Kagga 19
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
gaLi maNNunDe oLahokku horahoraLaduALenipudantagadire bariya hanTebaLenu? dhULu suLi, mara tikkiduriya hogekshELvEnamrutavEm -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
How do you define Life? Does Life exist in the body or the soul?
Without life, a Living Being is nothing but a lump of clay through which neither can air get in nor get out...
It cannot even create breath or warmth within this clay...
The evidence of breath & warmth is also found in a cyclone & twigs rubbing against each other \`- Non-Living Beings
So what is Life actually? How does it manifest in a Living Being?
Mankutimma, so many questions unanswered...poison, elixir -- do they help Life manifest?
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