The tall trees are "too proud" to bend and surrender to the winds. When the rain pours over the mountains, when the mighty winds blow, the tall trees on the mountains may fall down, but the gentle grass blade will bend and survive. The metaphor of gentle blade of grass near the foot of the mountain is very profound.
The song says be humble like a blade of grass at the foot of the mountain and spread your fragrance like a gentle jasmine flower. It advises us to be humble and gentle yet strong. This short beautiful poem holds the key for leading a balanced living. One of the popular poems from this work "Hullagu bettadadi" translated below, conveys the spirit of Kagga.īe a (gentle) blade of grass at the foot of the mountain and jasmine flower at homeīe (strong) like a rock when the fate pours (torrential) rain of difficulties on youīe sweet like sugar and jaggery to the poor and weak Poems likeĪre but few of the poems quite well known to the people familiar with Kannada literature. Kagga is so popular in Kannada literature that most of the Kannada speaking folks are familiar with at least a few of the poems from this great work even if they have not read it. The message of many of the songs from Kagga is samatwa. Thus Kagga advises us to follow the middle path extending one hand towards the ultimate truth and the other hand to the phenomenal world. Kagga explores deeper questions of life, contemplates on the meaning of ultimate truth (reality) and advises us to lead a balanced life in this complex ever changing world. Most of these can be sung.Ħ.3 Mankutimmana Kagga - Notable commentaries Some of the poems are in old Kannda style (haLegannada). Kagga is a beautiful and profound collection of 945 poems. The title of this work can be translated as "Song of Mankutimma". It is in fact called the Bhagavad Gita in Kannada. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece among the Kannada speaking population of southern India. Gundappa (known by the name D V G), and published in 1943. Mankuthimmana Kagga is one of the most famous and popular major literary works in Kannada, composed by Dr. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style. This section is written like a personal reflection or essay and may require cleanup. Help us find bugs and complete user interface translations (before ).
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