RAMANA GITA STUDY GROUP .CHAPTER 18.V.18&19.

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RAMANA GITA CHAPTER 18.On The Glory of the Siddhas

 

Trans. Prof.Swaminathan & Visvanatha Swami

 

18.

 

Though not at all trained

in the language of the Gods*,

and unaquainted with Poetry,

he is yet the author

oƒ works wherein

crowds of brilliant ideas

trail behind

the inspired expression .

 

*Sanskrit

 

19.

 

Again, this boundless Genius

is another advent

of the Master Poets,

the twice born Tamil child

who drinking the breast milk

of the mother of the Universe

sang in dancing tunes

the praises of Siva.

 

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Ramana Gita [Translation and Commentary by AR Natarajan]

Chapter 18 `The Glory of Siddhas'

 

V18

Though untrained in Sanskrit and without familiarity with poetry, he

is the author of works wherein crowds of brilliant ideas trail behind

inspired expressions.

 

Commentary

When words come forth from sages they are the product of their direct

vision of truth. Each word is therefore pregnant with meaning.

Poetically speaking ideas would be rushing in a queue behind those

inspired words. These `Five Gems' were later translated by the

Maharashi himself into Tamil.

(Reference is made to `Arunachala Pancharatna' of v17)

 

V19

This unique person is another advent of the master-poet, the

twice-born Tamil child, who was suckled by the divine mother, and who

sung in lilting tunes the praise of Siva.

 

Commentary

Here he Muni regards Ramana as `Jnana-Sambanda' one of the three

outstanding Tamil Saivite saints. The story goes that at the tender

age of three `Sambanda' was suckled by the divine mother Parvati and

outpourings in praise of Siva began straightaway. Even though he left

the body at the age of sixteen Sambanda's mark on Saivite devotional

poetry is indelible.

 

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