Kagga 115
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
kramada nabhakruti vayvAdi rUpagaLantekrUmi bIjadim matsya mruga manujarantekrama vivaravEnirali sruSHTiya vidhAnadalisamasadadu sattvavanu -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The study of whether the Universe operates in an orderly manner or in a state of perennial entropy is irrelevant if the superficial activities are the only ones analysed
Some analysis may show that events occur here in an orderly manner -- like the evolution from a single celled amoeba to a fish to mammals & finally man
Other analysis may show that there is nothing but entropy in this Universe & no order -- why are some living organisms carnivorous and others not
Mankutimma, irrespective of what various analyses show, they are all like the clouds in the sky...they are but a small speck in the vast infinite ocean & apart from impacting things at a micro level; are irrelevant in their impact at a macro level. Similarly these analyses are very limited; at best capable of explaining behaviour of very localised actions. These fall short when trying to explain the working methodology of the entire Universe -- because they have not gone deeper into understanding how the all-pervading, omnipresent Force behaves.
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