Kagga 33
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
narapariksheye bommanAshyave? namma baLbari samasyeye? adara pUraNavadelli?suridu prashnegaLanuttarava kuDe bAradanaguruvendu kareyuveye? – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
What is the real intent of the Creator?
Is it just His wish that keeps on testing Man each & every minute?
Is it His wish that our lives become merely a smorgasbord of challenges & difficulties?
Where is an end to all this struggle?
Mankutimma, this is all so puzzling. He is not able to help me find answers to the challenges that I am facing…instead it appears to me that He continues to increase the challenges – then how can I treat Him as my Guru?
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?