ಆಕಾರವಿಲ್ಲದ ನಿರಾಕಾರ ಲಿಂಗವ
ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದು ಕಟ್ಟಿದೆವೆಂಬರು ಅಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಜೀವಿಗಳು
ಹರಿಬ್ರಹ್ಮರು ವೇದ ಪುರಾಣ ಆಗಮಂಗಳು ಅರಸಿ ಕಾಣದ ಲಿಂಗ
ಭಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಫಲವಲ್ಲದೆ ಲಿಂಗವಿಲ್ಲ; ಕರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ನರಕವಲ್ಲದೆ ಲಿಂಗವಿಲ್ಲ.
ಜ್ಞಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಪರಿಭ್ರಮಣವಲ್ಲದೆ ಲಿಂಗವಿಲ್ಲ; ವೈರಾಗ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲದೆ ಲಿಂಗವಿಲ್ಲ.
ಇದು ಕಾರಣ ತನ್ನ ತಾನರಿದು ತಾನಾದಡೆ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ ತಾನೆ ಬೇರಿಲ್ಲ.
-- ಅಕ್ಕಮಹಾದೇವಿ
#LiteralTranslation:
The formless, attributeless Linga,
ignorant beings claim to hold in hand and bind.
Hari, Brahma, the Vedas, Puranas, Agamas
searched for, but could not find/see this Linga
For devotion, other than its [true] fruit, there is no Linga
For action/ritual, other than suffering/hell, there is no Linga.
For knowledge, other than wandering/confusion, there is no Linga
For renunciation, other than liberation, there is no Linga
Therefore, if one knows oneself and becomes that self,
Chennamallikarjuna is not other [than that self].
#PoeticTranslation:
The Linga formless, beyond all form and attribute's hold,
Yet ignorant beings claim It, in their grasp, so bold.
Hari and Brahma, Vedas, Puranas, Agamas explored in vain,
This Linga, unperceived by them, they could not ascertain.
For true devotion, Linga is its very fruit, its essence true;
For karma (unconsecrated), hell is its dire due.
For knowledge (unillumined), wandering is all it can accrue;
For renunciation (if but void), mere freedom is its view.
Therefore, if one knows the self, and as that self becomes, in grace,
Chennamallikarjuna is that Self, no other in that space.
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