[Advaita-l] On the Glory of the Siddhas - Chapter 18 of Sri Ramana Gita (3)

[S Jayanarayanan]

(Continued from previous post)
 
 
http://www.arunachala.org/newsletters/2011/nov-dec
 
The concluding Eighteenth Chapter of Sri Ramana Gita is titled “On the Glory of the Siddhas”. In this chapter Sri
Kavyakantha pours out his heart in devotion to his Master, elucidating his power and Divinity. Most of Bhagavan’s
devotees are familiar with Ganapati Muni’s exquisite exposition in 40 verses in praise of Sri Ramana, titled “Sri
Ramana Chatvarimsat”. The verses composed for the 18th Chapter of Sri Ramana Gita are in every manner a similar
source of inspiration and insight. A sample of this chapter can be heard on Arunachala Ashrama’s web site at:
“http://www.arunachala.org/bookstall/audio/ ”. In this issue we have provided verses seven to eleven.
 
 
adayamAtmatanau kaThinaM vrate pruShachittamalaM viShayavraje |
R^iShimaroShamapetamanorathaM dhR^itamadaM ghanachillaharIvashAt || 7||
 
7. Pitiless to his body, strict in the observance of discipline,
wholly averse to the delights of the senses, he is a Sage without
anger or desire, beside himself with the joy of pure awareness.
 
 
vigatamohamalobhamabhavanaM shamitamatsaramutsavinaM sadA |
bhavamahodadhitAraNakarmaNi pratiphalena vinaiva sadodyatam || 8||
 
8. Free from infatuation, greed, distracting thought and envy, he
is ever blissful. He is ever active in helping others to cross the
sea of relative existence, regardless of reward.
 
 
mAtAmameti nagarAjasutorupIThaM
nAgAnane bhajati yAhi pitA mameti |
a~NkaM harasya samavApya shirasyanena
sa~nchumbitasya girindhrakR^ito vibhUtim || 9||
 
9. When Ganapati, saying “Mother is mine” sat on the lap of
Parvati, Kumara retorted “Never mind, Father is mine” and got
on to Siva’s lap and was kissed by him on the head. Of this
Kumara, who pierced with his lance the Krauncha Hill, Ramana
is a glorious manifestation.
 
 
vedAdipAkadamanottarakachChapeshai\-
ryuktairdharAdharasuShuptyamareshvaraishcha |
sUkShmAmR^itAyugamR^itena saha praNatyA
sampannashabdapaTalasya rahasyamartham || 10||
 
10. He is the mystic import of the mantra “Om vachadbhuve namah
(Salutation to the fire of Brahman whence emerges the Word)”.
 
 
daNDaM vinaiva yatinaM bata daNDapANiM
duHkhAbdhitArakamariM bata tArakasya |
tyaktvA bhavaM bhavamaho satataM bhajantaM
haMsaM tathApi gatamAnasasa~NgarAgam || 11||
 
11. He is an ascetic without danda (a staff carried by ascetics),
yet he is Dandapani (Kumara). He is Taraka (the ferryman for
crossing the sea of suffering), yet he is the constant foe of
Taraka (the asura). He has renounced bhava (relative existence)
yet is a constant worshipper of Bhava (Siva). He is hamsa (Lit. a
swan, a paramahamsa), yet without attachment to manasa (A lake
in the Himalayays, a favorite home of swans. Alternatively,
he has no attachment to mind.).
 
 
(To be continued)