Kagga 133
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
bahirantaragaLondu bhUtabhavyagaLonduihaparangaLuvondu chaitanyavondubahupAtranATakadi mAye shatavESHagaLavahisalIvaLu patige – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Supreme Cosmic Energy exists as an omnipresent & omnipotent continuum across time & space
Everything in this Universe is a matter of perspective. Time & Space are never an absolute dimension.
What is Out to one is In to another…What is Past to a person in a specific time frame is the Future to another in another time frame. Same is with location…Here or There; it is purely a function of where the other co-ordinate point is
Mankutimma, think about this…when there is nothing in this Universe that can be defined in an absolute dimension & everything is relative to another…can you compartmentalise the experiences that you sense as an absolute truth or untruth? In this Universe, where every player is inter-dependent on several others, and every sensory experience is a function of relativity, isnt what you see nothing but Maya…an illusion? Then, what is the Truth? It is only the Force behind this Maya that is the real Truth…it is this Force that is the The Creator
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?