Kagga 44
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
mandaKSHi namagihudu, baluduura sAgadadusande masakinoLihudu jIvanada pathavuondumeTukadu kaige; aino kaNkeNakuvudusandiyave namma gati! – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
Man appears to be meandering through his Life aimlessly & without clarity
Our eyesight is blurred; our senses are limited…even if He sends guidance, with these limitations, can we even recognise it?
We see what we want to see; we sense what we want to sense – no wonder, the illusionary visions don’t get away from our eyes
Our knowledge about the Universe is through these limited senses – so how can we find the Truth?
Mankutimma, with such limited senses, our mind gets diverted time & again from the Right Path & we seem to be resigned to guessing & groping in the dark
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?