Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Basavanna Vachana

 

ಕೊಲುವನೇ ಮಾದಿಗ, ಹೊಲಸು ತಿಂಬವನೇ ಹೊಲೆಯ.
ಕುಲವೇನು ಅವದಿರ ಕುಲವೇನು?
ಸಕಲಜೀವಾತ್ಮರಿಗೆ ಲೇಸನೆ ಬಯಸುವ
ನಮ್ಮ ಕೂಡಲಸಂಗಮ ಶರಣರೇ ಕುಲಜರು.

Song as Romanized text

 
koluvanE mAdiga, holasu tiMbavanE holeya.
kulavEnu avadira kulavEnu?
sakalajIvAtmarige lEsane bayasuva
namma kUDalasaMgama sharaNarE kulajaru.

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 One who kills is the Madiga.
One who eats flesh is the Pulaya.
How does it matter what caste they (actually) belong to?
It is our Kudalasangamadeva's devotees,
who wish good for all the living beings, 
belong to the good clan!

 Notes: 

1. lEsu - good; bayasu - wish.