Sacred prose-poetry spoken from heart-realization
From Sanskrit 'Vach' (to speak, say) — sacred utterances.
12th-century Kannada devotional compositions by Basavanna, Allama Prabhu, and Akka Mahadevi.
Akka Mahadevi asks a string of rhetorical questions refusing worldly pleasure, vowing never to leave Lord Channamallikarjuna's feet.
3 versesA Basavanna vachana: the devotee's body and speech become living scripture, yet even that is less than the dust from the feet of fellow devotees (sharanas).
1 verseIn this vachana Basavanna asks to be counted among Lord Kudalasangamadeva's own household, in humility rather than as a stranger.
3 versesA short vachana by the 12th-century saint Basavanna listing seven ethical prohibitions that make up inner and outer purity and please Koodalasangama Deva.
1 verseजगद्गुरु बसवेश्वरको यो प्रसिद्ध कन्नड वचनले 'कायकावे कैलास' (कर्म नै पूजा हो) को अमर सन्देश दिन्छ। बसवण्णाले पढाउनुहुन्छ कि निष्ठारपूर्वक गरिएको सत्कर्म नै ईश्वरको साक्षात्कार हो।
1 verseBasavanna's famed vachana: the rich build temples, the poor devotee offers his body as the shrine; the standing temple perishes, the living Jangama does not.
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