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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

107

>From His mere potent presence flows

His fivefold function: as the needle

Near the magnet trembles; beneath

The moon the moonstone exudes water;

The lotus blossoms and the water-lily

Closes.

[God's five functions are: Creation, preservation, dissolution, veiling and grace.]

108

In the mere presence of the Lord

Himself free from all trace of thought,

Jivas set out in numerous paths

Of action, work away, and wearied

Turn inward and return to freedom.

109

The goings on in the world do not

Affect the sun; the properties

Of earth, water, fire and air touch not

The infinite ether. Even so,

Men's actions do not reach or move

The mind-transcending Lord Supreme.

(Sri Muruganar's The Garland of Guru's Sayings - Trans. Prof. K. Swaminathan, Tiruvannamalai; 1996)

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