Kagga 254

D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original

Transliteration

nATakava nODu brahmAnDarangasthaladikOTi naTarAntiharu chitrapAtragaLaATakke katheilla modalilla kaDeillanOtakaru mATakare – MANKUTIMMA

Interpretation

The Universe is such a complex web of inter-relationships between itself & its inhabitants that the line of differentiation between them gets so blurred that it vanishes

It becomes challenging to identif who is the giver & who is the taker; between who came first – the inhabited space or the inhabitants…such the degree of smbiotic relationship

Mankutimma, imagine that the whole universe as a theatre & the various inhabitants the artists plaing their roles here…if ou take a step back as a neutral observer, ou will see that there are millions of people plaing a variet of characters…there are plots and sub-plots…all inter-related. There seems to be no definite beginning nor a definite end…no one character is in complete isolation…there is no clear demarcation of who is a character & who is an audience…ever one seems to be plaing multiple roles…such is LIFE

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