Kagga 218
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
jIvanakke jIvanakke kAraNa oMdujIvigaLige jIvana koDuvudu oMdujIvakke jIvakke kAraNa oMdujIvada mUlAkShara – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The cause of life is one; life gives life to all living beings
The one sustains all life
The cause of the life-force is one
Mankutimma, the primal life-force is the source of all existence.
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