“Be unhoused, O my soul!
Only the Infinite be your goal.

Leave those myriad forms behind,
Leave the million names that bind.
A flash will pierce your heart and mind,
And unhouse you, O my soul!”

—  Kuvempu

Aniketana (1964)

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Kannada novelist, poet, playwright, critic, and thinker 1904–1994

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