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Verses  ·  Akka Mahadevi  ·  Vachana 27

ಲೋಕದ ಲೊಟ್ಟೆ

People, male and female, blush when cloth covering their shame comes loose.
When the Lord of Life lives naked within you, what is there to hide?

Akka Mahadevi  ·  Vachana

Translator’s note

on the language of the verse

Akka Mahadevi rejects social shame and embraces radical spiritual freedom.

The voice

Akka Mahadevi

ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ

The woman who wore only light, c. 1130 – 1160.

The questions it touches
  • The body
  • Refusal