Kagga 332
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
satyavembudelli? ninnatarangadoLo?sutta nInanubhavipa bAhya chitradoLoyuktiyindondanondaka toDisi sarinoDetattvadarshanavahudu – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Universe is complex; period. There are no free lunches here; no easy answers. There is no guidebook or cheatsheet or a software program that gives all answers instantly.
One has to explore, dig, introspect with a very open mind to even start to get clarity for questions raised in one’s mind.
Mankutimma, the questions that keep arising in most people’s mind is regarding truth – what is truth? Where is it found? How can you know that you have found it? Is it within man’s conscience? Or is it embedded in the outer world where you can sense? Like everything else in this Universe, there is no simple answer; no black & white answer. Every object, every being in this Universe are interconnected – no one is in isolation; thereby no characteristics in this Universe is found in isolation…it is very subjective & contextual…only when you are able to determine this linkage between you & your ecosystem in which you live, can you be able to determine the right path, the truth in that specific context
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?