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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.

 

8.Free from infatuation,greed,

distracting thought and envy,

he is ever blissful.

He is ever active

helping others to cross

the sea of becoming,

regardless of reward.

 

9.When Ganapati saying

'mother is mine'

sat on the lap of parvati,

kumara retorted

'never mind, Father is mine'

and got onto Siva's lap

and was kissed by him on the head.

 

Of this Kumara

Who pierced with his lance

the Krauncha Hill,

Ramana is a glorious manifestation.

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 18 `The Glory of Siddhas'

V8

He is free from the delusion of the senses, greed, conceptualisation,

envy, and is ever blissful. He is always active in helping others

cross the ocean of karma without expecting any benefit in exchange.

 

Commentary

The only activity in which Ramana is engaged in always is helping

persons to escape the cycle of births and deaths. Does the sun expect

anything in return for its life giving light to the world? Anyway what

could be given as reward for this ceaseless activity? Even so the

Maharshi retained the body, after the experience which made him

immortal, in order to teach the way, to share his experience of

discovering innate happiness, by searching for the true import of `I'.

The effulgence emanating from the Maharshi had a transforming

influence. Borrowing Ganapati Muni's poetic expression, Ramana is the

great cook `who cuts off the ego of human beings steeped in ignorance,

seasons them and makes them over to Siva as food.'*

[*Chatvarimsat – Ganapati Muni v32]

 

V9

When Ganapati sat on the lap of Parvati saying `Mother is mine',

Subrahmanya got on to Siva's lap claiming, `Never mind, father is

mine' and was kissed by him on the head. Of this Subrahmanya, who

pierced the `Krauncha Hill', Ramana is a glorious manifestation.

 

Commentary

Ganapati Muni is referring to an ancient story in the Puranas.

Ganapati was regarded as a favourite of his mother Parvati and

Subrahmanya that of Siva. The Muni restates here his vision set out in

chapter eleven of Ramana Gita, that Ramana is only the human

embodiment of Subrahmanya.

 

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