Saamajika Samanvayada Harikara – Kanaka Dasaru
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Author: P R Panchamukhi
ಕನಕದಾಸರ ಜೀವನವೇ ಸಮನ್ವಯತೆಯ ಪ್ರತಿಬಿಂಬವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಕುರುಬರ ಮನೆತನದಲ್ಲಿ; ಬೆಳೆದದ್ದು ಸಂಸಾರದ ಜಂಜಾಟದ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ; ಜೀವನದ ಕೊನೆ ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಒಡನಾಟವನ್ನಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡದ್ದು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿದ್ದದ್ದು ದಾಸಭಾವದ ನೆಲೆಗಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ, ಅವರು ಒಂದು ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಸಮಗ್ರ ಜೀವನವನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ, ಅವರಿಗಿದ್ದುದು ಸಾಧಕನ ನೆಲೆ. ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಬೆಳೆದಿದ್ದು ನಾಯಕನ ಕುಲದಲ್ಲಿ, ಜೀವನದ ಹರೆಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೊನೆಯ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವರ ದಾಸನಾಗುವ ಲವಲವಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು; ದ್ವೇಷ, ಕ್ರೌರ್ಯಗಳ ದಟ್ಟಿ ನಿಂದ ಭಕ್ತಿಯ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳೆಡೆಗೆ ಸಾಗಿದ್ದು. ಹೀಗೆ ಕನಕದಾಸರ ಜೀವನವು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ವಿರೋಧಗಳ ಬೀಡಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಅಂತರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ಸಮನ್ವಯತೆಯ ನೆಲೆಯನ್ನು ಮೈಗೂಡಿಸಿ ಕೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. ಕನಕದಾಸರು ಸಮಗ್ರವಾದ ಸಮನ್ವಯ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ಹರಿಕಾರರೆನಿಸಿದರು.
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