Kagga 106
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
chaukaTTanantavadaroLu chitrapaTa sAntasAkAra ghanatati nirAkAra nabhadilaukikada maulya nirlaukikada nANyadalilekka tAttvikanigadu -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
In this Universe, there is an unseen, yet a powerful relationship between the infinite & finite
The finite lives in this universe play their part within the infinite boundaries of the unseen Force that governs the Universe
Since we tend to see the Universe through our blurred lenses of our finite lives; we do not understand the infinite & tend to measure everything through a finite view of the world
Mankutimma, that is the reason why we tend to view the infinite sky as a composite of finite objects like sun, moon, clouds etc. We measure & label everything that we see & sense as finite objects instead of looking at them as a part of an infinite continuum. It is only when we take off these blurred lenses, that we will be able to understand this Universe better & we will then begin to understand this with a philosophical metrics based on the eternal truth rather than with a materialistic metric based on a finite view of the world...and begin to see the world with the correct view...this will help us to decipher the eternal Truth
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?