Kagga 74
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
summanobbanTiyentihudu? bEsaravahuduhommuvenu kOTirUpadali nAnendubommaneLasidanante. A yeLasikeye mAyenammiravu mAyeyali -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
The Creator is himself very mysterious & his Creation is even more of a mystery
It appears as though he felt bored of being the Only One...so, he created the Universe & manifested himself in millions of forms here
Does man see these millions as separate individual beings or does he see them as multiple manifestations of the Creator?
Mankutimma, is the whole concept itself of the Universe & its contents being none other than the Creator a reality or is the Universe just an illusion to allow the million avatars of the Creator to co-exist? If so, then the existence of man inside this big Maya is an illusion within an illusion
Did this poetry & its translation speak to you?