'Overwhelming Fear' springing from the 'helplessly crowding thoughts of one's own death'

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Namaste Shankarji,

 

In fact there is a beautiful sanskrit versification of the complete

text by "K.", in Sat-Darshana Bhashya[Ramanashrama, 6th ed. 1975].

 

mR^ityu~njayaM mR^ityubhiyaashritaanaaM

ahaMmatirmR^ityumupaiti puurvam.h .

atha svabhaavadmR^iteshhu teshhu

kathaM punrmR^ityudhiyo.avakaashaH ..

 

 

Best regards,

 

sunder

 

 

>"Shankar" <shankar

>advaitin

><advaitin >, <arch, <krish

> Re: 'Overwhelming Fear' springing from the 'helplessly

>crowding thoughts of one's own death'

>Sun, 2 Apr 2000 19:24:58 +0200

>

>Dear Sundarji

>

>Regarding the 'overwhelming fear', springing from the 'helplessly crowding

>thoughts of one's own death',

>I am reminded of the second verse '(pronouncing) auspiciousness'

>[Mangalam],

>at the 'outset', before beginning the composition of 'Existence Forty'

>[ulladhu Naarpadhu],

>an original text, composed in Tamil, by Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

>

>The translation is as follows:

>

> -Inwardly

>1. those people, with fear of death 'in excess', as a fort (protection),

>2. will lean (turn inward) towards the '(Lotus) Feet' of '(Lord)

>Mahesa', (who is) devoid of 'birth' and 'death'.

>3. With that 'leaning' (turning inward), (those people) having 'attained

>to (the) death (of their individuality)',

>4. will they 'lean' (incline) towards the 'thought of death' (by arising

>again, as an 'indvidual ego'),

> (having become one with) the 'deathless One'.

>

>The translation has been done accordance with the 'commentary' on the text

>in Tamil, by Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal, the deliverer from

>the 'maze of verbal accretions', to the poetic lines, revealing the direct

>experience of Sri Bhagawan.

>

>Thanks and kind regards

>

>

>

>

>

 

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