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2. Best decoration for the face of the devotee - (Basavanna)

ಬಸವಣ್ಣನವರ ವಚನ

 

ನೀರಿಗೆ ನೈದಿಲೆ ಶೃಙ್ಗಾರ

ಸಮುದ್ರಕೆ ತೆರೆಯೆ ಶೃಙ್ಗಾರ

ನಾರಿಗೆ ಗುಣವೆ ಶೃಙ್ಗಾರ

ಗಗನಕೆ ಚಂದ್ರಮ ಶೃಙ್ಗಾರ

ನಮ್ಮ ಕೂಡಲ ಸಂಗನ ಶರಣರ

ನೊಸಲಿಗೆ ವಿಭೂತಿಯೆ ಶೃಙ್ಗಾರ

 

basavaNNanavara vachana

 

nIrige naiDile shR^i~NgAra

samuDrake tereye shR^i~NgAra

naarige guNave shR^i~NgAra

gaganake chandrama shR^i~NgAra

namma kUDala sa.ngana sharaNara

nosalige vibhUtiye shR^i~NgAra

 

Meaning:

For the water (pond) water-lily is the charm;

For the ocean tides are the charm;

For the woman character is the charm;

For the sky moon is the charm;

For foreheads of the refugees (devotees) of the

Lord of kUDala sangama, the holy ash is the charm.

 

Notes:

1. Imagine the loss in the beauty of the pond,

if it doesn't have a flower !

How monotonous and boring would be the

large ocean without the roaring waves !

How would the family be if the lady

who administers it is characterless ?

Compare the resplendent sky with a full moon

with the one without it.

So beautiful is the holy ash for the face of

the devotees. It adds to the shine of the face

and it adds to the shine of the mind.

2. Holy Ash is a symbol very closely

associated as well as important with shivalinga.

While the followers of the vedic rites hail it as

Agneya snAna, the saints of all philosophies of shaivism

wear it in all reverence as the symbol of Lord shiva.

It is not just another mark. It stands for the cleansing

of ourselves in the journey towards the Perfect Being

called shiva. The rituals are said to be giving their

full fruit only when performed wearing Holy Ash.

Naturally it gets the term as used by basavaNNa in

this vachana "vibhUti"- the Exceptional wealth.

Some of the information about Holy Ash could be found

at /information-to-know/significance-of-holy-ash-the-mark-on-the-forehead-of-hindus

3. nosalige - for the forehead.

 

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