Once a battle starts, once you plunge in it

Bheemayya · 12th century · from the Kannada original

Original

ಕಾಳಗವೆಂಬ ಕಟ್ಟಿದಿರಾದಡೆ,ಸೋಂಕಿದಡೆ ಬಿಡೆ, ಕರೆದರೆಂದು ಬಿಡೆ.ವ್ರತ ಹೋದವರು ಸುಳಿಯದಿರಿ. ಕಂಡಡೆ ಕೊಲುವಬಿರಿದು, ಭಿಕಾರಿಭೀಮೇಶ್ವರಲಿಂಗವೆ.

Translation

Once a battle starts, once you plunge in itIt never leaves you, even if someone urges you to step backO’ vow-forsakers, don’t step near a battlefieldBhikari Bheemeshwara is known to maim & kill - here, there & everywhere

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