Kagga 30
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
brahmavE satya, sruSHTiye mithya yennuvoDesambandhavillavEnA viSHayayugake?Namma kaNmanasugaLe namage saTe pELuvoDe?nemmuvudadAranO? – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
What is the relation between the Creator and his Creation?
Is there even a relation?
Some say that only God is real; His Creation is a mere illusion – does this mean that there is no relation between the two?
How is this even possible? Our eyes tell us one thing while our mind tells us another
Mankutimma, who should we believe? What should we believe? The search for Eternal Truth goes on…
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