Kagga 107
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
ajNyatavAdudanabhAvavene nAstikanuajNeyavendadake kai mugiye bhaktajijNasyavendu parikisatoDage vijNanisvajNaptishOdhi muni -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
Each person in this Universe, due to the limitations of his senses tends to see things differently leading to different ideologies or philosophies
A person who doesn't acknowledge the presence of the unseen Force calls himself an aetheist. He refuses to clear his blurred lens
A person who acknowledges the presence of the unseen Force and bows down before it, submits to it becomes a devotee...he acknowledges that there is an unknown; but doesnt take the effort to clear his lenses to comprehend the unknown
A person who uses logic & reasoning only to try to understand the unknown; but doesn't submit to it is a scientist...he understands this only partially to the extent that logic can explain
A person who not only acknowledges the unseen Force, not only submits to it, not only uses logic & reasoning to understand it; but also immerses himself in deep self-introspection to comprehend this is a sage
Mankutimma, you determine what person you want to be to understand the eternal Truth
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?