serpent rest?Upon the sacred emblem…

Pranalingi - Aikya AIKYA

The Ocean’s Repose

Poetic RenderingMy devotion rose like a mighty oceanthen softened, settling as dew upon a single leaf.In that tiny bead of rest I laugh aloud;in that same bead I whirl into…

Aikya - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Dawn Beyond Fate

Poetic RenderingIf in the early dawn, as awareness first awakens,the mind turns wholly toward the Linga,then calamity, untimely death, and the knots of fatefall away like shadows before the rising…

Bhakta - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Seed and the Soil

Poetic RenderingThe devotion of those who cling to scriptures and rituals alonetheir offering is like a shard of baked clayburied in the soil.How can such a seed take root?How can…

Pranalingi - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Yearning for the Source

Poetic RenderingLike a calf wandering from its mother,calling, searching without restso my heart longs for Your Sharanas.Like a lotus yearning for first lightto open its hidden fragrance,so I wait for…

Sharana - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Heart’s Hidden Truth

Poetic RenderingWho can truly knowthe secret chambers of another’s heart?One may be hailed as virtuous,another scorned as sinfulyet if their inner self rests in Shiva,they stand sanctified.For the one who…

Maheshwara - Bhakta Pranalingi - Bhakta Sharana - Bhakta

The Mirror of Authenticity

Poetic Rendering“Come near, come closer,”the true sharanas call.Some step forward shyly,a hand over the mouthnot from pride,but from the softness of little learning,simple lives, simple words.Yet their faint whispersshine with…

Pranalingi - Bhakta Sharana - Bhakta Aikya - Bhakta

The Living Transmission

Poetic RenderingSome flaunt itfor the world to see.Some wear the Lingabecause they were told to,others because they were scolded into it.But to wear itwithout inner firelike a marriage thread without…

Bhakta - Pranalingi PRANALINGI

The Alchemy of Awareness

Poetic RenderingA pot and a polished mirrorboth shaped from the same metal:one feeds the body,the other reveals the face.So too, seeker and Sharanashare the same human frame:one wanders in forgetting,the…

Pranalingi - Bhakta BHAKTA

The Hidden Fire

Poetic RenderingHidden like fire within water,like sweetness sleeping in sap,like fragrance held within morning dewso is the maiden's secret love,so is my silent yearning for You,O Koodalasangamadeva. This vachana reveals…