Kagga 130
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
rAmanaDiyiTTa nela, bhImanusirida gALivyOmade bhagIratham tanda surataTinisOmanam petta kaDalI purAtanagaLirenAmentu hosabaralo – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Creator has manifested himself as the Supreme Energy which is perennial & is continually evolving everything in this Universe
The land we live on is the same one that Lord Rama inhabited in Treta Yuga, the air we breathe is the same one that Bhima survived on in Dwapara Yuga.
We drink & bathe in the same waters of River Ganga that was brought to Earth by Bhagiratha eons ago…we see the same Moon that emerged out of the Ocean churning event of Devas & Danavas
Mankutimma, the living & non-living beings in this Universe have evolved over the past several thousands of years…as we take birth, each of us feels that we are new on this Earth, our thoughts are new, our philosophies are new & our discoveries are new. Is it really so? Has not everything that our senses experience evolved over time? How did this evolution occur? Who caused this evolution? Isnt this evolution a continual act of the Supreme Force? And if everything here is a result of evolution, can we call anything that we experience or discover as truly New?
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?