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Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, popularly known as DVG, was a Kannada writer and philosopher. His most notable work is the Mankuthimmana Kagga , which is similar to the wisdom poems of the late medieval poet Sarvajna.

✵ 17. March 1887 – 7. October 1975
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“As the author describes it, it is the conversation of a “common man” with other common men. Intricate, distant and sacred questions of Religion, Reality, Dharma and Divinity are not for me. …. such has been my belief from the outset. It was not my good fortune to have had transcendental experiences, concentration on religious austerities, or the philosophical knowledge to qualify me for the exposition of abstruse problems.”

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The Gita for Every Man

“Any journalist worth his salt, should have to study literature to some extent.”

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“Seeking Brahman in world transactions,
Seeking Brahman in all JIva forms,
Feeling Brahman in body and sense experiences,
This is the secret of salvation – Mankuthimma.”

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A Kagga {Quatrian) of Manku Thimmana Kagga in pages=191-92
The Wisdom Of Vasistha A Study On Laghu Yoga Vasistha From A Seeker`S Point Of View

“When the mind was disgusted with the ways of the world, when obstructions were feared in the path of duty, when people became excited and lost their reason, when friends lost their spirit and suffered inner disquiet on any account, [Sastry used to recollect these Slokas. Tulya nindastuti] – equal and unmoved by praise or insult - is an injunction which ought to guide our public men…”

D. V. Gundappa

The Gita for Every Man

“The probity in a public life is a must for improvement of country’s economy vis-à-vis the living conditions of common man. To mould the perceptions of students he wrote biographies of three great men.”

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“Be like that grass on the foot of the hill,
Or like that jasmine plant behind the house,
Be like hard rock when the fate rains difficulties upon you;
Be like jaggery & sugar bringing happiness to the poor & needy,
Be one among all mingling and mixing –Mankuthimma”

D. V. Gundappa

DVG’s Kannada poetry Kagga translated in to English
The Wisdom of Kagga: A Modern Kannada Classic

D. V. Gundappa Quotes about people

“For some people belligerency and divisiveness are inbuilt qualities and if they come to power, unity becomes a far cry. Belligerent and divisive attitude are but natural in power politics.”

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“It is my intention to represent the world of Shakespeare as far as possible as it really is and not merely to tell the story. It is my effort to retain the names used by him, the atmosphere he created, his descriptions…on the whole. His representation of the world as it is. I believe that this is necessary for the enhancement of Kannada literature and the sensibilities of the Kannada people and for the broadening of their vision of the world. If human civilization and peace are to last, it is of foremost importance that the different races of the earth attain a world vision. In order to achieve this the people of the West should read our epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata sympathetically as we must acquaint ourselves with their poetic tradition.”

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India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance

“The one and only God of Universe Vishwanatha, takes the shape of different deities, worshipped by the devotees whether he be Hindu, Jain, Parsi, Mohammed, Yahudi, Christian. Let him also sow seeds of unity and friendship in the mind of the people of the country.”

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One of the six hymns that he had set for the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs that he had set up in Bangalore quoted in page=13
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“I have written this book to enunciate some principles, ends and means in which I have full faith, implementation of which would do good to the people and society”

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In biography of Gopal Krishna Gokhale in page=25
D.V. Gundappa,Sahitya Akademi

“Journalism is meant to educate the people. To do this effectively, journalists will have to equip themselves adequately.”

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D. V. Gundappa Quotes about life

“The work of samskriti or culture is the work of scrubbing, washing and cleansing the mind…the road of culture is one without a trace of stubbornness or crudeness; instead it is the road of humility and respect, for what is the difference between a life without humility and respect and the life of a dog that lunges for.”

D. V. Gundappa

On Culture in Whose Culture is it? Contesting the Modem in Journal of Arts & Ideas, 23 December 2013, 1993, The Digital South Asia Library, 144 http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/artsandideas/text.html?objectid=HN681.S597_25-26_148.gif,
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“New shoots, old roots make a tree look beautiful
New approaches and old principles give us true Dharma
Sayings of sages and findings of scientists come together
Human life is then truly splendid –Mankuthimma.”

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DVG’s Kannada poetry Kagga translated in to English.
The Wisdom of Kagga: A Modern Kannada Classic

“Reading biographies of great men would shape the life of the youth.”

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D. V. Gundappa Quotes

“But a nationalist shall not merely have control over these weakness but would cultivate the qualities of politeness and cordiality.”

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“The higher we go, the ups and downs at the lower level would gradually fade. If what we do is to be worth while and if we are to get job satisfaction, we have to study more and work hard. The more we work, the stronger the profession would become and grow.”

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Study

“We must endeavour to bring about a correlationship and complementarity between the spiritual and secular. Let there be whatever changes in our style of living or in the conditions of society. The recognition of the soul and conscience, the acknowledgement of the supremacy of Divine, faith and devotion to Dharma, and the limitation of selfishness and greed - if these four are kept alive, we can boldly assert that the teaching of the Gita will remain alive.”

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The Gita for Every Man

Faith , Soul , Change , Selfishness

“Power without the fear of enquiry is like pickles without salt that would degenerate into a pit of worms. The fear of enquiry is the body guard of power administration.”

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Fear

“Best of feasts is the essence of the Supreme
Brahman, Nothing to beg when you have tasted it.
Vanishes the distinction of renouncer, renunciation and renounced.
And you become the monarch of the universe - Mankuthimma.”

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A Kagga {Quatrian) of Verse 752 of Manku Thimmana Kagga in page=217
The Wisdom Of Vasistha A Study On Laghu Yoga Vasistha From A Seeker`S Point Of View

Universe

“This [Journalism] is not a profession of my choice. Nor is it family traditional occupation. God must have created this profession as a fit theater for all my struggles…Whatever I have written so far is about politics or philosophy, literature, music, poetry or even speeches I made either in the floor of assembly or from public-platforms-all these in a way touch one aspect of journalism or the other”

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God , Family , Music , Way

“Be relaxed, not to bother yourself, let it happen whatever that happens.”

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D.V. Gundappa,Sahitya Akademi

“The craze for power among elected representatives is the deathtrap of democracy. Once they get in to the positions of power, they become gluttons, like the hungry at the dining table.”

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Democracy

“Linguistic equivalence and cultural communication are thus complimentary to each other as language is culture generative and culture bound.”

D. V. Gundappa

India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation, and Performance

Communication

“Once in garden then in friends’ company,
Once in music and then in philosophy,
Once with family and then in silence,
Experience Brahman- Mankuthimma”

D. V. Gundappa

A Kagga {Quatrian) of Manku Thimmana Kagga in pages=191-92
The Wisdom Of Vasistha A Study On Laghu Yoga Vasistha From A Seeker`S Point Of View

Family , Music , Silence

“D. V. G’s exposition of the concept of duty is not just academic and theoretical. It covers the entire range of duties that are woven into the social structure.”

D. V. Gundappa

By Prof. G. N. Sarma in "The Gita for Every Man".

“To D. V. G., the problem of problems today is confusion and perplexity about one’s duty to self and society.”

D. V. Gundappa

By Prof. G. N. Sarma in "The Gita for Every Man".

Problem , Self-confidence

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