The eating bowl is not one bronze
The eating bowl is not one bronze
and the looking glass another.
Bowl and mirror are one metal
Giving back light
one becomes a mirror.
Aware, one is the Lord’s;
unaware, a mere human.
Worship the lord without forgetting,
the lord of the meeting rivers.
by Basava
English version by A. K. Ramanujan
Original Language Kannada
