Kagga 72
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
E vishvadali nODalellarellara nanTuavanA bandhuteya jaDeya biDisuvanu?jIva jIvake nanTu jaDa chEtanake nanTuAvudadakanTiradu? -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The whole Universe has been created by the Creator as a complex web of inter-connected relationships...some small; some vast
Will He then also help us to decipher how to understand & unravel this web?
This web is truly complex -- some relationships like symbiosis can be imagined & understood but how can one explain the mindset of living beings where they get so attached to non-living beings
Mankutimma, it will take a truly enlightened & liberated mind to understand the inter-dependence of every being in the Universe on each other to the extent that no single being can exist without co-existence with the other. Can you think of any living being or non-living object that is truly isolated from everyone else in this Universe?
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?