Kagga 129
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
dhareya nIrgAgasada nIriLidu beravantenarana praktanake nUtanasattva beretuparivudI vishvajIvanalahariyanavaratachirapratnanUtna jaga – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Creator has manifested himself as the Supreme Energy which continuously evolves and impacts the thought process of man.
Pure water in the sky precipitates down on earth in the form of rain & merges with the table water deep inside earth…this mixed waters then nurtures life on earth
Similarly, the existing thought processes of man is influenced & merged with new ideologies & philosophies that he experiences
Mankutimma, when one thinks of how new ideologies & philosophies are created in this Universe in a perennial & continual manner, that influence the life of man, one will realise that it is nothing but yet another manifestation of the Supreme Energy. What else could be so omnipresent & omnipotent that influences this Universe thereby making it a perennial mix of the old & the new…in a continuum
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