Summary
Madivala removes what has been constructed through imagination and makes Basavanna know the Unimagined. He brings the mind to rest, establishes it in ghana, breaks the dominance of bodily identity, and establishes the subtler inward ground.
He fills the inner being with Mahajnana and establishes Sadachara in outward life. By repeatedly explaining and showing Kudalasangama Deva’s state, Madivala makes Basavanna worthy of the Lord’s sacred feet. The fulfilment is shared life: Basavanna and Madivala dwell together in joy within Kudalasangama Deva’s Mahamane.
Imagery & Symbolic Relevance
The removal of the kalpita, the imagined or constructed, begins the transformation. It refers to what the mind has formed and accepted as real through its own projection. Madivala removes this constructed basis rather than giving it a new spiritual form.
He then makes the akalpita known. The Unimagined is not another mental construction placed in the position of the first. It is what becomes known when the imagined no longer governs perception.
The mind is brought to rest and established in ghana. The movement is from instability and mental construction to a firm, undispersed condition. Madivala does not merely give Basavanna information; he changes the ground in which knowing occurs.
The contrast between tanu and aṇu follows. The bodily basis is broken, and the subtler ground is established. This does not describe the literal destruction or disappearance of the body. Bodily identity ceases to be the final measure through which Basavanna understands himself.
The inward and outward movements are then joined. Madivala fills the antaranga, the inner being, with Mahajnana. This knowledge does not remain private or concealed, because he also establishes Sadachara in the bahiranga, the outward life. Inner realization and lived conduct therefore confirm one another.
Madivala repeatedly explains and shows Kudalasangama Deva’s nilavu—the Lord’s state, standing, or abiding condition. The teaching is not confined to verbal explanation. What is explained is also shown, making knowledge directly recognizable.
Through this complete transformation, Madivala makes Basavanna worthy of Kudalasangama Deva’s sacred feet. Worthiness is received through the realized Sharana; it is not presented as Basavanna’s self-produced attainment.
The Mahamane forms the concluding field. Basavanna does not stand there alone after being made worthy. He and Madivala dwell together in joy. The fulfilment of realization includes Sharana-sanga: shared abiding in Kudalasangama Deva’s Great House.
Lingayoga
In Lingayoga, transformation must include mind, embodied identity, inward knowledge, outward conduct, and relation with the realized Sharana.
Mahajnana within cannot remain separate from Sadachara without. Knowledge must become conduct, while conduct must arise from inward clarity. Madivala’s action shows the Jangama preparing the Anga for the Linga: he removes false construction, establishes right knowing, and makes Basavanna worthy of Kudalasangama Deva’s sacred feet.
The final condition is not isolated attainment. It is joyful abiding with the realized Sharana in the Mahamane.
Editorial Commentary
The implicit grammatical agent of the transformative actions is Madivala. He removes the imagined, reveals the Unimagined, steadies the mind, establishes the subtler ground, fills the inner being with Mahajnana, establishes outward Sadachara, shows the Lord’s state, and makes Basavanna worthy.
Kudalasangama Deva is directly addressed as the Lord whose nilavu is shown and whose sacred feet Basavanna is made worthy to approach. Madivala functions as the realized Sharana and Jangama through whom this preparation occurs; he is not identified with Kudalasangama Deva.
Tanu refers to the bodily basis, while aṇu indicates the subtle or minute ground established when bodily identity no longer rules. The contrast remains source-bound and does not require an expanded doctrine of subtle-body anatomy.
Related Vachana
Supporting Vachana
Sharana Sthala Vachana 1085 — Made Worthy Through Madivala
In Sharana Vachana 1085, Madivala purifies Basavanna’s body, makes his mind stainless, illumines his inner being, opens his outward life, and makes him worthy of Kudalasangama Deva. The repeated actions clearly identify Madivala as the realized Sharana through whom Basavanna is transformed.
This prepares Vachana 1135 directly. The Sharana vachana establishes the agent and the initial transformation: body, mind, inner being, and outward life are made fit through Madivala. In Aikya Vachana 1135, that work reaches fuller establishment. The imagined is removed, the Unimagined is known, Mahajnana and Sadachara become inwardly and outwardly established, Kudalasangama Deva’s state is shown, and Basavanna lives joyfully with Madivala in the Mahamane.
Advancing Vachana
Aikya Sthala Vachana 1242 — Beyond the “I” Before the Linga
Aikya Vachana 1242 asks where the separate “I” can remain before the great reality called Linga. Though the Sharana continues to bear a body, he is not therefore ordinary, nor is he inwardly separate from the natural Divine condition. The body remains, but it no longer defines the Sharana through ordinary bodily identity.
This advances Vachana 1135 precisely. Madivala first breaks the dominance of tanu, establishes the subtler ground, joins inner Mahajnana with outward Sadachara, and makes Basavanna worthy of Kudalasangama Deva’s feet. Vachana 1242 reveals the mature condition resulting from such establishment: embodied life continues, but the separate claimant no longer has an independent place before Linga.
The shared joy of the Mahamane thus advances into the recognition that the embodied Sharana cannot be measured as an ordinary mortal or as one separate from the Divine state.
