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
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
