Can a dead body be flogged back
Aydakki Lakkamma · 12th century · from the Kannada original
Original
ಕಾಯವಳಿದ ಠಾವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವದ ಎಡೆಯಾಟ ಉಂಟೆ ?ಭಾವವಿಲ್ಲದ ಭಕ್ತಿ ಹೋಯಿತ್ತು,ಮಾರಯ್ಯಪ್ರಿಯ ಅಮರೇಶ್ವರಲಿಂಗವ ಮುಟ್ಟದೆ.
Translation
Can a dead body be flogged back with the forces of life?Can there be true devotion bereft of emotion?My Marayya-priya-Amareshwara-Linga can never be moved with such a form of devotion
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