Kagga 105
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
bhittiyondilladire chitraventiralahudu?chitravillade bhitti sogasahudadentu?nitya sattvave bhitti, jIvita kSHaNachitratattvavI sambandha -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Universe has been created such that there is a dichotomy between opposites; yet at the same time there is a symbiotic relation between the two
A canvas & painting cannot exist without each other -- without the painting, a canvas is just a white plane surface; and yet the plane surface is needed for a beautiful painting to emerge
Mankutimma, similarly for the finite lives on this earth to exist, there needs to be the unseen; yet omnipresent & omnipotent force, that governs these lives. This is the essence of the real Truth which is an infinite canvas on which a beautiful & interesting painting of the lives of man & other beings in this Universe is sketched by the Creator. Our lives in this Universe & the Creator exist in a symbiotic relationship connected to each other via this unseen energy.
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