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ಕಷ್ಟ ಜೀವದ ಪಾಕ; ಕಷ್ಟ ಧರ್ಮವಿವೇಕ |
ಎಷ್ಟೆಷ್ಟು ನೀತಿಯುಕ್ತಿಗಳ ಬಗೆದಡೆಯುಂ ||
ಇಷ್ಟಷ್ಟು ನಿನ್ನೊಳ್ ಒಳತಿಳಿವಿಲ್ಲದಿರೆ ನಷ್ಟ |
ದೃಷ್ಟಿಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವೆ ಗತಿಯೊ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

kashTa jIvada paaka; kashTa dharmavivEka |
eshTeshTu nItiyuktigaLa bagedaDeyum ||
ishTashTu ninnoL oLatiLivilladire nashTa |
drushTisUkshmave gatiyo - mankutimma ||

Difficult is life ripe; Difficult is moral choice
Though thou hatch up lot of ideas and strategies
If within is absent inner intellect, thou are at loss.
Subtlety of vision is our refuge - Mankutimma.