ಬಹುವಿದ್ಯೆ ಬಹುತರ್ಕ ಬಹುನೇಮ ಬೇಕಿಲ್ಲ |
ವಹಿಸೆ ಜೀವನಭರವನದು ಹಗುರೆನಿಪವೊಲ್ ||
ಸಹನೆ ಸಮರಸಭಾವವಂತಃಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳು |
ವಿಹಿತವಾತ್ಮದ ಹಿತಕೆ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
bahuvidye bahutarka bahunEma bEkilla |
vahise jIvanabharavanadu hagurenipavOl ||
sahane samarasabhaavavantahaparIkShegaLu |
vihitavaatmada hitake - mankutimma ||
Extensive education, laborious logic, rigorous rituals - Not
Needed are they to lighten the burden of everyday living.
Patience, the feeling of harmony and introspection
Befit these for the soul's prosperity - Mankutimma.
ವಹಿಸೆ ಜೀವನಭರವನದು ಹಗುರೆನಿಪವೊಲ್ ||
ಸಹನೆ ಸಮರಸಭಾವವಂತಃಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳು |
ವಿಹಿತವಾತ್ಮದ ಹಿತಕೆ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||
bahuvidye bahutarka bahunEma bEkilla |
vahise jIvanabharavanadu hagurenipavOl ||
sahane samarasabhaavavantahaparIkShegaLu |
vihitavaatmada hitake - mankutimma ||
Extensive education, laborious logic, rigorous rituals - Not
Needed are they to lighten the burden of everyday living.
Patience, the feeling of harmony and introspection
Befit these for the soul's prosperity - Mankutimma.
Translator's thoughts: The poet talks of the 'prosperity of soul', a concept long advocated in the Indian way of living. Maybe as we advance on the path of development towards economic and technological prosperity, it is the prosperity of soul that helps us not loose sight of the equally important socio-political and humanistic prosperity.
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