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CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

>From here to verse 15 , when the original question is recalled , the Muni

poetically sings the

glories of the Maharshi , his Sad Guru .This translation, as are all the others,

is in prose and

therefore cannot capture the poetic feeling of the Muni's Sanskrit .

 

3.In you alone are found Supreme Abidance in the Self and the clearest

intellect.

 

You are the repository of all knowledge even as the ocean is of all waters.

 

4.Oh far-famed in boyhood itself, in your seventeenth year, you gained the

experience of the Self,

inaccesible even to Yogis.

 

 

I have,however, attempted an English versification .

 

SUPREME ABIDANCE in Self is found in thee

oh Sage, containing, clear intelligence alone;

as ocean to waters, akashic, all is known.

Far famed in youth; at seventeen years we see

thee realise Self, from fear of dreaded Yama free.

Even Yogis, such a state, cannot attain alone?

 

 

 

 

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Life is a pure flame,and we live

by an invisible Sun within us.

 

 

 

 

 

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CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

>From here to verse 15 , when the original question is recalled , the

Muni poetically sings the

glories of the Maharshi , his Sad Guru .This translation, as are all

the others, is in prose and

therefore cannot capture the poetic feeling of the Muni's Sanskrit .

 

3.In you alone are found Supreme Abidance in the Self and the

clearest intellect.

 

You are the repository of all knowledge even as the ocean is of all

waters.

 

4.Oh far-famed in boyhood itself, in your seventeenth year, you

gained the experience of the Self,

inaccesible even to Yogis.

 

 

I have,however, attempted an English

versification .

 

SUPREME ABIDANCE in Self is found in thee

oh Sage, containing, clear intelligence alone;

as ocean to waters, akashic, all is known.

Far famed in youth; at seventeen years we see

thee realise Self, from fear of dreaded Yama free.

 

Even Yogis, such a state, cannot attain alone

 

 

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Life is a pure flame,and we live

by an invisible Sun within us.

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Ramana Gita [Translation & Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 11 `On Compatibility of Gnana & Siddhis'

 

V3

In you alone is found the supreme abidance in the Self and the

purest mind. You are the repository of all wisdom, just as the ocean

is of all waters.

V4

You became very famous by attaining wisdom, hard to get even for

Yogis, in boyhood itself, in your seventeenth year.

 

Commentary

The experience referred to by the Muni is Ramana's death experience.

In his seventeenth year while studying in the tenth standard, Ramana

had a confrontation with death. A sudden and unaccountable fear of

death drove his mind inward to find out what death meant. In later

years he narrated his experience thus: "Well then", said I to

myself, "this body is dead. It will be carried stiff to the burning

ground and there burnt and reduced to ashes. But with the death of

the body am `I' dead? Is this body `I'? This body is silent and

inert. But I feel the full force of my personality and even the

sound `I' within myself apart from the body. I am therefore, the

deathless spirit untouched by death".* From then onwards he

remained always in the state of steady wisdom. Even though Ramana

remained silent for several years thereafter, his authentic

greatness was such that his guidance was sought by earnest seekers

of truth. Known as Brahmana Swami, his fame spread even when he was

hardly out of his teens. By western reckoning he was sixteen years

of age when he became a Sage.

[*Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge by Arthur Osborne –

P 19]

 

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