Basavanna and Akkamahadevi Vachanagalu

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basavaNNanavara vachana

vachanadalli nAmAmRuta tuMbinayanadalli nimma mUruti tuMbimanadalli nimma nenahu tuMbikiviyalli nimma kIruti tuMbikUDala saMgama dEvAnimma charaNakamaladoLagAnu tuMbi

Meaning:The words spoken (by me) are full of ambrosia of (Your Holy) Name !The eyes are enriched with the vision of Your Form !The mind is full of Your thoughts !The ears are filled with Your Glory !Oh Lord of kUDala saMgama,in Your Feet lotus, I am there as a bee !

Notes:All the five senses and the three karaNas areoffered to the Lord and everywhere the kUDala sangama

dEva is ruling - showering bliss to the devotee.So what would the devotee do now ? basavaNNabeautifully puts it, "As a bee I am enjoying thelotus of Your Feet, my God !" These are the peoplewho need not have to wait for an after death mukti,but are liberated right here in this world.

-----basavaNNanavara vachana

nIrige naidile SRuMgArasamudrake tereye SRuMgAranaarige guNave SRuMgAragaganake chaMdrama SRuMgAranamma kUDala saMgana sharaNaranosalige vibhUtiye SRuMgAra

Meaning:For the water (pond) water-lily is the charm;For the ocean tides are the charm;For the woman character is the charm;For the sky moon is the charm;For foreheads of the refugees (devotees) of theLord of kUDala sangama, the holy ash is the charm.

Notes:1. Imagine the loss in the beauty of the pond,

if it doesn't have a flower !How monotonous and boring would be thelarge ocean without the roaring waves !How would the family be if the ladywho administers it is characterless ?Compare the resplendent sky with a full moonwith the one without it.So beautiful is the holy ash for the face ofthe devotees. It adds to the shine of the faceand it adds to the shine of the mind.


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2. Holy Ash is a symbol very closelyassociated as well as important with shivalinga.While the followers of the vedic rites hail it asAgneya snAna, the saints of all philosophies of shaivismwear it in all reverence as the symbol of Lord shiva.It is not just another mark. It stands for the cleansingof ourselves in the journey towards the Perfect Beingcalled shiva. The rituals are said to be giving theirfull fruit only when performed wearing Holy Ash.Naturally it gets the term as used by basavaNNa inthis vachana "vibhUti"- the Exceptional wealth.Some of the information about Holy Ash could be foundat http://shaivam.org/shpash.htm3. nosalige - for the forehead.-----basavaNNanavara vachana

jnAnada baladiMda ajnAnada kEDu, nODayyajyOtiya baladiMda tamaMtada kEDu, nODayyasatyada baladiMda asatyada kEDu, nODayya

paruShada baladiMda avalOhada kEDu, nODayyakUDala saMgana sharaNara anubhAvadiMdaenna bhavada kEDu, nODayya.

Meaning:By the power of knowledge, is the destruction of ignorance, You see.By the power of light, is the destruction of darkness, You see.By the power of truth, is the destruction of falsehood, You see.By the power of paruSha stone, is the destruction of iron, You see.By the experience of the refugees of Lord of kUDala sangama,is the destruction of my birth cycle, You see.

Notes:1. There are lots of misdeeds happening in the world,from petty crimes around the corner to across the worldunder various banners. What is the solution for this ?Should we take a weapon and fight ? How many ill-doerscan the weapon eliminate ? At one point even the claritywho is miscreant may be lost or there would be new setof miscreant coming up ! Looks like an endless battle ?!

basavaNNa gives beautiful solution. When the room isdark, there is no point in fighting with the darknesswith all the vigor. One would only get exhausted. Justlight the lamp. You need not even ask the darkness toleave ! That is the solution. Sew the good deeds.Propagate the good knowledge sincerely. The poisonousseeds may not find enough place to grow ! As there

were not seeds of goodness already in place the poisonousone grew. As much is the spread of goodness somuch less would be the growth of negatives making theworld around us a better place to live.2. The experience of the devotees is the prime thingto thank for our spiritual well being. If the seers ofancient times kept their knowledge to themselves, wherewould all these advancements come from ? The reasonto venerate our great saints - like basavaNNa.3. paruSha is a stone when touches the iron, the iron


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object becomes golden. Used in alchemy.------------------

basavaNNanavara vachana

ivanArava ivanArava ivanAravaneMdu eNisadirayya.iva nammava iva nammava, iva nammavaneMdu eNisayya.kUDala saMgamadEvA nimma maneya maganeMdu eNisayya.

Meaning:Don't make (me) think, "Whose is this man ? Whose is this man ? Whose is thisman ?"Make (me) think, "This is our man. This is our man. This is our man."Oh the Deity of kUDala saMgama, make (me) think that "I am a son ofYour house."

Notes1. Our Lord stands as the Supreme Flame that transcedes all boundaries.For that God without anybody second to It, who are related and who are not ?People of which color, race, caste, gender, language, region are

Its liked ones and which are not ? The One God for this total universedoes not push away any section of people as hatable. If there had beentwo Gods may be there could be the preferred ones by each one. There is onlyOne and that is the One of Bliss for everybody.Whoever is the devotee of our beloved God, they are all of our own. Nodiscrimination of the devotees in anyway. We are all the sons of thatGreat House !2. c.f.

bAMdhavA shiva bhaktASchasvadEsho bhuvanatrayam

- shaMkara bhagavatpAda

-----------basavaNNanavara vachana

bhakti eMtahadayya ? dAsayya mADidaMtahadayya.bhakti eMtahadayya ? siriyALa mADidaMtahadayya.bhakti eMtahadayya ? namma ballALa mADidaMtahadayya.bhakti eMtahadayya ?kUDalasaMgamadEva, nI bANana bAgila kAdaMtahadayya !

Meaning:What is the nature of devotion ? It is like the deed of dAsayya.What is the nature of devotion ? It is like the deed of siriyALa.What is the nature of devotion ? It is like the deed of our ballALa.

What is the nature of devotion ?Oh the Divine of kUDala sangama, it is like You waiting at the door-step ofbANa !

Notes1. The great devotion does not hold back anything. Whatever bethe thing and however dearer it is, for a truly devoted anythingis incomparable to the devotion towards our Lord. dAsayya,siriyALa and sindhu ballALa were at once ready to give awayther dearest and noblest things in devotion be it their only child


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or the wife herself ! The extremes of devotion. They do not lookfor anything in return. Just the devotion itself brings them enoughbliss. They do not need a mukti in an afterlife, but they attain itright here as exclaimed by vedas ! They stand as the stars to lookup for bhakti.2. But what is the power of devotion ? This devotion is so greatthat it brought the Supreme, Who commands the whole universe andWho is the Almighty, to stand at the entrance of the palace of the asurabANa blessing him !! This is the reward of bhakti !!3. Detailed story of siriyALa could be read athttp://www.shaivam.org/nachirut.html , that of sindhu ballALa athttp://www.shaivam.org/naiyarpa.html . Lord shiva standing at thedoorsteps of bANAsura at http://www.shaivam.org/ad_banasura.htm-----------------------basavaNNanavara vachana

enna vAma kShEma nimmadayyaenna hAni vRuddhi nimmadayyaenna mAna apamAnavU nimmadayyabaLLige kAyi dimmitte, kUDala saMgama dEvA

Meaning:(The ownership of) my ill-being and well-being is Yours.(The ownership of) my decay and growth is Yours.(The ownership of) my dignity and disrespect is also Yours.For the creeper is the fruit a load ?Oh Lord of kUDala sangama

Notes1. When the state is unconditional and completesurrender to God, what is our ownership.Whatever it comes - be it good or bad - in theeyes of the world, everything is owned by God.What the devotee enjoys is the never decayingbliss in the relationship with the GodWho cannot grow any further !2. The saints who have completely offeredthemselves to God and remain in that state,any crime committed against them is that committedagainst God. They do not care, but God does forthem. The same way the support offered to themis an offering to God. This is very explicit in theguru - jangama bhakti.3. c.f. "Haven't You taken my soul, body and allbelongings to be Yours the same day You tookme as Your devotee ? Can there be a hurdle forme today ?" - thiruvAcakam.

----------------basavaNNanavara vachana

uMba baTTalu bEre kaMchallanODuva darpaNa bEre kaMchallabAMda oMde bhAjana oMdebeLLage kannaDiyenisinittayyA.aridaDe sharaNa maredaDe mAnavamareyade pUjisu kUDalasaMgana.


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Meaning:The vessel used for eating is not a different bronze andthe mirror is not made of different bronze.Material is the same; Nature is the same;When polished it shines as the mirror.If realizes (s/he) is a sharaNa;If forgotten then (ordinary) human being.(So) worship without forgetting the One in kUDalasangama

Notes:1. Bronze was used in earlier times as mirror.When shaped and polished well, it reflects the objects.2. Whenever there is a spiritual leader emerging lotsof propaganda made stating so and so is an avatAr ofsome divine or associated things. (This is done more soby the followers than the spiritual people themselves )Why ? Can't there be a good reverence to that personon his/her own merit ? Or is it that by claiming they areavatArs the rest are simply washing away their hands inthe spiritual duty, that it is to be done only by avatars and

not by the normals like them.But isn't there an ingenuity in them as compared to therest of the world ? Definitely there could be. But it is outof the austerity they made to seek God in whatever littleproportions in the earlier births that got them this gift.Originally all were the same material. But the ones whoshaped and polished themselves by seeking the Godthe Ultimate Truth shine Its glory through them, therest just continue to be the old bronze accumulating dirt.sharaNas got secured at the Feet of God andthe rest who didn't seek are just the same mortals.There is no question of what one is today, but it is theeffort one makes in worshiping God today that woulddetermine the future course.

(It is not intended to mean that none of the greatdevotees are avatArs. But just to say that avatAr conceptshould not be misused and every one can reach theglorious state if there is effort and the blessing of God.)--------------------basavaNNanavara vachana

pAtaka shatakOTiyanorasalusAlade oMdu shivana nAma ?sAlade oMdu harana nAma ?kUDalasaMgamadEvAnimma uMDigeya pashuva mADideyAgi.

Meaning:To wipe off hundreds of crores of sins,isn't one uttarance of the name of shiva enough ?isn't one uttarance of the name of hara enough ?Oh the Divine of kUDalasangama,when You have put Your bull (cow) symbol (on me) !

Notes:1. Through the numerous births one accumulated the


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loads of sins and virtues in accordance with thewill and actions. One undergoes the fruits of thedeeds as an effect. But when one has surrenderedto God and accepts anything and everything onlyas the prasAda from the God, the person is detachedfrom the endless circle of karma. So for those whohave got to get the seal on them that they arecompletely surrendered slaves of God, how can thesins affect them ? The chanting of the name of theLord shiva paves way for the person to reach thatblissful state.

"Sins are piled up like the logs upto the sky !Still if a fire is put in it, they become nothing !The sins that are committed in the worldare chopped of the chant, 'namaHshivAya'.

- dEvAram"

----------------------basavaNNanavara vachana

attalitta hOgadaMte heLavana mADayyA taMde,sutti suLidu nODadaMte aMdakana mADayyA taMde,mattoMda kELadaMte kivuDana mADayyA taMde,nimma sharaNara pAdavalladeanya viShayakkeLasadaMte irisu,kUDalasaMgamadEvA.

Meaning:Not digressing here and there, make me a lame person, my Father !Not letting sight around and away, make me blind, my Father !Not letting hear something else, make me deaf, my Father !Other than Your refugee's feet, keep not getting draggedinto anything else, Oh the Divine of kUDalasangama !!

Notes:1. The one who would be an achiever would be the onewith focus - on the right target. Having got to know theGlorious Lord shiva, one needs to keep the mind fixedin God to continue to enjoy the Bliss the Lord showers.Digressing in focus would make one find at a muchdisplaced location from the path towards the target.2. c.f.

a. imAhum rudrAya tavase kapardinekshayadvIrAya prabharAmahe matim - shrI rudram

b. Let my breasts not join with the shoulders of anyone other than yourdevtee.

Let my hand do no work but for You,

In the night and day let my eyes not see anything else,If you give this boon, who cares where the sun rises !

- thiruvAcakam

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CP zAig Z

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v gd v wz Uz wgAvP PAqCAvgAU DveAz ewzAi PAqEgg zs tAUazez vjz D t zAzZPd PAqAi

akka mahAdeviyavara vachana

pRuthviya gelida ELEshvararna nAnu kaMDebhavabhrameya gelida brahmEshvarana nAnu kaMDesatva raja tama trividhava gelida tripurAMtakana kaMDeaMtaraMga AtmaGYAnadiMda jyOtisiddhayyana nAnu kaMDeivarellara madhyamasthAna prANaliMgaveMdusuGYAnadalli tOrida A basavaNNana prasAdadiMdachennamallikArjunana kaMDenayya

Meaning:I saw the ElEshvara who won the world.I saw the brahmEshvara who won the perplexity of birth.

I saw the tripurAntaka who three types - satva, raja & tamas.I saw the jyOtisiddhayya by the spiritual wisdom of the internal senses.The center of all of them is the prANalinga -Thus indicated basavaNNa by his good wisdom.By his favor I saw chennamallikArjuna.

Notes:1. One who wants to progress should seek thecompany of those who have the zeal to progress.The company of such people can enhance theadvancement. The company of the disoriented ormisoriented can only spoil. So the sharaNasseek and praise the company of other sharaNas.------------CP zAig Z

yAi Uz Kg PAqssAi Uz g PAqv gd v wz Uz wgAvP PAqCAvgAU DveAz ewzAi PAqEgg zs tAUazez vjz D t zAzZPd PAqAi


pRuthviya gelida ELEshvararna nAnu kaMDebhavabhrameya gelida brahmEshvarana nAnu kaMDesatva raja tama trividava gelida tripurAMtakana kaMDeaMtaraMga AtmaGYAnadiMda jyOtisiddhayyana nAnu kaMDeivarellara madhyamasthAna prANaliMgaveMdusuGYAnadalli tOrida A basavaNNana prasAdadiMdachennamallikArjunana kaMDenayya

Meaning:I saw the ElEshvara who won the world.


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I saw the brahmEshvara who won the perplexity of birth.I saw the tripurAntaka who three types - satva, raja & tamas.I saw the jyOtisiddhayya by the spiritual wisdom of the internal senses.The center of all of them is the prANalinga -Thus indicated basavaNNa by his good wisdom.By his favor I saw chennamallikArjuna.

Notes:1. One who wants to progress should seek thecompany of those who have the zeal to progress.The company of such people can enhance theadvancement. The company of the disoriented ormisoriented can only spoil. So the sharaNasseek and praise the company of other sharaNas----------------CP zAig Z

ZAi Ul PPz vgt dz Pz ZgQ zAi irzg.g zAi irzg.

PAPt PzgUn gAilZPdA UAqAU zAi irzg.


pacceya nelagaTTu kanakada tOraNa vajrada kaMbapavaLada capparavikki maduveya mADidaru.nammavarenna maduveya mADidaru.kaMkaNa kaidAragaTTi sthirasEseyaniTTucennamallikArjunaneMba gaMDaMgenna maduveya mADidaru.

Meaning:Floor of emerald, hangings of gold, pillar of diamond,dais of ruby - on this they performed the wedding.Our people performed my wedding.Binding the thread - kaMkaNa - in hand, showeringholy grains (akshata), to the Husband -chennamallikArjuna - they performed my wedding !

Notes:1. Even when the king of the land was at herfeet to lead married life with her, mahAdeviyakkanever shook off from her principled stand. Shegave herself to the Lord chennamallikArjuna -the ever lasting Emperor of the whole universe.That relationship was full of bliss than momentary

joy. Here is their glorious wedding - in the livewords of akka.------------------CP zAig Z

gz VAz gEAz gz VU g !DVUg ZPd.


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nALe baruvadu namagiMdE baraliiMdu baruvadu namagIgalE barali !AgIgalennadirU cennamallikArjuna.

Meaning:What will come tomorrow, shall come today itself for us.What will come today, shall come now itself for us !Don't say then - now, oh the good mallikArjuna !

Notes:1. Oh Lord, do not postpone showering Your grace.If You have decided to bless, why tomorrow, why not now ?I'm longing for Your grace. Please don't put conditionsmy Lord !-------------CP zAig Z

sAUz sPz PsPAU sAU CwWg gP !gt w - AU wAiiz PgtAU wAU CwWg gP !ZPd,AUPAU tUtAizg AU sAU !


bhavisaMgavaLidu shivabhaktanAda baLikabhaktaMge bhavisaMga atighOra naraka !sharaNa sati - liMga patiyAda baLikasharaNaMge satisaMga atighOra naraka !cennamallikArjuna,liMgaikyaMge prANaguNa aLiyadavara saMgavE bhaMga !

Meaning:After becoming shivabhakta eliminating the associationof those stuck to incarnation cycle, for that devoteethe association of such people is a very cruel hell !Refugee (devotee) - the wife, linga (God) - the husband,after having got to that stage, for the refugee the desireof women is very cruel hell !Oh Nice Lord mallikArjuna,

for the one seeking union with linga, the associationof those who have not left off the properties of soul(being stuck to mala - ANava, kanma, mAya), is the hurdle !

Notes:1. One can be excellently good and determined to reachthe Ultimate bliss and can be constantly working to getto there. All those marvelous efforts can be ruined if theassociation of those who cannot leave out their down-pullingdesires casts its shadow on that seeker. The spiritually


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inclined should be very careful of the company chosen.c.f. I wont be afraid of sharp spear; (fear)

Nor would I be afraid of beautiful women; (desire)But I would be very concerned about the associationof those who do not have love to my Lord shiva !

- mANikkavAsakarThis does not mean that one should not care for thosewho are lost in the cycle of life. Like the one who rescuesthe drowning person to the shore the focus should be pullothers to the divine path, not to get drowned hugging thedrowning one.

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arivu sAdhyavAyitteMdu guru liMga jaMgamava biDabahudE ?saMdusaMshayavaLidu akhaMDaj~JAnavAyitteMduparadhana parastrIgaLupabahudE ?"yatra jIvastatra shivaH" eMba abhinnaj~JAnavAyitteMdushunaku-sUkara-kukkuTa-mArjAlaMgaLa kUDi bhuMjisabahudE ?bhAvadalli tanna nijada neleyanarivuttihudusuj~JAna-satkriyA-sunIti-sumArgadalli vartisuvudu hIMgalladej~JAnavAyitteMdu tanna manakke baMda hAMge mIri nuDidu naDedoDeshvAnagarbhadalli huTTisade biDuvanE cennamallikArjunayyanu ?

Meaning:Saying, "I have got wisdom", can the guru-linga-jangama be left off ?Saying, "Got flawless, doubtless, wholesome wisdom"can one touch somebody else's wealth or wife ?Saying, "Got the comprehensive wisdom that where life is there is shiva",can one live with dog, pig, chicken, cat ?In realization having known the true nature of the self,other than nurturing good wisdom, good action, good justice,good path, if one acts in whatever way thoughts go, saying "I've got wisdom",would Lord chennamallikArjuna leave without making them born as dogs !

Notes:1. Getting the great spiritual knowledge is to nurture oneself.If one thinks they can act in whatever way they like becausethe great knowledge has been got, they call for decay of theirglorious state !2. shunaka - dog; sUkara - pig; kukkuTa - hen; mArjAla - cat;

shvAnagarbha - dog birth.--------------CP zAig Z

zg HgU PAUAlvAiizg Pg AUAlAiP zUAlZPdAi DvAUvP UAl.


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hasivAdare UroLage bhikShAnnaMgaLuMTutRuSheyAdare kere bAvi haLLaMgaLuMTushayanakke hALudEgulavuMTucennamallikArjunayya AtmasaMgAtakke nInenaguMTu.

Meaning:If hungry, there is food in the town to beg for.If thirsty, there are lakes, wells and streams.For sleeping, there is discarded buildings.Oh Lord chennamallikArjuna, as the companyfor the soul You are there.

Notes:1. How many people postpone their happiness makingit conditional "only when so and so situation prevails,I would be happy." ! Even those who have not fulfilledtheir basic needs like food and shelter can be happy

for sure, if they know to enjoy the bliss our Lord showers !2. c.f. "As robe I have a loin cloth,To sleep the outside verandah is there,To eat there are the dry leaves,To drink there is enough water,As the company the name of Lord riding the bull is there.Who worries about whether the north pole goes upor the south pole goes down for the moon.

- paTTinattAr"----------------CP zAig Z

JAv tAUAigAm ?JAv sUAUAigAm ?QgAv zgU !K dz sPg AzUU !ZPdAv UAq q JU !!


ennaMte puNyaMgeydavaruMTe ?ennaMte bhAgyaMgeydavaruMTe ?kinnaranaMtappa sOdaranenage !ELELu janmadalli shivabhaktarE baMdugaLenage !

cennamallikArjunanaMtappa gaMDa nODA enage !!

Meaning:Is there anybody who has got so much of merit as me ?Is there anybody who is so much blessed like me ?kinnara like are my brothers !In the seven generations the devotees of

Lord shiva are my relatives !My husband is chennamallikArjuna Himself, you see !!


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Notes:1. If blessed with an ability to serve ( kinnaras are knownfor their music. Here referred to sing the God in the musicsweet like theirs.) , and the association of the chaste hearteddevotees and got to have the mind that is fixed in Lord shiva,what else is there to aspire for ?2. c.f. mAtA cha pArvatI devi pitA devo maheshvaraH |

bhAndavA shiva bhaktAshcha svadesho bhuvanatrayam ||- shankara bhagavatpAda

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vz, PPz dP vzw-gt-DUz UwzsPwAi V Gwz !swAi zsjg !s jz, zjvAPgz,gvz A d !d swAi sw !gtsAiAz CU P dzVU

zjzgAz qZPd sw !


hitavidE, sakalalOkada janakke matavidEshRuti-purANa-Agamada gatiyidEbhakutiya beLagina unnatiyidE !shrIvibhUtiya dharisire !bhavava parivudu, duritasaMkulavanoresuvudu,nirutavidu naMbu manuja !javana bhUtiyE vibhUti !maraNabhayadiMda agastya kashyapa jamadagnigaLudarisidareMdu nODAshrIshailacennamallikArjunanoLisuva vibhUti !

Meaning:This is the appropriate thing; For the people ofthe whole world this is the esteemed path;This is the ultimate thing said in shruti, purANaand Agama; This is the splendor of the lightof devotion; Wear this holy ash !This roots out the birth; This brushes away the

gamut of gloom; This is established,oh humans trust this !The quickest wealth is vibhUti !See that to get rid of the fear of death the sages likeagastya, kashyapa and jamadagni wore this.The Holy Ash that is loved by the cennamallikArjunaof shrishaila !-------------#

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