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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 18.On The Glory of the Siddhas

 

 

Trans. Prof.Swaminathan & Visvanatha Swami

 

15.A giver of boons to devotees;

The guru even of the great Ganapati,

master of mantras;

like the celestial tree,

he assuages the anguish of those

who seek the shadow

of his feet.

 

16.

He is a reincarnation of Kumarila[ Bhatta],

praised by assemblies of scholars,

the author of 'Tantra Varttika',

elixir of the vVedas,

brilliant with various ingenious ideas;

in this birth,however he elucidates

the teachings of Vedanta alone.

 

17.He is the master

who composed the Five Gems on Arunachala,

the quintessence of Vedantic utterances.

brief like sutras,

but all comprehensive

and filled with hidden meaning.

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 18 `The Glory of Siddhas'

 

V15

Born giver of devotees, guru even to the master of mantras the great

Ganapati, like the celestial tree he removes the sorrow of all those

who seek his feet.

 

V16

He is the re-incarnation of Kumarila Bhatta, the sustainer of Vedas,

author of `Tantra Vartika'; praised by scholars, brilliant with

various ingenious ideas. In this birth however, he exposes the

teachings of only Vedanta.

 

V17

He is the preceptor who composed `Arunachala Pancharatnam' the essence

of Vedanta, brief like aphorisms, but all comprehensive with hidden

meaning.

 

Commentary

The beauty of the `Arunachala Pancharatna' is that each of the

fourfold paths to Self-knowledge – Karma, Bhakti, Yoga, and Jnana are

set out in a self contained way, one verse covering a path. It could

be said that these verses were Ramana's vision of the paths put down

in words, and not mere compositions. The next verse deals with the

beauty of these five gems.

 

 

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