From the Garland of Gurus Sayings

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> Verse 339. That eternally happy one that slays that Sura, " I " the ego, who

rules all the world through the six senses, is the Son of God.)

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> The italicized " S " in the word " Sura " is not the ordinary " S " of the English

language, but the palatal sibilant of Sanskrit, which is pronounced

> differently. The reference here is to the slaying of the demon Sura by

> Subrahmanya, a son of God (Lord Siva); this demon had made himself master of

all the world by the power of tapas (austerities) and was abusing his power. The

sixth sense is the mind, the internal sense (of

> " I " ).

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> These

> quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam