Suppl. 40 verses, V. 9 & 10

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In the lotus of the Heart is pure and changeless

Consciousness in the form of the Self. When the

ego is removed, this Consciousness of Self bestows

Liberation of Soul.

 

The body is like an earthern pot inert. Because it has

no consciousness of 'I', and because daily in bodiless

sleep we touch our real nature, the body is not 'I'.

Then who is this 'I'? Where is this 'I'? In the Heart-Cave

of those that question thus, there shineth forth as 'I',

Himself, the Lord Siva of Arunachala.

 

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transl. by Swaminathan

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Know that the pure and changeless Self-awareness in

the Heart is the Knowledge which, through the destruction

of the ego, bestows Liberation.

 

The body is inert like an earthern pot. Since it has no I-

consciousness and since in deep sleep, when bodiless,

we experience our natural being, the body cannot be the I.

Who then is it that causes I-ness? Whence is he? In the

Heart-cave of those who thus enquire and who know and

abide as the Self, Lord Arunachala Siva shines forth of

Himself as the 'That-am-I' Consciousness.

 

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transl. by Osborne

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