Kagga 118
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
ravimAtradindalla bhuvimAtradindallabhuvanpOSHaNeyubhaya sahakAradindavividha shaktirasaogaLEkIbhavise jIvaavitarkya sUkSHmavadu -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
How does this unseen Force sustain life in this Universe? Is it derived from an unitary energy source or is it a melange of several energies?
Sun provides light & heat; earth is responsible for soil, water & gravitational pull.
Neither of them have the ability to sustain life on earth by themselves...they are both equally necessary along with several other phenomena that happens in space & on earth to be able to sustain life on earth. Examples being the rotation of earth along its axis & revolution around sun causing seasons, the moon causing tides, chemical composition of atmosphere...all are required to sustain life
Mankutimma, think about what is the root source of this Energy that created all these forces because of which life got created & subsequently sustained on earth...the quest to understand the genesis of this primary Energy is possible not through logic & reasoning; but by philosphical acceptance of this mysterious Force that is all-pervading, omnipresent & omnipotent...this is nothing but the Creator Himself
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?