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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 18.On The Glory of the Siddhas

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

Chapter 18.

 

Ganapati Muni composes a long Poem (25 verses) in praise of Bhagavan to end the

Ramana Gita .

Like the Bhagavad Gita , the Ramana Gita has 18 Chapters.

 

6.In speech

he is extremely soft,

in look, cool and compassinate,

his face is like a full blown lotus,

his mind is a void

like the moon in daylight,

he shines in the heart

as the Sun in the sky.

 

7.Pitiless to his body,

Strict in the observance

of discipline

wholy averse

to the delights of the senses,

he is a Sage

without anger and desire,

beside himself with the joy

of pure Awareness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 18.On The Glory of the Siddhas

 

Translation of Prof.K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami

 

Chapter 18.

 

Ganapati Muni composes a long Poem (25 verses) in praise of Bhagavan

to end the Ramana Gita .

Like the Bhagavad Gita , the Ramana Gita has 18 Chapters.

 

6.In speech

he is extremely soft,

in look, cool and compassinate,

his face is like a full blown lotus,

his mind is a void

like the moon in daylight,

he shines in the heart

as the Sun in the sky.

 

7.Pitiless to his body,

Strict in the observance

of discipline

wholy averse

to the delights of the senses,

he is a Sage

without anger and desire,

beside himself with the joy

of pure Awareness.

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 18 `The Glory of Siddhas'

V6

In speech he is extremely soft, in look cool and compassionate his

face is like a full blown lotus; his mind is shorn of lustre like the

moon in daylight; he shines in the Heart like the Sun in the sky.

 

Commentary

Free from any kind of partiality, devoid of anger, full of love,

Ramana's speech was soft and unhurried. His face was reflective of the

Brahmic state in which he was abiding. Hence its compelling beauty.

Just as the moon's lustre is lost in the brightness of the daylight

sun, Ramana's mind, merged in the Self, has no independent brightness.

Here one has to remember that the mind only reflects the light of the

Self. When there is awareness of the resplendent source, then the

mind's reflected glory is merged in it. Ramana's Self-abidance being

spontaneous he shines in the Heart like the Sun in the sky.

 

V7

He is unconcerned about his body, strict in the observance of

discipline, averse to sensory delights; he is a sage without anger or

desire and drunk with the joy of consciousness.

 

Commentary

One pampers the body because one identifies oneself with it. Since

Ramana was free of attachment to the body, he was utterly indifferent

to its needs. Those familiar with the life of Ramana are aware that

even as a young lad of sixteen he had stayed in `Patalalinga', an

underground temple without food, oblivious to his body for days on

end. Ramana's actions were perfect springing from the natural

discipline of one living in harmony with nature. The natural state is

one in which bliss brims over and Ramana was always in it.

 

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