Kagga 402

D. V. Gundappa · from the Kannada original

Kagga 402 in the original Kannada script

Transliteration

maraNashayyeyadendu tiLidoDam rOgiyanuharaNamiruvannegem paricharisuvantesthiravallavI lOkavAdoDamaduLLanakacharisu nInALAgi – MANKUTIMMA

Interpretation

The Universe has been designed by the Creator with several dichotomies visible here…to make it even more interesting, these dichomotic characteristics exist in a very strong symbiotic relationship with each other

One such is that between creation & destruction of life here…both cannot exist in isolated extremes; there has to be an equilibrium status

Mankutimma, in some sense Death, which is the most reviled phenomenon, is at the root of the genesis of all newness & freshness seen in the Universe. In that respect, the destructor is also a creator…and one cannot separate from the other. Imagine, if everyone on earth became immortal…no one were to ever die. Instinctively, it may be a pleasant situation especially with respect to your loved ones – but think of the situation at a macro level – the world would be filled with old people whose minds & bodies have slowed down or even stopped doing any productive work…where would new people live? How would new ideas, new philosophies get accepted & assimilated? Death brings freshness into this Universe…period.

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