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ಆವ ನೆಲದಲಿ ಮೇದೊ, ಆವ ನೀರನು ಕುಡಿದೊ |
ಆವು ಹಾಲ್ಗರೆವುದದನಾರು ಕುಡಿಯುವನೋ! ||
ಆವ ಬಲವದರಿನೊಗೆದೇಂಗೆಯ್ಸುವುದೊ ಜಗಕೆ! |
ಭಾವಿಸಾ ಋಣಗತಿಯ - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ||   

aava neladali mEdo, aava nIranu kuDido |
aavu haalgarevudadanaaru kuDiyuvanO! || 
aava balavadarinogedEogeysuvudo jagake! |
bhaavisaa ruNagatiya - mankutimma ||
 
Grazes on which land, drinks which water,
As the cow is milked, who gets to drink it?
What energy is born of it, what accomplishments it leads to ?
Introspect this flow of indebtedness - Mankutimma.