Selections from Muruganar's Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murail cont'd

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Selections From Sri Ramana Sannidi Murail Cont'd

 

Homage to the Presence

A Garland of Adoration

by Sri Murugana

 

Professor Swaminathan' s translation

 

P.115

 

HAVING REACHED HIS LOTUS FEET

 

1137

 

Good, good are they

who have the strength

to praise the lotus feet

of that Ramana

Lord of rich Sonai* luxuriant;

 

whose excellence is quite unknown

to fools who utter worthless words

much to the chagrin of all.

 

Sonai means 'splendour of light' and is often used as another name for

Arunachala.

 

Appended are some notes on the lotus Feet posted by members.

 

..purnimamujumdar wrote

 

 

> In Hinduism, the lotus (Sanskrit: padma) primarily represents beauty

> and non-attachment. The lotus is born in the mud but floats on the

> water without becoming wet or muddy shining beautifully in the Sun.

> This symbolizes how how one should live in the world. Enlightened

> Guru is compared to the Lotus. He lives and walks in the world but

> does not become one of the world. He is completely detached from the

> worldly attachments. Thus his feet are Lotus feet.

>

> Purnima

 

indeed, thank you, purnima. as the hindu simile says, the lotus

grows in ths swamp, its root and stem surrounded by dirt, mud

and vermin; yet it remains ever pure, and even water itself cannot

stick to it and spoil the pristine cleanness... so the guru's feet,

even though apparently wallowing in the dust of the world,

remain ever pure and unaffected.

 

padanamaskaram, ramanaji!

 

yosy

 

 

 

 

Muruganar eventually attained Self Realisation through Sri Bhagavan's Grace.