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Sharana cannot touch anything unless linga is lodged in his body; sharana cannot see any thing unless linga is lodged in his eyes; sharana cannot hear any thing unless linga is lodged in his ears; sharana cannot smell any thing unless linga is lodged in his nose; sharana cannot taste any flavor unless linga is lodged in his tongue, as linga is lodged in every part of your sharana, Koodala Chennasanga. / 651 |
One ought to be as though the linga on the body has not ceased. Unless the heart touches the linga, what is the bond of body and linga? Look, how integrally Madivala lives, his body doing the dedicated work, and his heart merged in linga completely. Having erased the doubt regarding the bond of body and linga, Madivala Machayya is incorporate with linga in every limb in Koodala Chennasanga. / 652 |
Why go to holy places when you have the linga on your body? If the linga on your body touches installed linga, I cannot say which is great, which small! People perished not knowing the absolute that is beyond the reach of speech. Your head becomes pure by bowing to the jangama; your hand becomes pure by worshipping the linga. Do not show me a breaker of vows, who, ignoring the linga on the body, bows to a distant linga, Koodala Chennasangayya. / 653 |
Having borne the linga on his body, if a person joins a bhavi again, claiming kinship with him, he cannot escape becoming a victim of Man on the hills. Does a pot made of mud become mud again after being burnt in fire? agnidagdhaghatah prahur na bhooyo mrttikayate tacchivacharasangena na punarmanusho bhavet Therefore, rare is the devotee who is purged of his past, Koodala Chennasangamadeva. / 654 |
Once the linga adorns the body, the sharana hears no other word; once the linga adorns the body, the sharana touches no other thing; once the liriga adorns the body, the sharana sees no other thing; once the linga adorns the body, the sharana knows nothing about food and drink; once the linga adorns the body, the sharana smells no other thing; once the linga adorns the body, the sharana does not utter dry words. Once the linga adorns the body, the sharana knows no other thing than Koodala Chennasangayya. / 655 |
Once the linga adorns body, the body becomes linga; once the linga adorns the mind all senses become linga once the linga adorns life-breath life-breath becomes linga. Therefore, linga is incorporate with body, and all enjoyment is linga's enjoyment, Koodala Chennasangamadeva. / 656 |
In his body he is bound up with acharalinga. In his mind he is bound up mahalinga. Thus your sharana is continent of both relationships, Koodala Chennasanga. / 657 |
Those who are absorbed in body, speak the language of body; those who are absorbed in linga, speak the language of linga; they speak the language appropriate to the stage where they stand, look! Koodala Chennasanga's sharanas, see, adopt the way of linga and speak the language of linga. / 658 |
There are people, who, for their body's desire, eat meat, consume intoxicating drugs, for the desire of their eyes sleep with others' wives. Of what use is their wearing the linga if they do not know what linga is? If they find any error in j angama, they will be prey to Man on the hills, says Koodala Chennasangamadeva. / 659 |
For one united with body, no union with linga, for one united with linga, no union with body. Union with body is bad conduct, union with linga is good conduct. Therefore, one should be in united with linga abandoning the union with the body, Koodala Chennasangamadeva. / 660 |
Reference: [1] Vachanas are from the book "Vachana", pub: Basava Samiti Bangalore 2012.
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