Guest guest Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 Forty Verses: One of the devotees of Bhagavan was the outstanding Tamil poet Muruganar. He importuned Bhagavan for a cycle of forty verses giving a succinct synopsis of his teaching.Bhagavan wrote the verses as occasion arose, and when there were the required number Muruganar took them and arranged them incontinuous form. Later a supplement consisting of a second forty verses was added. So indifferent to authorship was Bhagavan that hedid not write all these supplementary verses himself. When he came upon a suitable one he used it, mostly translating from Sanskrit, and when not he made one. In this volume those verses which he took from older sources are printed in italics.These eighty verses are the most comprehensive exposition of the Maharshi's teaching. A number of translations have been made and commentaries written on them. They have been published as a separate booklet by the Asramam under the titles 'Ulladu Narpadu', Sad-Vidya' and Truth Revealed'. ........ to be continued www.integral-philosophy.org SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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