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Jakkanayya (ಜಕ್ಕಣ್ಣಯ್ಯ)

Full Name: Jakkanayya
Pen Name (Vachana Signature): Jhenkaara Nijalinga Prabhuve

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salt uniting with water
camphor uniting with fire
perfume uniting with air
the sky uniting with the void
the self uniting with the self
O Jhenkaaranijalingaprabhu.
[Vachana No.2282] [1]

Jakkanayya (c. 1800, Post Basava Age) has written many vachanas but not much is known about his life. 778 vachanas have been found under his signature Jhenkaara Nijalinga Prabhuve. They have been collected under 18 sthalas and are called nirala mantragopya. They narrate the secret of yoga in esoteric terms.

Ayya,
is there light in a darkened house?
Look
when a lamp is lit in that dark house
darkness disappears.
Similarly
in the darkness of the mind
when the lamp of knowledge is lit
there is light all around
inside and outside-
look
O Jhenkaaranijalingaprabhu.
[Vachana No.2278] [1]

References

[1] "VACHANA" English Version Translation by: O.L. Nagabhushana Swamy, ISBN: 978-93-81457-12-2, 2012, Pub: Basava Samithi, Basava Bhavana Benguluru 560001.

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