Kagga 60
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
grEcinA kabbagaLanOduvaru dehliyalikAshiYA shastragaLanOxforDinavarudEshakAlavibhaga manada rajyadoLiradushvAsavadu bommanadu – MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
Man has made tremendous progress ever since he evolved from being a hunter-gatherer to a more sophisticated social animal
Today, the literature of Greek civilisation is available to be studied in a far-off place like Delhi
Similarly our own literature originated in holy Benaras is studied by people in Oxford
Language, distance, culture, geography is no longer a barrier to study & analyse any literature from any part of the word
Mankutimma, when man has evolved so much in the external world, if he does the same evolution of his senses, of his intellectual capacities, he will realise that everything that is happening in the Universe is only due to Him. Then, man will start to recognise the real Truth.
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