ಉಳ್ಳವರು ಶಿವಾಲಯವ ಮಾಡುವರುನಾನೇನ ಮಾಡುವೆ ಬಡವನಯ್ಯಾ
ಎನ್ನ ಕಾಲೇ ಕಂಬ, ದೇಹವೇ ದೇಗುಲಶಿರವೇ ಹೊನ್ನ ಕಳಸವಯ್ಯಾ
ಸ್ಥಾವರಕ್ಕಳಿವುಂಟು, ಜಂಗಮಕ್ಕಳಿವಿಲ್ಲಕೂಡಲಸಂಗಮದೇವಾ
In English
The rich build temples for Shiva. What can I build, poor as I am? My legs are the pillars, my body the shrine, my head the golden dome. What stands still will perish; what moves will not, O Kudalasangamadeva.
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MLA 9
Basavanna. “ಉಳ್ಳವರು ಶಿವಾಲಯವ ಮಾಡುವರು.” Mansarovar Sahitya, https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-ullavaru/. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.
Chicago 17
Basavanna. “ಉಳ್ಳವರು ಶಿವಾಲಯವ ಮಾಡುವರು.” Mansarovar Sahitya. Accessed August 8, 2026. https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-ullavaru/.
Reference
ಬಸವಣ್ಣ। «ಉಳ್ಳವರು ಶಿವಾಲಯವ ಮಾಡುವರು»। Mansarovar Sahitya, https://www.mansarovarsahitya.in/poems/poem-ullavaru/।
