Kagga 31
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
bachchiTTukonDihudE satya mithyeya hinde?nachchuvude mareyoLihudane satyavendu?achchariya tantravidu, brahmasruSHTigaLEkomuchchihavu sAjateya – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
If the Creator is the only reality & the Creation is an illusion, is reality hiding behind illusion?
Why is that we can then see only the illusion but cannot see reality?
How can I believe that what I cannot see is real; but what I see is unreal?
Why such a dichotomy?
Mankutimma, this seems to be such a strange ploy of the Creator that an illusion is perceived to be real and reality appears to be a mirage…
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?