Kagga 299
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
haTavAdakeDeyelli manujaprapanchadali?saTeyeShTo diTaveShTo beretiruvuvillipaTuvAgi nilalahude maNaloLesagida gODe?kaTute salladu jagake – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Creator has so designed His Universe that there is no absolute truth or absolute lie here. Like everything else here, the Universe is a smorgasbord of truth & lies at all levels & within all beings.
Anyone who makes a claim of absolute purity of thoughts or behavior is living a life of fallacy. Every thought which is considered as the epitome of originality has been influenced in one way or other by other thoughts during the process of its formation.
Mankutimma, there is no place here for being a hard-liner & for being inflexible in your thoughts & behavior. If you get into that trap, you will just be living a life full of fallacy as you are not understanding that every idea is dynamic…what is true today is not the same tomorrow. If you don’t accept this fact, then your life is like that of a mud house which crumbles at even a small pressure applied on it. Such will be your life…so, neither aim nor demand absolute perfection nor demonstrate inflexibility in your thoughts. Else, you will soon be redundant.
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?