Kagga 134
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
EkadindalanEka mattanEkadinEkavI kramave vishvadangAngasambandhalOkadali jAtiyali vyaktiyali sanstheyalisAkalyadarivirali – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Supreme Cosmic Energy that guides & controls all activities in this Universe is the only unique & absolute feature here
Everything else in this Universe is not only relative & evolved…its nature is also reversible
Unity & Diversity are two sides of the same coin…one cannot exist without the other – at the same time, often they merge into each other – One becomes Many & vice-versa
This is the order that we see in everything in this Universe – the people, the clans, the institutions
Mankutimma, not only the physical entities, we also see this in the thought processes, the idealogies, the philosophies. One country is a function of Many people, their thoughts, their lifestyles, their institutions etc. Can One country or its Many people exist without each other? Also, at times, the people identify themselves as belonging to One country…at others, they identify themselves as a collection of Many people…can they be separated from each other? Isn’t this thought process wonderful…isn’t this Force that created this thought process powerful? Can it be anything other than the Creator?
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?