Indian Antiquary Vol 51

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 63

MAROE, 1922)
VACHANAS ATTRIBUTED TO BASAVA.
B. Submit Yourself to God. 1. Whether it be a learned man or a dull man, he will not be free unless he eats the fruit of his previous Karma ; he will not be free unless he eats the fruit of his present Karma. Mark, so Sruti proclaims aloud : in whatever world you may be, you cannot escape the fruit of Karma. Hence submission of one's soul to Kudalasaigama Deva brings blessedness and freedom.
2. They say that the dining plate is the right receptacle for the Linga. But the dining plate is not the right receptacle. For the Liiga one's own mind is the right receptacle. If you know how to offer your own soul without indifference, with a pure heart, Kudalasangama Deva will remain in you.
3. Oh ! I fear not to be in the mind wherein Thou hast placed me : for that mind has submitted itself to the limitless great One. I fear not to live in that wealth wherein Thou hast placed me ; for that wealth will not be spent for my wife, son, mother, father. I fear not to live in that body.wherein Thou hast placed me; for that body having submitted its all is in the constant enjoyment of Prasad.' Hence my whole being is courageous and strong, and I fear not even Thee, O Kudalasangama Deva.
C. Do not Mortify the Body. 1. If you quell the senses you are guilty. The five senses will hereafter come and will torment you. Did Siriyala and Changale abandon the pleasures of life and that enjoyment of happiness as husband and wife? It is only if after having touched Thee, they be tempted to other's wealth and women, that they will be away from Thy feet. Oh Kudalasangama Deva.
Stage IV : Prăņalinga : Siva in the Life.
A. The Nature of the Prána-Lingi.19 1. There is an eye within the eye: why do you not know how to see with it? So, there is life within the life : why do you not know it? There is a body within the body, and it is inseparable. O Kudalasaigama Deva, no one knows the nature of the body Thou hast given.
2. Some take care of their body, others of their life, others of their mind and others of their words. But none take care of the Linga within their own life, except Marayya of Tangaturu, the true servant of Kudalasangama Deva.
3. The worship of other Lingas cannot stand firm : they merely deceive the mind. For Kudalasangama Deva stands in the interior of your own mind.
4. Those that are rich build temples for God. But alas I what can I do? I am a poor man. To me my legs themselves are pillars, my body itself is the temple, and my head itself is the golden crown.
B. The Behaviour of the Prana-Lingi. 1. When one has the Linga in his life, then what are we to say about walking without the Linga and of speaking without the Linga? One should not taste the pleasures of the five senses without the Linga; one should not swallow even saliva without the Liiga. This is the word of Kudalasangama Deva
2. In this body life is the food to be cooked, calmness is the water and the senses are the fuel. I light the fire of knowledge; I stir the food with the ladle of reason; I boil it well, and, having seated myself on the inner soul, I offer to God that food of complete satisfaction. Then it becomes acceptable to Kudalasangama Deva.
19 The man who knows and feel that Siva dwells within him w the Linge.