Kagga 404
D. V. Gundappa · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
dEvarkaLudisi mareyaharu; dEvatva chirajAva dina bandu pOguvuvu; kAla chirajIvada vyakti sAyvadu; jIvasatva chirabhAvisA kEvalava – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
Another interesting dichotomy observed in the Universe is that between permanence & non-permanence
This can also be interpreted as the symbiotic relationship between the Indestructible (the Creator or Real Truth) & the destructible (the Universe of illusion)
Mankutimma, the mistake many people make is to not distinguish between the two & perceive one to be the other. It is divinity that is perennial; while most people deem that the manifestations of this divinity in the form of various Gods to be indestructible & fight over them…birth-existence-death-birth cycle comes & goes; it is only time that is eternal. Human beings die; but humanity persists foreever…people get blinded with fame, money, arrogance & think themselves to be immortal – what folly? Understand this aspect very carefully & you would have then reached a milestone in your life journey…
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?