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ಸಮವಿಲ್ಲ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲಿ, ನರನಂತೆ ನರನಿಲ್ಲ |
ಕ್ಷಮೆಯುಮವಳೊಳಗಿಲ್ಲ, ಕರ್ಮದಂತೆ ಫಲ ||
ಕ್ರಮವೊಂದ ನೀಮಾಗಿಸಿರಿ ನೋಳ್ಪೆನಾನೆನುತೆ |
ನಮಗವಳ್ ಪ್ರಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

samavilla sruShTiyali, naranante naranilla |
kShameyumavaLolagilla, karmadante phala ||
kramavonda nImaagirisi nOLpenaanenute |
namagavaL praspardhi - mankutimma ||

No uniformity in creation, no man is like another
No forgiveness in her, as the act so is the result.
If thou choose a method and decide to stick by it,
She gears up to compete with us - Mankutimma

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ಐಕ್ಯ ನಾನಾತ್ವಗಳು, ನಿಯತಿ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರಗಳು |
ತರ್ಕ್ಯ ನಿಸ್ತರ್ಕ್ಯಗಳು ಬೆರೆತು ಚಿತ್ರದಲಿ ||
ಶಕ್ಯಮುಂ ಪುರುಷತಂತ್ರಕ್ಕಶಕ್ಯಮುಮಾದ |
ಸಿಕ್ಕುಗಳ ಕಂತೆ ಜಗ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

aikya naanaatatvagaLu, niyati svatantragaLu |
tarkya nistarkyagaLu beretu chitradali ||
shakyamum puruShatantakkashakyamamaada |
sikkugaLa kante jaga - mankutimma ||

The one and the many, the regulated and the independent,
The logical and the illogical amalgamate in the picture.
The possible and the impossible of human attainments all
Tangle together to form the knot of world - Mankutimma.

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ಬೆರಳುಗಳ ನೋಡವುಗಳೊಂದರಂತೊಂದಿಲ್ಲ |
ಕರಧರ್ಮಕುಚಿತವಾ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಡಮೆಗಳು ||
ಪುರುಳ ಪಿಡಿವುವೆ ಬೆರಳ್ಗಳೆಲ್ಲಮೊಂದುದ್ದವಿರೆ? |
ಸರಿಯಹುದು ಕಾರ್ಯದಲಿ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

beraLugaLa nODavugaLondarantondilla |
karadharmakuchitavaa hecchu kaDamegaLu ||
puruLa piDivuve beraLgaLellamonduddavire? |
sariyahudu kaaryadali - mankutimma ||

Look at the fingers, none of them is like one another
In accordance with the functions of the hand, vary they.
Could they grasp objects, if they were all the same?
They are right to accomplish their tasks - Mankutimma.

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ಸಮವರ್ತಿಗಳು ಜಗದೊಳಿಬ್ಬರೇ ದಿಟವರಿಯೆ |
ಯಮರಾಜನೊಬ್ಬ ಜಾಠರರಾಜನೊಬ್ಬ ||
ಶ್ರಮವನನುದಿನಮುಮಾಗಿಪನೊಬ್ಬನೆಲ್ಲವನು |
ಶಮಿಸಿ ಮುಗಿಸುವನೊಬ್ಬ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

samavartigaLu jagadoLibbarE diTavariye |
yamaraajanobba jaaTararaajanobba ||
shramavananudinamumaagipanobbanellavanu |
shamisi mugisuvanobba - mankutimma ||

Know the truth, only two in the world are fair.
One the king of death, other the king stomach!
One makes us sweat and work it all out every day
Other pacifies and ends it all - Mankutimma.

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ಅಸಮದಲಿ ಸಮತೆಯನು ವಿಷಮದಲಿ ಮೈತ್ರಿಯನು |
ಅಸಮಂಜಸದಿ ಸಮನ್ವಯ ಸೂತ್ರ ನಯವ ||
ವೆಸನಮಯ ಸಂಸಾರದಲಿ ವಿನೋದವ ಕಾಣ್ಬ |
ರಸಿಕತೆಯೆ ಯೋಗವೆಲೊ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||

asamadali samateynau viShamadali maitriyanu |
asamanjasadi samanvaya sUtra nayava ||
vesanamaya samsaaradali vinOdava kaaNba |
rasikateye yOgavelo - mankutimma ||

To find similarity in the dissimilar, To forge alliance with the uneven
To seek principles of reconcilation with the irreconcilable
To see humor in the grief filled, sorrowful world of family
This aesthetic sense itself is yoga - Mankutimma.

Translator's note: 'Yoga' is a commonly known generic term for physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines found in various forms in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Aurobindo describes 'yoga' as "a large, flexible and many-sided system with various elements, which are all successfully harmonized by a sort of natural and living assimilation"