RAMANA GITA STUDY GROUP .CHAPTER 11.V.7,8 & 9. Jnana and Siddhis

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CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

>From 3 to verse 15 , when the original question is recalled , the Muni

exuberantly and poetically

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

the others, is in

prose and therefore cannot recapture the beauty of the Muni's Sanskrit .

 

7.Oh Brahman, through God-given vision, I behold you again and again as

Subrahmanya, the best of

Brahmanyas, in human form.

 

8.Lord,not in Swamimalai, nor in Tirutanni hill, nor on top of Venkatachala do

you now dwell.In

reality you are in Arunachala.

 

9.Oh Lord, you taught, in ancient days, the secret buma vidya [knowledge of the

ground of Being]

to Maharshi Narada, who served you as a discuple .

 

 

 

 

 

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CHAPTER 11

 

ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF JNANA AND SIDDHIS

 

Professor K.Swaminathan and Sri Visvanatha Swami Translation

 

>From 3 to verse 15 , when the original question is recalled , the

Muni exuberantly and poetically

sings the glories of the Maharshi , his Sad Guru .This translation,

as are all the others, is in

prose and therefore cannot recapture the beauty of the Muni's

Sanskrit .

 

7.Oh Brahman, through God-given vision, I behold you again and

again as Subrahmanya, the best of

Brahmanyas, in human form.

 

8.Lord,not in Swamimalai, nor in Tirutanni hill, nor on top of

Venkatachala do you now dwell.In

reality you are in Arunachala.

 

9.Oh Lord, you taught, in ancient days, the secret buma vidya

[knowledge of the ground of Being]

to Maharshi Narada, who served you as a discuple .

 

versification:

 

In vision divine I view you as Subrahmanya,

In human form the very best,of Brahmanyas,

Not on Tiruttani Hill, nor on Swamimalai,

Nor on the holy peak of Mount Venkatachala,

Do you dwell,oh Lord, but on Sacred Arunachala!

Oh Lord, in ancient days, you to famed Sage Narada,

Of 'The Ground of Being',did teach him Bhuma Vidya.

 

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation & Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 11 `On Compatibility of Gnana & Siddhis'

 

V7

By the divine vision given to me I see you, again and again as

Subrahmanya, the foremost among the knowers of Brahman, in the human

form.

V8

You are not residing in Swamimalai, nor in Tiruttani, nor on the top

of Venkatachala. You dwell now in reality in Arunachala.

V9

Once you taught the secret of the science of the Self to Maharshi

Narada who served you as a disciple.

 

Commentary

.. . . . . the Muni describes his vision made possible by the opening

of the eye of wisdom through divine grace.

Chandogya Upanishad refers to the teaching of the science of the

Self to Narada by Sanatkumara. Narada was well versed in scriptural

knowledge but could not attain the bliss of Self-abidance. The

secret of it was learnt by him from Sanatkumara, with whom the Muni

identifies Ramana. There is also an autobiographical touch in this

verse. The muni had performed severe austerities, repeated sacred

syllables times without number and was vastly erudite in the

scriptures. Yet peace eluded him till the secret of Self-knowledge

through search for the source of thought and sound was revealed to

him by Ramana.*

[*Bhagavan and Nayana – P4]

 

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