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 verseਜਗਦਗੁਰੂ ਬਸਵੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਇਹ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਕੰਨੜ ਵਚਨ 'ਕਾਯਕਾਵੇ ਕੈਲਾਸ' (ਕਿਰਤ ਹੀ ਪੂਜਾ ਹੈ) ਦਾ ਮਹਾਨ ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਬਸਵੰਣਾ ਜੀ ਦੱਸਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਸੱਚੀ ਨੀਅਤ ਅਤੇ ਇਮਾਨਦਾਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਕਿਰਤ-ਕਮਾਈ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੱਖ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਹਨ।
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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