Na Karmana

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"Na Karmana" is chanted every day in praise of the Self-realized Sage at the

Samadhi of Sri Ramana Maharshi as it was chanted formely in His presence.

 

Na Karmana

 

Deathlessnes is not obtained through action

or begetting offspring

or wealth.

Some attain that state through renunciation.

 

The Sages (that have conquered the senses)

attain that Sat

which is more supreme than Heaven

and shining all alone in the Heart.

 

The adepts who by renunciation and one-pointedness

are pure in heart

and have known the certainty of Truth by the special knowledge proclaimed by

Vedanta,

get fully released in the Brahmaloka from the causal Maya at the dissolution of

the body.

 

That alone which sines as the tiny Akasa void of sorrow,

in the lotus heart,

the tiny seat of the spotless Supreme in the (inner) core of the body

is worthy of worship.

 

He alone is the Supreme Lord,

who is beyond the Primal World

which is the beginning and end of the Veda

and in which merges the creative Cause.

 

(The Vedaparayana at Sri Ramanasramam)

 

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Hi Gabriele,

 

Thanks for posting the messange on Na Karmana. Here is a link which

also contains an MP3 (audio) file of the chanting as well as

Sanskrit text and translations:

http://www.gosai.com/chaitanya/saranagati/html/vedic-

upanisads/sannyasa-sukta.html

Sanskrit text:

om na karmana na prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amrtatvam anasuh /

parena nakam nihitam guhayam vibhrajate yad yatayo visanti /

vedanta-vijnana suniscatartha sannyasa yogad-yataya-suddha-sattvah /

te brahma-loke tu paranta-kale paramrtat-parimucyanti sarve /

dahram vipapam parame' sma bhutam yat-pundarikam pura-madhya

sagmstham /

tatrapi dahram gaganam visokas-tasmin yad antas tad upasitavyam /

yo vedadau svarah prokto vedante ca pratistatah /

tasya prakrti-linasya yah para-sa mahesvarah //

 

Apparently, Na Karmana mantra is called the Sannyasa Sukta and

appears in Maha-narayanopanisad.

 

regards

Sundar Rajan