Kagga 252
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
ondu kombeu bADalinnondu chiguruvudusandihudu chiranavateashvaththamarakeendendumantiruvudI vishvavRukSHavadarondu rembeU nInu – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Universe is a complex & infinite smorgasbord of multiple components that co-exist in a perennial state of inter-relationships among them.
There is neither a start point nor an end point to this Universe that can be determined…in a similar wau there is no definite shape or structure nor is there a defined method perceived to the workings here
Still, the Universe is such a wondrous place where all beings, living & non-living not onl co-exist; but also evolve in a smbiotic manner
Mankutimma, when ou look at a full grown banan tree, it is a simili of what ou see in this universe. There is no seeming bottom or top…the roots are seen to be coming from the top…the branches are all over the bottom…the shoots are all over the place…this seemingl haphazard growth nurtures the growth of a wide variet of flora and fauna…such is the Universe too…and the Creator is at the centre of this all watching his Creation, nurturing it & destroing, as appropriate.
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