Summary
In this vachana, Basavanna distinguishes three movements that test purity: body, mind, and wealth.
He says that the body comes and moves about. The body may draw attention, disturbance, care, or attachment. If the seeker remains occupied only with the body, the deeper purpose is missed.
He then says that the mind comes and looks. The mind observes, measures, judges, and examines. This too can remain incomplete if it does not become clear before Kudalasangama Deva.
The third movement is wealth. Wealth comes, but it may be hoarded, diverted, or misused from the abundance that should serve the Jangama and the community of the Jangama. This is the sharpest warning. Wealth is not condemned by itself; its misuse is condemned when what should flow toward sacred service is held back or turned away.
Basavanna then declares that he is pure for the treasure of Kudalasangama Deva’s desire. This purity means that body, mind, and wealth must not become private centers of attachment, judgment, or hoarding.
The teaching is direct: the Sharana must not be ruled by body, mind, or wealth. Wealth especially must not be withheld from its rightful movement toward Jangama service. The Sharana remains pure for the treasure of Kudalasangama Deva.
Imagery & Symbolic Relevance
The body is the first image. It comes into the field of attention and may trouble, attract, or occupy the seeker. Basavanna does not reject the body, but he refuses to make bodily concern the center.
The mind is the second image. It comes to look. Looking here suggests examination, judgment, and mental involvement. The mind can observe without surrendering; it can measure without becoming pure.
Wealth is the third image. It comes into the field of community life, but it is not to be treated as private possession. In the Sharana path, wealth has a direction: it must serve Jangama, Dasoha, and the living community.
The danger is not merely that someone seeks gain. The danger is that wealth given or gathered with the intention of serving Jangama is hoarded, misused, or redirected. What should circulate becomes blocked.
Jangama gives the proper measure of wealth. Wealth is purified when it serves the living sacred presence. It becomes impure when it is retained for self-interest while appearing to belong to the path.
The treasure of Kudalasangama Deva’s desire is the final positive image. Basavanna does not seek a treasure of private gain. He seeks purity before the Lord’s own treasure — the sacred purpose for which body, mind, and wealth must remain rightly ordered.
Purity is therefore not mere personal cleanliness or moral self-image. It is freedom from bodily attachment, mental measuring, and the misuse of wealth meant for Jangama service.
The movement of the vachana is therefore from body, to mind, to wealth, to Jangama, and finally to purity before the treasure of Kudalasangama Deva.
Lingayoga
In Lingayoga, this vachana teaches right ordering of body, mind, and wealth.
The seeker should ask: does the body disturb the path? Does the mind only look, judge, and measure? Does wealth flow toward Jangama and Dasoha, or is it held back, hoarded, and misused?
For Sharana Sthala, the practice-point is clear: do not allow body, mind, or wealth to become private possessions against the living movement of Jangama. Let wealth remain pure by serving its rightful purpose. Remain clean for Kudalasangama Deva’s treasure.
Editorial Commentary
The third line must not be reduced to ordinary greed. The Kannada points toward wealth in relation to Jangama and the community that gives for Jangama service. The issue is the failure of rightful circulation: what should flow in Dasoha is hoarded or misdirected. This makes the vachana a strong warning about the purity of shared resources in the Sharana path.
Related Vachana
Supporting Vachana
Pranalingi Sthala Vachana 963 — Body, Mind, and Being as the Vessels of Linga
Pranalingi Vachana 963 supports this teaching by giving the proper sacred ordering of the seeker’s life: the mind belongs to Linga, wealth belongs to Jangama, the body belongs to Prasada, and speech belongs to Linga-Jangama-Prasada. This supports Vachana 722 directly. Vachana 722 warns that body, mind, and wealth can become misdirected, especially when wealth meant for Jangama service is hoarded or misused. Vachana 963 gives the corrective order: wealth must belong to Jangama, not to private accumulation.
Advancing Vachana
Aikya Sthala Vachana 1226 — The Final Offering into Purity
Aikya Vachana 1226 advances this teaching by carrying wealth, body, mind, inner feeling, and even the state beyond feeling into total offering. After Chennabasavanna makes the crossing possible, the devotee merges into Kudalasangama Deva, offers himself completely, and becomes pure. This is the natural advancement from Vachana 722. Vachana 722 demands purity in relation to body, mind, wealth, and Jangama service; Aikya Vachana 1226 shows the completed movement, where wealth, body, mind, bhava, and the whole self are offered without remainder into Kudalasangama Deva.
