Upadesa Saram/Upadesa Undiyar 11 & 12

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

 

11)

 

vAyurodhanAllIyatemanah

jAlapakshivadrodhasAdhanam

 

Through checking the breath, the mind cowers, like a

bird caught in a net. This is a means of control.

 

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vaLiyuL LaDakka valaipaDu putpO

luLamu moDungur^u mun*dIpar^a

voDukka vupAyami dun*dIpar^a

 

By holding in the breath, like a bird caught in the

net,the mind is restrained (and absorbed). This is a

method of control.

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12)

 

cittavAyavaScitkriyAyutAh

SAkhayordvayI SaktimUlakA

 

Minds and breaths along with (their) thoughts and

actions are two branching paths which spring from one

inherent power.

 

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uLamu muyiru muNarvun ceyalu

muLavAn kiLaiyiraN Dun*dIpar^a

vonr*avar* r*inmUla mun*dIpar^a

 

Mind and life(breath)along with thought and action

are the two branches of the (same) One, their source

(base).

 

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