Kagga 273
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
koTi deseyusirugaLu, kOTi rasavAdigaLukOTi hRudayada hOho hAhAkAragaLukUTa kUDihuvantarikSHadali nInadarinOTavODuvudetta? – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The whole Universe has been created by the Creator as a complex web of inter-connected relationships…no one being can live in complete isolation bereft of any interaction or dependence on another
There are millions of creatures who are living their lives concurrently with you…each of them are exhibiting similar emotions, similar moments as you…
Each of these beings interact with other beings as they exhibit emotions of happiness, sorrow, excitement, despair…
Mankutimma, when the Universe is constituted of these million beings who lead their lives in a symbiotic relationship, who breathe the same air, drink the same water…roam around in the same sky & on the same earth…how can any person even think of a possible isolated existence? Wherever you go, you cannot escape the presence of the millions of your co-inhabitants & thereby the effect of their emotions…neither can you escape the effect of your own past emotions…so, how can the concept of isolation even be possible?
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?