[Advaita-l] On the Glory of the Siddhas - Chapter 18 of Sri Ramana Gita (4)

[S Jayanarayanan]

(Continued from previous post)
 
 
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The verses composed for the 18th Chapter of Sri
Ramana Gita are infused with inspiration and
insight. A sample of this chapter chanted can be
heard on Arunachala Ashrama’s web site at:
http://www.arunachala.org/bookstall/audio ”. In this
issue we have provided verses twelve to nineteen.
 
 
dhIratvasampadi suvarNagireranUnaM
vArannirodhedhikameva gabhiratAyAm |
kShAntau jayantamachalAmakhilasya dhAtrIM
dAntau nirdashanamashantikathAdaviShTham || 12||
 
12. More imperturbable than the Hill of Gold (Meru);
more unfathomable than th ocean; more patient than
the immovable Earth, the Mother of all, he is a paragon
of self-control, far removed from even the whisper of
excitement.
 
 
nIlAravindasuhR^idA sadR^ishaM prasAde
tulyaM tathA mahasi toyajabAndhavena |
brAhmyAM sthitau tu pitaraM vaTamUlavAsaM
saMsmArayantamachalantamanUditaM me || 13||
 
13. Spreading grace like the friend of the blue lily the
moon; bright like the lord of the lotus, the sun; by his
abidance in Brahman (the state of pure Being) he
reminds one of his Father (Siva as Dakshinamurty who
through silence dispelled all the doubts of his four
venerable older seekers.) under the banyan tree; firm
like a rock is this my younger brother (Ganapati: the
poet thinks of himself as the elder son and of
Sri Ramana the younger son of Siva.).
 
 
yasyAdhunApi ramaNI ramaNIyabhAvA
girvANalokapR^itanA shubhavR^ittirUpA |
saMshobhate shirasi nApi manojagandha\-
stattAdR^ishaM gR^ihiNamapyadhipaM yatInAm || 14||
 
14. Even now in the thousand-petalled lotus of the head
there shines Devasena (the senior consort of Kumara),
lovely in looks and in mind, in the form of auspicious
thoughts; yet he is free from the faintest scent of desire.
Though thus he is a householder, he is the King of ascetics.
 
 
vandArulokavaradaM naradantino.api
mantreshvarasya mahato gurutAM vahantam |
mandAravR^ikShamiva sarvajanasya pAda\-
chChAyAM shritasya paritApamapAharantam || 15||
 
15. A giver of boons to the devotees; the guru even of
the great Ganapati, the master of mantras; like the
celestial tree, he assuages the anguish of those who seek
the shadow of his feet.
 
 
(To be continued)