Kagga 140
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
Rutuchakra tiruguvudu, kAlanede maraguvudumRutana maNNinda hosa hullu moLeyuvudukSHiti garbhadharisuvaLu mattudisuvudu jIvasatata kRuSHiyo prakRuti – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The nature of this Universe is such that it is in a constant state of the infinite loop of life-death-life
Nothing in this Universe stops permanently for anything or anyone…seasons change irrespective of anything that is happening in anyone’s life…time keeps on rolling continually without a break
The dead living beings in turn help the same soil become fertile in which they are buried
Mankutimma, everytime one gets a feeling that nature is playing a cruel act on someone or something, realise that it is also a genesis of a new beginning. A volcano causes massive destruction but the lava in turn changes the constitution of the same land such that it can nurture lives for many generations…so is such destruction a distaster per se? It is the same Supreme Energy that drives nature to be in this state of constant flux that also mandates that Matter is neither created nor destroyed in this Universe & that every end is the start of a new beginning. It is when you understand this reality that you will start to unearth the real Truth
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?