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ಹಣ್ಣೇನು ಕಾಯೇನು ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ತುಂಬಿರುವಂಗೆ? |
ಪುಣ್ಯವೇಂ ಪಾಪವೇಂ ಪೂರ್ಣದರ್ಶನಿಗೆ? ||
ಉನ್ನತದ ಶಿಖರದಿಂ ತಿಟ್ಟೇನು ಕುಳಿಯೇನು? |
ಪೂರ್ಣತೆಗೆ ಸೊಟ್ಟೇನು? - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

haNNEnu kaayEnu hoTTe tumbiruvange? |
puNyavEm paapavEm pUrNadarshanige? ||
unnatada shikharadim tiTTEnu kuLiyEnu? |
pUrNatege soTTEnu? - mankutimma ||

What of ripe fruit or unripe fruit for him  whose stomach is filled?
What of vice or virtue for him whose vision encompasses the whole?
What of the highlands or valleys for him who scales the high summit?
What of crookedness to completeness? - Mankutimma