There is a mysterious force, that which we experince to know,
which with its own power
Exists as earth and in the form of all living beings,
If that that is the truth,
Then just surrender to that mysterious force as the Divine o' Manku Thimma.
Sunday, 3 June 2012
DVG's wisdom- which is the most sacred place?
Do not doubt the divinity of any place where thousands have prayed,
For, can there be a fixed place for the divinity to exist?
The place where your heart is - is the place of Divinity for you! o' Manku Thimma
For, can there be a fixed place for the divinity to exist?
The place where your heart is - is the place of Divinity for you! o' Manku Thimma
DVG's wisdom - on perspectives
A flower bloomed in a tree is a treat to the connoisseur of nature,
A flower adorned by a wife is a delight to her husband,
The flower adorned in the temple is sacred to a devotee,
A flower for the woman who sells flowers is a few coins of money..
A simple flower has so many perspectives o' Manqué thimma.
A flower adorned by a wife is a delight to her husband,
The flower adorned in the temple is sacred to a devotee,
A flower for the woman who sells flowers is a few coins of money..
A simple flower has so many perspectives o' Manqué thimma.
DVG's wisdom- what to seek in life
Its natural to laugh,
To make someone laugh is a higher quality,
Joining some one laughing and laughing along is very superior.
Therefore, seek from God the blessing of laughing,
Making someone laugh and a happy life full of laughter o' Manku Thimma.
To make someone laugh is a higher quality,
Joining some one laughing and laughing along is very superior.
Therefore, seek from God the blessing of laughing,
Making someone laugh and a happy life full of laughter o' Manku Thimma.
DVG's wisdom- be useful
Be the grass at the bottom of the mountain, so that you can be useful to the cattle;
Be a jasmine at home, so that your are pleasant as fragrance at home
Be rock solid when the torrential difficulties pour on you
Be the support to the poor and needy
Be one among every one o' Manku Thimma.
Be a jasmine at home, so that your are pleasant as fragrance at home
Be rock solid when the torrential difficulties pour on you
Be the support to the poor and needy
Be one among every one o' Manku Thimma.
DVG's wisdom on seeking fame
Who first discovered the rice in paddy?
Who is the fist inventor of alphabet?
This world has not kept count of those ancient discoverers and inventors..
It is futile for you to work for name and fame o' Manku Thimma.
When a seed sprouts into a sapling..
Dose it come with announcing its arrival with the sounds of bugle?
When a fruit ripens in a tree ..
Does it announce its arrival with the sound of drums?
The life sustaining Sun and Moon rise and set in silence.
Why do you brag about your achievements, just stitch your lips o' Manku Thimma.
DVG cautions about the consequence of seeking fame:
The desire for money and wealth is sharper than the
Desire for food.
The attraction between a male and a female is sharper than the desire for money and wealth.
Of all the desires, the desire for fame is the sharpest
Which will ultimately destroy your soul o' Manku Thimma
Who is the fist inventor of alphabet?
This world has not kept count of those ancient discoverers and inventors..
It is futile for you to work for name and fame o' Manku Thimma.
When a seed sprouts into a sapling..
Dose it come with announcing its arrival with the sounds of bugle?
When a fruit ripens in a tree ..
Does it announce its arrival with the sound of drums?
The life sustaining Sun and Moon rise and set in silence.
Why do you brag about your achievements, just stitch your lips o' Manku Thimma.
DVG cautions about the consequence of seeking fame:
The desire for money and wealth is sharper than the
Desire for food.
The attraction between a male and a female is sharper than the desire for money and wealth.
Of all the desires, the desire for fame is the sharpest
Which will ultimately destroy your soul o' Manku Thimma
DVG's Wisdom - introduction
DVG' s "Manku thimmana Kagga" is written in Kannada, the languge spoken in Karnataka, India.
D.V.G's Wisdom is encapsulated in the form of verse of just four lines and each of the verses are independent of the other. In order to understand DVG's Manku Thimma, it is not necessary to read the compendium of the whole verse. Each of the quartet contain wisdom about various aspects of life, independently - the marvel is that DVG could express a pearl of wisdom in just four simple lines which rhymed so well, especially the second letter of each line having the variation of the same alphabet.
This is a novice attempt to translate a few quartet and the wisdom contained in DVG's epic- containing 945 verses titled "Manku thimmana Kagga". It is indeed difficult to give the format of a quartet and the rhyme used by DVG in his Epic, in this translation. The attempt is to bring the essence of the wisdom contained in the quartet
DVG uses Manku Thimma as a person to whom wisdom is parted and Manku thimma in a sense menas an Ignorant Thimma - 'Thimma' is similar to a common name Johnny)-.
D.V.G's Wisdom is encapsulated in the form of verse of just four lines and each of the verses are independent of the other. In order to understand DVG's Manku Thimma, it is not necessary to read the compendium of the whole verse. Each of the quartet contain wisdom about various aspects of life, independently - the marvel is that DVG could express a pearl of wisdom in just four simple lines which rhymed so well, especially the second letter of each line having the variation of the same alphabet.
This is a novice attempt to translate a few quartet and the wisdom contained in DVG's epic- containing 945 verses titled "Manku thimmana Kagga". It is indeed difficult to give the format of a quartet and the rhyme used by DVG in his Epic, in this translation. The attempt is to bring the essence of the wisdom contained in the quartet
DVG uses Manku Thimma as a person to whom wisdom is parted and Manku thimma in a sense menas an Ignorant Thimma - 'Thimma' is similar to a common name Johnny)-.
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