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ಆಶೆ ಮಂಥರೆ, ನರವಿವೇಚನೆಯೆ ಕೈಕೇಯಿ |
ಬೀಸೆ ಮನದುಸಿರು ಮತಿದೀಪವಲೆಯುವುದು ||
ವಾಸನೆಗಳನುಕೂಲ ಸತ್ಯತರ್ಕತೆ ಶೂಲ |
ಶೋಷಿಸಾ ವಾಸನೆಯ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||


aaShe manthare, naravivEcaneye kaikEyi |
bIse manadusiru matidIpavaleyuvudu ||
vaasanegaLanukUla satyatarkate shUla |
shOShisaa vaasaneya - mankutimma ||

Desire is Manthare*, Human reasoning Kaikeyi*.
Wavers lamp of intellect when blows breath of heart
Facilitating passion is to lance truth and logic
Tame those passions - Mankutimma




*Manthara in the epic Ramayana is the maid who convinced Queen Kaikeyi that the throne of Maharaja belonged to her son Bharata and that her step-son—crown-prince Rama should be exiled from the kingdom.

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