Kagga 40
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
nishiyoLEm kANabAranu hagalanolladoDeshashiravigaLavana manekiTakiyagirarEm?masukubeLakondAda sanjemanjEnavanumisuki suLiyuva samaya? – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Creator is certainly not making it easy for Man to clear the illusions from his mind & find the Truth
Understandable that He does not want to show Himself during daytime – then why doesn't He reveal His form at night
Is He then like all of us whose lives are governed by the cycles of Sun & Moon
Or is it that He reveals His real self only during twilight hour when daylight starts to merge into darkness?
Mankutimma, there is no easy solution in the path to determine the Truth…there is no simple formula, no specific time in which Truth reveals itself…man has to plod on & continue to struggle
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?