Kagga 293

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

Kagga 293 in the original Kannada script

Transliteration

dariyirade giriyilla, neraLirade beLakillamaraNavillade jananajIvanagaLillavaraguNOnnatige nimnaguNangaLoDavuTTutere bILadELuLuvude? – MANKUTIMMA

Interpretation

The common saying ‘’What goes up must come down’’ is so apt to describe the Universe.

Here, every Yin has an Yang to balance it; every virtue exhibited by the inhabitants here is balanced by vices demonstrated by the same inhabitants…creating a balance of opposites seems to the prime objective of the Creator in His creation

Mankutimma, if you look around you, this balancing act is seen everywhere. In nature, in nature’s phenomenons, in His creation, in human behavior, in fact everywhere. Every mountain crest has a valley associated with it; every life has a death conjoined; every light is accompanied by a shadow, a sunrise has to be followed by a sunset & so on…it can be seen if you carefully study the behaviors of human beings…every person who demonstrates stellar personality at different times also display their negative side. It is futile to search for absolute perfection in this Universe…the Universe is a canvas where the balancing act of the Positives & the Negatives is played out.

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