Kagga 99

D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original

Kagga 99 in the original Kannada script

Transliteration

jalatIradi nintu vIkSHisikkelagaLalichalavondachalavondu samavadasamavidukaletirpuvantu mEyamEyagaLu jagadimilitateyinI ruchiyo -- MANKUTIMMA

Interpretation

In this Universe, the eternal Truth is the only singular...everything else is a melange

When one stands on a seashore & looks around, on one side there is the dynamic & on the other, static. On one side, the expanse appears flat & homogeneous; on the other, the expanse is varied

Both of these cannot live without the other; they have to co-exist. The waves need a solid shore to break into and the varied expanse on other side needs the moisture from the sea to sustain itself

Mankutimma, similarly, in this Universe, there are some things that we can see, understand & measure...while there are several other things that we cannot fathom or measure. Just because we cannot decipher them doesn't mean that they are useless...each & every thing, object, thought, emotion is required to make up this wonderful Universe. In reality, it is our blurred lenses that need clarity to be able to understand them.

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