Kagga 28
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
karuNya sarasa soundarya ruchigaLe sruSHTi-karaNamenippavolu tOrpudondu chaNakarpaNya kaTukategaLenipudinnondu chaNatOradavudu diTavo – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
Why was the Universe created? What is the purpose of this Creation?
There are 2 schools of thoughts which are diametrically opposite to each other
One says that this Creation happened so that the beings here can experience compassion, empathy, romance & beauty
Another says that it is to experience poverty, struggle, cruelty & unrelenting pain that was the purpose
Mankutimma, when Man experiences all of these, it is such a challenge to determine which is the absolute Truth; does such a thing actually exist?
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?