ಗುಣಿಪುದೆಂತಾ ತೆರನ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ

ಜನಿಸಿದೆಡೆಯಿಂ ಕಡಲವರೆಗಮಡಿಯಡಿ ನೆಲದ ।

ಗುಣದ ಕೊಳ್ಳುತ ಕೊಡುತ ಪೊನಲು ಮಾರ್ಪಡುಗಂ ॥

ಮನುಜಸಂತಾನದಲಿ ಗುಣದವತರಣವಂತು ।

ಗುಣಿಪುದೆಂತಾ ತೆರನ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ॥ ೪೧೨ ॥

janisideDeyim kaDalavaregamaDiyaDi nelada ।
guNada koLLuta koDuta ponalu mArpaDugam ॥
manujasantAnadali guNadavataraNavantu ।
guNipudentA terana - Mankutimma ॥ 412 ॥

"A river flows from its birthplace to the sea. All along, it collects qualities of the earth and giving the earth some of its own qualities - forever changing. It is the same with qualities of humanity. They keep changing in every generation. One can not keep count or track of how the changes happen." - Mankutimma