| Sr # | Vachana | Sr # | Vachana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A trusted wife but signified A single lordship. The devout too Who knows of trust have it in one. Beware! Another God is treachery Forbear! Another God is adultery And pays the toll of the culprit's nose If Kudala Sangama chances to see." -- Sri Basaveshwar 1 | 2 | "Let the words be like the pearls on a string; Let the deeds be in tune with words How else can Kudala Sangama be pleased?" 1 |
| 3 | "Like the fire immanent in the deeps Like the sweetness in the nectar of the moon, Like the fragrance in the bud, And, Oh! Kudala Sangama, Like a maiden's love is it - The unnameable in Man." 1 | 4 | "The all-Knowing Veda took fright at the Linga, Wherein Knowledge knows not what it is. The Shastra despaired of attaining Linga, Where attainment is not what it vaunts. The Science of Logic that thrashes much beside And around, linga well alone The vistas envisaged by Agamas showed How impossible near is Linga For, angels and men, help not missing what Kudala Sangama's servants must measure." 1 |
| 5 | "All mystic names that signalizes Linga Are charms to conjure shadows Of distant something Else. The Linga ever is in spite of Every name and form. The Linga never owns but Chisels figures in the flesh. Beyond and far above the Great Almighty stays with Linga And every flight to Him must End in Kudala Sanga's Being." 1 | 6 | "The self in contact is the same From this end or from that, Oh! Man, The mystic whistle, glare and trance Are tokens of the supreme Linga Transcending and preserving all But Kudala Sangamdeva knows And He alone, the rapture-spell In which both Man and God are one." 1 |
| 7 | "I am caught in life entanglement; And I cry out "Help, Oh!, Help" But all is null and void. Lord Kudala Sangama, I cry for mercy." "Like the moon I was Under the spell of phases The Rahu of mundane life Has finished me completely By his darkening gulp Now is my body in full eclipse When I can expect deliverance Oh! Lord, Kudala Sangama? Oh! When? When will my life's thankless servitude end? When will it attain fruition in my mind - When will it, of Kudala Sangama When shall I be in bliss Supreme." 1 | 8 | "Arrayed in blazing splendours unsurpassed, Supreme, sublime and vast, the "I" held sway. Sooner than I could say my tongue was mute A wonder wrapped up in the luminous Dawn Oh! Kudala Sangama's Day, saw me awake." 1 |
| 9 | "If tree with tree embrace and chafe, Will not ignition set them ablaze? Will not the touch of High souled men Enkindle knowledge and burn up The grosser tendencies of Man? It will, Oh! Kudala Sangamadeva I pray, lead me to pure souled Men." 1 | 10 | Before the gray touches cheek, the face shrinks with wrinkles; the body turns into a nest of bones; Before becoming toothless a bend back and a burden to others; Before leaning on one leg with one hand, holding a stick in another; Before losing the luster of youth, and hearing death's call closing in; Bow down and worship Lord Kudala Sangama 2 |
| Sr #` | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Prophets of Veerashaivism", His Holiness Mahatapsvi Shri Kumarswamiji,1992 |
| 2 | "In Search of Shiva", Dr.Saroja Ullagaddi,Ph.D.,published by The Veerashaiva Samaja of North America,1995 |
| 3 | "Speaking of Siva", Translated with an introduction by A.K.Ramanujam. Penguin Books, 1973 |
| 4 | "Siddharameshwar's Vachanas" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddheshwar |
