At the time of origin of life
Kadasiddheshwara · 12th century · from the Kannada original
Original
ಆದಿ ಅನಾದಿಯಿಲ್ಲದಂದು ;ಶೂನ್ಯ ನಿಃಶೂನ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದಂದು;ಸುರಾಳ ನಿರಾಳವಿಲ್ಲದಂದು ;ಭೇದಾಭೇದಂಗಳೇನೂ ಇಲ್ಲದಂದು ;ನಿಮ್ಮ ನೀವರಿಯದೇ ಇರ್ದಿರಲ್ಲಕಾಡನೊಳಗಾದ ಶಂಕರಪ್ರಿಯ ಚನ್ನಕದಂಬಲಿಂಗ ನಿರ್ಮಾಯಪ್ರಭುವೆ.
Translation
At the time of origin of life, or even well before thenAt the time before concept of zero or void existedAt the time when form & formless One weren’t differentiatedOr the differences between these weren’t articulatedEver since those times, You were the Enlightened OneO’ Shankarapriya Channakadambalinga Nirmayaprabhu, the one who dwells in the forest
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