vāsiṣṭhagaṇapatimuniviracitā — āṅglapadārthānuvādasahitā
vande śrīramaṇarṣerācāryasya padābjam |
yo me'darśayadīśaṃ bhāntaṃ dhvāntamatītya ||
kathayā nijayā kaluṣaṃ haratā karuṇānidhinā'ruṇaśailajuṣā |
khagavāhanabhāṣitatattvavidā vṛṣavāhanamaunarahasyabhṛtā ||
||1||kathayā - story, nijayā - own, kaluṣaṃ - impurity, haratā - removes, karuṇā - compassion, nidhinā - ocean, aruṇa - red, śaila - mountain, juṣā - takes delight in,resorts to, khaga - bird, vāhana - mount, bhāṣita - spoken, tattva - truth, vidā - knowing, vṛṣa - bull, vāhana - mount, mauna - silence, rahasya - mystery, bhṛtā - bearing, carrying,
1. The story of his own life removes impurities. He is an ocean of compassion, taking delight in the red mountain (Arunachala). He knows the truth spoken by the bird (Gauruda)-borne Vishnu, and bears the mystery of the silence of the bull(Nandi)-borne Siva.
gaṇarāṇmukhasūrisabhāguruṇā guṇasañcayaratnamahodadhinā |
ghanagūḍhasahasrakareṇa yathā tanukañcukaguptamahāmahasā ||
||2||gaṇarāṇ - Ganapati, mukha - beginning with, sūri - learned men, sabhā - assembly, guruṇā - guru, guṇa - virtues, sañcaya - heap, ratna - wealth, mahodadhinā - great repository, ghana - cloud, gūḍha - concealed, sahasra - one thousand, kareṇa - ray (of light), yathā - as, tanu - body, kañcuka - garb, gupta - hidden, mahāmahasā - true greatness.
2. He is the guru of an assembly of learned men beginning with Ganapati, he is a great repository of a wealth of virtues. Just as the thousand-rayed one (the sun) is hidden by a cloud, his true greatness is hidden by the garb of the body.
catureṇa calendriyanigrahaṇe paṭunā parakīyaguṇagrahaṇe |
chalavarjitamaunasamādhijuṣā balatarjitabhīkarakāmaruṣā ||
||3||catureṇa - ingenious, calendriya - roving senses, nigrahaṇe - in defeating, paṭunā - skillful, para - others, kīya - belonging to, guṇa - virtues, grahaṇe - in mentioning with praise, chala - deceit, varjita - without, mauna - silence, samādhi - peace, juṣā - delighting in, bala - strong, tarjita - reviled, bhīkara - fear-causing, kāma - desires, ruṣā - slayer.
3. Ingenious at defeating the roving senses, he is skillful in praising the merits of others. He delights in the peace of silence which is without deceit, and is the the slayer of the strong,reviled, frightening passions.
jaṭharaṃ samaye paripūrayatā kaṭhinaṃ vratamadritaṭe caratā |
jhaṣaketanaśastradurāpahṛdā kṛṣimātmavibodhavidhau dadhatā ||
||4||jaṭharaṃ - stomach, samaye - at a (proper) time, paripūrayatā - filling, kaṭhinaṃ - hard, inflexible, vrataṃ - vow, adri - mountain, taṭe - slope, side, caratā - living, jhaṣaketana - Lord of Love (Cupid), śastra - weapon, durāpa - hard to obtain, win over, hṛdā - heart, kṛṣiṃ - leading, ātma - self, vibodha - knowledge, vidhau - in the method, dadhatā - giving.
4. He fills his stomach only at the proper time, undertaking inflexible vows,he lives on the slope the mountain (Arunachala). His heart is unable to be won over by the arrows of Cupid (the God of Love). He is leading his devotees,and giving them the method for Self-Knowledge (Atma Vichara).
bhavabhīkaravārinidhiṃ taratā karatāmarasena supātravatā |
svadṛśā'dhikaśītalakāntibhṛtā bhayamaṅghrisarojajuṣāṃ haratā ||
||5||bhava - wordly existance, bhīkara - fear producing, vārinidhiṃ - ocean, taratā - crossing, kara - hand, tāmarasena - with lotus, supātra - bowl, vatā - having, svadṛśā - own gaze, adhika - unsurpassed, śītala - calming, kānti - bright, bhṛtā - to have, keep, bhayaṃ - fear, aṅghri - foot, saroja - lotus, juṣāṃ - resort to, haratā - removing.
5. He has crossed the fear producing ocean of worldly life. He has a hands as delicate as a lotus, which serve him as a bowl. His own gaze is unsurpassed in calmness and brightness, and he removes the fear of those who resort to his lotus feet.
namatāmatibhaktimatāṃ nidhinā ghanatāpavidhūnanasannidhinā |
yatidharmatatiṃ paripālayatā paritaśca tamo vinivārayatā ||
||6||namatāṃ - of adoring, atibhaktimatāṃ - of true devotees, nidhinā - treasure, ghana - dense, tāpa - misery, vidhūnana - destroying, sannidhinā - presence, yati - ascetic, dharma - duty, tatiṃ - mass, group, paripālayatā - maintaining, paritas - everywhere, ca - and, tamo - darkness, vinivārayatā - preventing.
6. He is a store-house of divine treasure for adoring devotees, his presence destroys dense misery. He maintains the duties of the ascetic, and he is preventing darkness all around.
phaṇināyakavarṇyaguṇaughabhṛtā bhaṇitīḥ priyasatyahitā bhaṇatā |
bahumānavaśādayatā sukhitāmavamānatateravidūnavatā ||
||7||phaṇi nāyaka - leader of the serpents ( śeṣaḥ ), varṇya - able to be described, guṇaugha - flood of virtues, bhṛtā - having, bhaṇitīḥ - speech, words, priya - pleasing, satya - true, hitā - beneficial, wholesome, bhaṇatā - speaking, bahumāna - much respect, honor, vaśāt - (by) influence, ayatā - not governed, sukhitāṃ - happiness avamāna - dishonor, disrespect, tateḥ - from the crowd, avidūna - without distress, vatā - having.
7. Having a flood of virtues able to be described only by Sesha, the leader of the serpents, he speaks words that are pleasing, beneficial and true. He is not governed by that happiness which is influenced by respect and honor (from others), nor does he have distress due to dishonor (from others).
yatināmadhipena kuśāgralasanmatinā dhṛtinā śitacittabhuvā |
laharīṃpramadasya sadāvahatā nihatāntaraśātravasaṃhatinā ||
||8||yatināṃ - of ascetics, adhipena - lord, kuśāgra - sharp (as kusha grass), lasan - shining, matinā - intelligent, dhṛti - firmness, nāśita - destroyed, citta - ego, bhuvā - being, laharīṃ - wave, pramadasya - of joy, sadā - always, vahatā - bearing, nihata - killed, antara - inner, śātrava - enemies, saṃhatinā - collection, array.
8. He is the Lord of Ascetics. With his sharp and brilliant intellect, he has with firmness destroyed the ego. He is always bearing a wave of joy, and he has killed the array of inner enemies (the six passions).
bhagavatpadamanyajanāsulabhaṃ svaguṇairadhigatya paraṃ jayatā |
mamatārahitena hitena satāṃ nihitena gaṇaprabhuṇā hṛdaye ||
||9||bhagavatpadaṃ - the feet of the Lord, anyajana - other people, asulabhaṃ - not easily obtained, svaguṇaiḥ - by his own merits, adhigatya - transcending, paraṃ - supreme, jayatā - winning, mamatā - the feeling of "mine", rahitena - free from, hitena - friend, satāṃ - of the virtuous, nihitena - treasured, gaṇaprabhuṇā - by the Lord of the ganas (Ganapati), hṛdaye - at heart.
9. Having transcended all by his own merits, he wins the supreme feet of the Lord, (which are) not easily accessible by others. He is free from the feeling of "mine" and is the friend of the virtuous. He is treasured at heart by the Lord of the Ganas, Ganapati.
dharaṇīdharajāṅkamapi tyajatā dharaṇītalavāsitamodhutaye |
naraveṣabhṛtā nagarandhrakṛtā ramaṇena sanāthamidaṃ bhuvanam ||
||10||dharaṇīdhara - mountain, jā - born from, aṅkaṃ - lap, api - even, tyajatā - giving up, dharaṇī - earth, tala - surface, vāsi - dwells, tamaḥ - darkness, dhutaye - for removing, nara - man, veṣa - appearance, bhṛtā - having, nagarandhrakṛtā - mountain-splitter, Lord Skanda, ramaṇena - Ramana, sanāthaṃ - with Lord, idaṃ - this, bhuvanaṃ - world.
10. Abandoning the lap of his Mother Parvati, he dwells on earth for the removal of darkness. He is Skanda, having the appearance of a man. This world has found a Lord in Ramana!
paradeśineva dhavalena vāsasaḥ śakalena veṣṭitakaṭīviśobhinā |
varadeśikena naraveṣadhāriṇā śikhivāhanena gurumajjagadbhavet ||
||11||paradeśin - ascetic, eva - only, dhavalena - with white, vāsasaḥ - cloth, śakalena - piece, veṣṭita - wrapped, kaṭī - loins, viśobhinā - adorned by, vara - best, most excellent, deśikena - guru, nara - man, veṣa - appearance, guise, dhāriṇā - wearing, śikhi - peacock, vāhanena - with the mount, (Skanda,) gurumat - (has a)Master, jagat - world, bhavet - is.
11. He is an ascetic, wearing only a white piece of cloth adorning his loins. He is the Supreme guru, he is the peacock-riding Skanda, wearing the guise of a man. In him the world has a Master!
atītaguṇajālāya naiṣṭhikabrahmacāriṇe |
namo māyāmanuṣyāya gurave tārakāraye ||
||12||atīta - having transcended, guṇa - property, quality, jālāya - multitude, naiṣṭhika - highest, perfect, brahmacāriṇe - (to) brahmachAri, namo - prostrations, māyāmanuṣyāya - to the mortal by Maya, gurave - to the guru, tārakāraye - to the enemy of Tarakasura (Skanda)
12. Prostrations to him who has transcended the multitude of gunas and is the perfect brahmachari! To him who is mortal by the workings of Maya, to the Guru, the enemy of Tarakasura (Skanda), prostrations!
yānāyātra na kekināṃ kulapatiḥ snānāya na svarṇadī
pānāya kṣitibhṛnmahendraduhiturnastanyadugdhāmṛtam |
gānāya pramatheśvarāssavayaso naivātra vīṇābhṛto
vāsaṃ śoṇagirau karoṣi bhagavan krauñcādribhettaḥ kutaḥ ||
||13||yānāya - for riding, atra - here, na - not, kekināṃ - of peacocks, kulapatiḥ - leader of the family, snānāya - for bathing, na - not, svarṇadī - celestial river, pānāya - for drinking, kṣitibhṛn - mountain, mahendra - great lord, duhituḥ - daughter, na - not, stanya - mother's, dugdhāmṛtaṃ - nectar of milk, gānāya - for singing, pramatheśvarāḥ - the divine attendants of Siva, savayasaḥ - contemporaries, naivātra ( na eva atra ) vīṇā-bhṛtaḥ - vina playing, vāsaṃ - dwelling, home, śoṇagirau - on Arunachala, karoṣi - you do, make, bhagavan - O Bhagavan, krauñcādri - bhettaḥ - pounder of Krauncha hill, kutaḥ - how?
13. Here there is no king of the peacocks for riding, nor a celestial river for bathing, nor is there the nectar of milk from the breast of the daughter of the Mountain-Lord (Parvati). The divine vina-playing attendants of Shiva, who are your contemporaries, are not even here to sing to thee! How is it then O Bhagavan, Pounder of Krauncha hill, that you make your dwelling upon Arunachala ?
ekaṃ vaktramumāṅkavāsavirahaḥ pāṇau na śaktyāyudhaṃ
martyatvaṃ na patākinī ca pṛtanā pārśvadvaye nākinām |
veṣo'laṃ punareṣa mugdhanayanapracchādane bhūjuṣā-
mantardhānamupaiṣi tārakaripo kva stanyadāyādataḥ ||
||14||ekaṃ - one, vaktraṃ - face, umāṅka - Mother's lap, vāsa - seat, virahaḥ - separated, pāṇau - in hand, na - not, śaktyāyudhaṃ - spear weapon, martyatvaṃ - mortal, na - not, patākinī - with flags, ca - and, pṛtanā - army, pārśvadvaye - on either side, nākināṃ - of the gods, nākin gods veṣaḥ - disguise, alaṃ - enough, punaḥ - though, eṣa - this, mugdha - foolish, unwary, nayana - eyes, pracchādane - for covering, bhūjuṣāṃ - delighting in the world, antardhānaṃ - escape notice, pass out of sight, upaiṣi - you go, tāraka - Tarakasura, ripo - enemy, kva - how stanyadāyādataḥ - from your brother (suckled at the same breast)?
14. You have one face, you are separated from Mother Uma's lap! You do not have a spear in your hand. You are mortal, and there are no flag bearing armies of the gods on either side! This disguise is enough to cover the eyes of those unwary ones who delight in the world, but how will you, O enemy of Tarakasura (Skanda), escape the notice your brother (Ganapati)?
kecidyogavidāṃ puraḥsara iti prajñānibuddhyā pare
sādhuḥ kaściditītare gurudhiyā ke'pyaṅghripadmaṃ tava |
sevante ramaṇābhidhānamanujakṣemāya jātakṣitau
dvitrāstvāṃ girijāṅkapīṭhanilayaṃ jānanti devaṃ guham ||
||15||kecit - some, yogavidāṃ - of the knowers of yoga, puraḥ - foremost, sara - going, iti - indicates quotation (""), prajñāni - jñāni , buddhya - with thought, idea, apare - others, sādhuḥ - sadhu, kaścit - some, iti - indicates quotation, itare - another, gurudhiyā - with idea of "Guru", ke'pi - ( ke api ) some also, aṅghripadmaṃ - lotus feet, tava - your, sevante - they worship, ramaṇābhidhāna - named Ramana, manuja - born of Manu, man, kṣemāya - for peace, jāta - born, kṣitau - on earth, dvitrāḥ - two or three, tvāṃ - you, girijāṅka - Mother's lap, pīṭha - seat, nilayaṃ - resting place, jānanti - they know, devaṃ - Lord, guhaṃ - Skanda.
15. Some (know you) as "the foremost of the knowers of yoga", others as "gyAni", some others as "sadhu", while some thinking of you as "guru" worship your lotus feet. Ramana, born on earth for the peace of men, (only) two or three know you as Lord Skanda, resting on the lap of Girija, the Divine Mother.
oṅkārārthamupādiśo bhagavate vāṇīmanohāriṇe
tātāyāpyupadeṣṭumudyatamabhūt kiñcittvadīyaṃ mukham |
jyeṣṭhasyādya sahodarasya gurutāṃ prāpto'si dhīgauravāt
subrahmaṇya kaniṣṭhatāmapi gataḥ sarvādhikastvaṃ guṇaiḥ ||
||16||oṅkāra arthaṃ - the meaning of OM, upādiśaḥ - explained, bhagavate - to Lord, vāṇī-mano-hāriṇe - the stealer of Vani's (Saraswati's) mind=Brahma, tātāya - to father (Shiva), apyupadeṣṭuṃ ( api upadeṣṭuṃ ) - even to explain, udyataṃ - undertaken, commenced, abhūt - had, kiñcit - something, tvadīyaṃ - your, mukhaṃ - mouth, jyeṣṭhasya - of the eldest, adya - now, sahodarasya - of brother, gurutāṃ - state of being guru, prāpto'si - you obtained, dhī - intellect, wisdom, gauravāt - from the weight , subrahmaṇya - O Subramanya!, kaniṣṭhatāṃ - state of youngest, api - though, gataḥ - gone, sarvādhikaḥ - greater than all, tvaṃ - you, guṇaiḥ - by merits.
16. The meaning of OM was explained (by you) to Lord Brahma. (Opening) your mouth, you had undertaken to explain something to even your father (Shiva).O Subramanya, even though you are the youngest, by your merits you have become greater than all! By the weight of your wisdom, you have obtained the state of Guru to your elder brother (Ganapati.)
yatpūrvaṃ śrutipāradarśidhiṣaṇo dvaipāyano'dhyāruhat
paścādbodhakalāvidhūtatimiraḥ śaṅkāpahaśśaṅkaraḥ |
tatsampratyakhilāvanītalajuṣāmācāryasiṃhāsanaṃ
deva tvāṃ prativīkṣate naratano gīrvāṇasenāpate ||
||17||yat - which, pūrvaṃ - before, śruti - Vedas, pāra - fullest extent, darśi - seeing, dhiṣaṇaḥ - wise, intellegent, dvaipāyanaḥ - Vyasa, adhyāruhat - mounted, paścāt - after, bodha - knowledge, kalā - a single portion (one-sixteenth), vidhūta - dispelled, timiraḥ - darkness, śaṅkā - fear, apahaḥ - removing, śaṅkaraḥ - Sankara, tat - that, samprati - now, akhilā - whole, avanī - world, tala - surface, juṣāṃ - suffering in, ācārya - teacher, siṃhāsanaṃ - lion's throne (seat of honor), deva - O Lord!, tvāṃ - you, prativīkṣate - (it) awaits, naratano - embodied as man, gīrvāṇa - gods, senāpate - O army chief!
17. That Lion's seat of honor which was previously mounted by the wise Vyasa, who saw the fullest extent of the Vedas, was afterwards occupied by fear destroying Sankara, who with a single portion of his knowledge dispelled the darkness (of ignorance). Now that throne of Acharya (to save) those who are suffering in the world awaits thee, O Lord embodied as man, O Army Chief of the Gods (Skanda)!
dharme nāśamupāgate tribhuvane paryākule pāpataḥ
prajñāne parito girāṃ pathi mudhā sañcāryamāṇe janaiḥ |
sadbhāve parameśvarasya ca pituḥ sandehaḍolāṃ gate
dvīpaḥ kaitavamartyakekituraga tvāmantarā kassatām ||
||18||dharme - when dharma, nāśaṃ - destroyed, upāgate - when has been, tribhuvane - when the three worlds, paryākule - bewildered, confused, pāpataḥ - from wrong-doing, prajñāne - when true knowledge, paritaḥ - everywhere, girāṃ - of words, pathi - way, course, mudhā - in vain, sañcāryamāṇe - being brought together, collected, janaiḥ - by men, sadbhāve - when true existance, parameśvarasya - of the supreme Lord, ca - and, pituḥ - of the Father, sandeha - doubt, ḍolāṃ - swing, gate - has gone, dvīpaḥ - protector, refuge, kaitava - deceit, martya - mortal, kekituraga - peacock as a mount, tvāṃ - you, antarā - except, kaḥ - who, satāṃ - of the good.
18. When dharma has been destroyed, when the three worlds are bewildered by wrong doing, When everywhere the way of words (polemics) has been brought together by men in vain as true knowledge, When the true existence of the supreme Lord the Father is doubted, Who but you is the refuge of the good, O peacock-mounted one (Skanda), disguised as a man?
vairāgyaṃ tava vittamastu karuṇāṃ śaknoṣi hātuṃ kathaṃ
dūśyaste'stu samudyamaḥ pitṛpadadhyānaṃ ca kiṃ tādṛśam |
kāmaste'stu vigarhito vinamatāṃ rakṣā ca kiṃ garhitā
skandacchadmamanuṣya kiṃ nu samayaṃ kañcitsamudvīkṣase ||
||19||vairāgyaṃ - dispasion, tava - yours, vittaṃ - accquistion, wealth, astu - maybe, karuṇāṃ - compassion, śaknoṣi - you can, hātuṃ - to forsake, kathaṃ - how, dūṣyaḥ - vile, reprehensible te - to you, astu - may be, samudyamaḥ - great effort, pitṛ - Father, pada - feet, dhyānaṃ - meditation, ca - and, kiṃ - is, tādṛśaṃ - of that kind, kāmaḥ - desire, te - to you, astu - maybe, vigarhitaḥ - prohibited, vinamatāṃ - of those bowing (devotees) rakṣā - protection, ca - and, kiṃ - is, garhitā - forbidden, denied, skanda - O Skanda, cchadma - disguise, manuṣya - man, kinnu - do, samayaṃ - occasion, opportunity, kañcit - some, samudvīkṣase - await.
19. Dispassion may be your weatlh, but how can you forsake compassion? Great effort may seem reprehensibile, but what of meditation on the feet of the Father? Desire may by prohibited by you, but is protection denied to your devotees? O Skanda, in the disguise of a man, do you await a proper opportunity?
dūraṃ yāhi kuvāda dharmavṛṣa te netaḥ paraṃ paṅgutā
durbhrānte bhuvanaṃ jahīhi parito vardhasva saṃsatsatām |
sodaryeṇa samanvito bhuvamimāṃ prāpto gurugrāmaṇīḥ
śūrāntaḥpuranetravibhramaharo devo bhavānīsutaḥ ||
||20||dūraṃ - far, at a distance, yāhi - go, kuvāda - detracting, dharmavṛṣa - bull of dharma, te - your, netaḥ (na itaḥ) - from here, paraṃ - afterwards, paṅgutā - lameness, durbhrānte - O confusion, buvanaṃ - world, jahīhi - leave, paritaḥ - everywhere, vardhasva - may increase, prosper, saṃsat - association, satāṃ - of virtuous, sodaryeṇa - with brother, samanvitaḥ - associated with, bhuvaṃ - world, imāṃ - this, prāptaḥ - obtained, guru - guru, grāmaṇīḥ - leader, chief, śūra - the demon Shura, antaḥpura - females, wives of Shura, netra - eyes, vibhrama - amorous, haraḥ - destroyer, devaḥ - Lord, bhavānī - Parvati, sutaḥ - son.
20. O detraction, go far away! Bull of dharma, henceforth you will not be lame! Leave the world, O confusion, may association with the virtuous increase everywhere! In association with his brother (Ganapati),this world has obtained the chief of gurus (Ramana), the destroyer of the demon Sura and of the amorous passions, Lord, son of the Divine Mother Parvati.
janmasthānamavāpya guptamahamo yo bhedamādhūtavān
bhūtānāṃ caratāṃ pṛthagvidhadhiyāmātmaiva yo bhāsate |
dehaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagacca vibhavādākramya yaḥ prollasa-
tyekastaṃ gurumūrtimānamata re lambodarabhrātaram ||
||21||janmasthānaṃ - place of birth, avāpya - having obtained, guptam - secret, ahamaḥ - of the "I", yaḥ - who, bhedam - dualism, ādhūtavān - shook off, bhūtānāṃ - of beings, caratāṃ - (of)moving, pṛthag - several, different, vidha - kind, sort, dhiyāṃ - in the intellect, ātmaiva - very self, yaḥ - who, bhāsate - shines, dehaṃ - body, sarvaṃ - all, idaṃ - this, jagat - world, ca - and, vibhavāt - with might, glory, ākramya - having pervaded, yaḥ - who, prollasaty - shines, ekastaṃ - that one, gurumūrtiṃ - form of the guru, ānamata - salute, re - oh!, lambodarabhrātaraṃ - brother of Lambodara (Ganapati)
21. He who has shaken off all duality having obtained the great secret of the place of birth (of the "I" thought) , and who shines as the very self in the various intellects of sentient beings, he who having pervaded the world and all bodies shines forth with his glory, oh men! salute that one, in the form of the Guru, the brother of Ganapati!
antaryaśca bahirvidhūtatimiraṃ jyotirmayaṃ śāśvataṃ
sthānaṃ prāpya virājate vinamatāmajñānamunmūlayan |
paśyanviśvamapīdamullasati yo viśvasya pāre para-
stasmai śrīramaṇāya lokagurave śokasya hantre namaḥ ||
||22||antaḥ - inside, yaḥ - who, ca - and, bahiḥ - outside, vidhūta - removes, timiraṃ - darkness, jyotirmayaṃ - made of light, śāśvataṃ - eternal, sthānaṃ - state, prāpya - having obtained, virājate - shines, vinamatāṃ - of devotees, ajñānaṃ - ignorance, unmūlayan - uprooting, destroying, paśyan - seeing, viśvaṃ - universe, api - also, even, idaṃ - this, ullasati - sports, yaḥ - who, viśvasya - of the universe, pāre paraḥ - higher than, beyond, tasmai - to him, śrī ramaṇāya - Sri Ramana, lokagurave - to the Guru of the world, śokasya hantre - the destroyer of sorrow, namaḥ - salutations.
22. He who removes the darkness from within and without, having obtained that eternal state made of light, who uproots the ignorance of his devotees, who though seeing and sporting in this universe is beyond the universe, to him, Sri Ramana, the Guru of the world and destroyer of sorrow, salutations!
prasaratāditaḥ śubhavilokitam |
ramaṇa te sakṛtphalatu me kṛtam ||
||23||prasaratāditaḥ - by the flowing forth, itaḥ - now, śubha - splendid, vilokitaṃ - gaze, ramaṇa - O Ramana, te - your, sakṛt - at once, immediately, phalatu - may it bear fruit, may it bless, me - me, kṛtaṃ - done.
23. Oh Ramana, now, by the flowing forth of your splendid gaze, may I at once be blessed!
ramaṇa janmināmayi bhavān guruḥ |
abhida āśayastava mahānuruḥ ||
||24||ramaṇa - O Ramana, janmināṃ - of men, ayi - O, bhavān - you, guruḥ - Guru, abhidā - non-difference, āśayaḥ - heart, tava - your, mahān - very, uruḥ - great, infinite.
24. Oh Ramana, you are the Guru of men. Infinite is your heart, in which there is no differentiation.
jagadahaṃ paraḥ sphurati me trayam |
sadabhidaṃ girā tava visaṃśayam ||
||25||jagat - the world, ahaṃ - "I", paraḥ - the Supreme, sphurati - destroys, me - for me, trayaṃ - the triad, sat - the reality, abhidaṃ - without differentiation, girā - speech, word, tava - your, visaṃśayaṃ - without doubt.
25. Your word destroys for me the triad of "world", "I", and "the Supreme", (and there remains) the one reality without differentiation, without doubt.
tvadupadeśato galati saṃvidā |
mayi niranyayā sadahamorbhidā ||
||26||tvadupadeśataḥ - from your teaching, galati - dropped, lost, saṃvidā - by knowledge, mayi - to me, niranyayā - not other, inseparable, sadahamoḥ - between the reality and the ego, bhidā - difference.
26. From your teaching, by knowledge inseparable from me, the difference between the reality and the ego is lost.
ahami yo'ntarastamamalaṃ hṛdi |
anubhavema bhostava kṛpā yadi ||
||27||ahami - ego, yaḥ - which, antaraḥ - Supreme Self, taṃ - that, amalaṃ - pure, hṛdi - in the Heart, anubhavema - we could experience, bhoḥ - Oh, tava - your, kṛpā - grace, compassion, yadi - if.
27. Oh (Ramana), if your grace (extends to us), we could experience the supreme self in the pure heart, hidden within the ego.
na karuṇā guṇastava vidāṃ pate |
hṛdayatejasaḥ sahajabhaivate ||
||28||na - not, karuṇā - compassion, guṇaḥ - quality, tava - yours, vidāṃ - of the wise, pate - Oh Lord, hṛdaya - heart, tejasaḥ - brilliance, sahajabhaiva - only natural, te - your.
28. Oh Lord of the wise! Compassion is not just a quality of yours. It is natural for you, as the effulgence of your Heart.
tava tanurjvalatyanagha vidyutā |
tava dṛgātatā lasati bhāsvatā ||
||29||tava - your, tanuḥ - body, jvalati - blazes, anagha - Oh spotless one, vidyutā - as lightning, tava - your, dṛg - look, ātatā - pervasive, extended, lasati - shines, bhāsvatā - bright.
29. Oh spotless one, your body blazes like lightning. Bright and pervasive is your look.
kabalitaṃ manastava vibho hṛdā |
tvamasi santataṃ vilasito mudā ||
||30||kabalitaṃ - weakened, dissolved, manaḥ - mind, tava - your, vibho - Oh Lord, hṛdā - by the heart, tvaṃ - you, asi - are, santataṃ - eternally, vilasito - gleaming, shining, mudā - with bliss.
30. Your mind has been dissolved by the heart, oh Lord! You are eternally shining with bliss.
bhuvanabhūpaterbhagavataḥ kṛte |
bhavasi pācako yamavatāṃ pate ||
||31||bhuvana - mankind, bhū - universe, pateḥ - of the Lord, bhagavataḥ - of divine, kṛte - for, bhavasi - you are, pācakaḥ - the cook, yamavatāṃ - of the self-controlled, pate - Oh Lord.
31. For the Divine Universal Lord of mankind, you are the cook, oh Lord of the self-controlled!
narapaśūnimānahami tāḍayan |
paraśivaudanaṃ vitanuṣe pacan ||
||32||nara - man, paśūn - beasts, imān - these, ahami - ego, tāḍayan - slaying, paraśivaudanaṃ - food for Supreme Shiva, vitanuṣe - you prepare, make ready, pacan - cooking.
32. Slaying the ego of these man-beasts (humans steeped in ignorance), and cooking them, you prepare food for the supreme Shiva.
timirāṇi na kevalaṃ vacobhiḥ
karuṇāpāṅgavilokitaiśca nṝṇām |
hṛdaye prasaranti mardayantaṃ
bhagavantaṃ ramaṇaṃ guruṃ namāmi ||
||33||timirāṇi - darkness, na - not, kevalaṃ - only, vacobhiḥ - by words, karuṇā - grace, compassion, apāṅga - from the corner of the eye, vilokitaiḥ - by glances, ca - and, nṝṇāṃ - of men, hṛdaye - in the heart, prasaranti - prevails, mardayantaṃ - destroying, bhagavantaṃ - Bhagavan, ramaṇaṃ - Ramana, guruṃ - to Guru, namāmi - I bow.
33. I bow to the guru Bhagavan Ramana, who destroys the darkness prevailing in the hearts of men, not only by his words, but by his sidelong glances of grace and compassion.
bhavajalanidhiṃ gāhaṃ gāhaṃ cirādalasālasān
padajalaruhadvandvadvīpaṃ śritāṃstava samprati |
ramaṇabhagavan kalyāṇānāṃ niketana pāhi naḥ
sadaya dayayā siktairbhaktānapāṅgavilokitaiḥ ||
||34||bhava - world, jalanidhiṃ - ocean, gāhaṃ gāhaṃ - diving into again and again, cirāt - a long time, alasālasān - extremely tired, pada - foot, jalaruha - lotus, dvandva - two, pair, dvīpaṃ - island, śritān - approached for refuge, tava - your, samprati - now, at this moment, ramaṇabhagavan - Oh Bhagavan Ramana, kalyāṇānāṃ - of virtues, niketana - abode, pāhi - protect, naḥ - us, sadaya - merciful, dayayā - with grace, siktaiḥ - with pouring out, bhaktān - to the devotees, apāṅga - from the corner of the eye, vilokitaiḥ - by glances.
34. Oh Bhagavan Ramana, diving again and again into the ocean of the world, we are extremely tired. Now, at this moment, we approach the island of your lotus feet for refuge.You, the merciful abode of virtues, please protect us with the grace that pours out to your devotees from the glances of your eyes.
yadi na jananī stanyaṃ dadyācchiśorbata kā gatiḥ
yadi paśupatiḥ krodhaṃ kuryātpaśoravanaṃ kutaḥ |
yadi padajuṣāmācārya tvaṃ nihaṃsi na saṃśayaṃ
bhramaśataparābhūtā ete tarantu bhavaṃ katham ||
||35||yadi - if, na - not, jananī - mother, stanyaṃ - milk, dadyāc - would give, chiśoḥ - of the child, bata - oh!, alas, kā - what, gatiḥ - the fate, yadi - if, paśupatiḥ - cowherd, or Lord of creatures, krodhaṃ - anger, kuryāt - would be, (would make), paśoḥ - of the cow, avanaṃ - preservation, protection, kutaḥ - where, yadi - if, pada - feet, juṣāṃ - resorting to, taking delight in, ācārya - Teacher, tvaṃ - you, nihaṃsi - dispel, na - not, saṃśayaṃ - doubt, bhrama - confusion, śata - hundred, multiple, parābhūtā - overcome, ete - these, tarantu - may cross over, bhavaṃ - wordly existence, kathaṃ - how?
35. If the mother would not give milk, alas, what would be the fate of the child? If the cowherd would be angry, where would be protection for the cow? If you Teacher, do not dispel the doubts of those resorting to your feet, how will those overcome by multiple confusions cross over this worldly existence?
viśadahasite pūrṇā śāntiḥ sudhākarasodare
sthirapṛthulayoḥ pūrṇā śaktirdṛśoratulārciṣoḥ |
hṛdayakamale nityā niṣṭhā bahiśca saratprabhe
ramaṇabhagavan ko vā maunī samastava bhūtale ||
||36||viśada - bright, splendid, hasite - (in) smile, pūrṇāśāntiḥ - full of peace, sudhākara - moon, sodare - related to, kin, sthira - firm, steady, pṛthulayoḥ - (in) broad, large, pūrṇāśaktiḥ - full of power, dṛśoḥ - (in) eyes, atula - unequalled, arciṣoḥ - (in) luster, hṛdaya - heart, kamale - in the lotus, nityā - eternal, niṣṭhā - abidance, bahiḥ - outwards, ca - and, sarat - flowing, prabhe - splendor, radiance, ramaṇa - Ramana, bhagavan - Oh Bhagavan, kaḥ - who, vā - possibly, perhaps, maunī - Muni, Sage, samaḥ - equal, tava - your, bhūtale - on the earth.
36. In your moon-like splendid smile peace reigns. Your large broad eyes are steady and unequalled in luster. You are eternally abiding in the lotus of the heart with your splendor outwardly flowing. Oh Bhagavan Ramana! What Sage on earth is possibly your equal?
devī śaktiriyaṃ dṛśoḥ śritajanadhvāntakṣayādhāyinī
devī śrīriyamambujākṣamahiṣī vaktro sahasracchade |
devī brahmavadhūriyaṃ vijayate vyāhāragūḍhā parā
viśvācārya mahānubhāva ramaṇa tvāṃ stautu kaḥ prākṛtaḥ ||
||37||devī - Devi, Mother, śaktiḥ - shakti, power, iyaṃ - here, dṛśoḥ - in (two) eyes, śrita - attached to, jana - man, dhvānta - darkness, ignorance, kṣaya - to put an end to, ādhāyinī - effecting, devi - Devi, śrīḥ - LakShmi, iyaṃ - here, ambu - water, jā - born in, akṣa - eye, mahiṣī - wife, vaktre - (in) face, sahasra - one thousand, chade - cover, veil, devī - Devi, brahmavadhūḥ - wife of Brahma=Saraswati, iyaṃ - here, vijayate - victory-causing, vyāhāra - utterance, gūḍhā - concealed, parā - supreme, viśva - universe, ācārya - teacher, mahā - great, anubhāva - experience, ramaṇa - O Ramana! tvāṃ - you, stautu - may praise, kaḥ - who?, prākṛtaḥ - ordinary.
37. In your eyes is Devi Shakti, effecting the end of the man's ignorance. In your face of a thousand expressions is LakShmi, the wife of the lotus-eyed Vishnu. Concealed in your utterance is victory-causing Saraswati, supreme. Oh universal teacher Ramana of great experience (of Being)! What ordinary man could praise you?
so'haṃ jāto ramaṇabhagavan pādayoste daviṣṭho
yadyapyasminmahati samaye śaktilāsye pravṛtte |
sūryasyeva jvalitamahaso dūragāṃ nātha śaktiṃ
viśvasyāgyrāṃ tava mama mano vītaduḥkhaṃ tathāpi ||
||38||so'haṃ - I that very person, myself, jātaḥ - happened, become, ramaṇabhagavan - Oh Bhagavan Ramana, pādayoḥ - from (two) feet, te - your, daviṣṭhaḥ - very far away, yadyapyasmin - even though in this, mahati - great, samaye - occasion, time, śakti - Shakti, power, lāsye - dance, pravṛtte - begins, sūryasyeva - as of the sun, jvalati - blazing, mahasaḥ - knowledge, dūragāṃ - being far, remote, na - not, atha - now, śaktiṃ - Shakti, viśvasya - of the universe, agryāṃ - topmost, tava - your, mama - mine, manaḥ - mind, vīta - vanished, duḥkhaṃ - sorrow, tathāpi - even though.
38. Even though I myself am very far away from your holy feet Oh Bhagavan Ramana, when on this great occasion the dance of Shakti commences, the knowledge that your power, blazing as the sun and foremost in the universe, is not remote from me, has caused the sorrow of my mind to vanish.
tadbhāgadheyamasamānamanekamauni-
vāsārjitaṃ kṣitibhṛtaḥ khalu lohitasya |
aṅgīcakāra bhagavān ramaṇo maharṣi-
ranyeṣu satsu yadimaṃ bahuṣu sthaleṣu ||
||39||tat - that, bhāga - good fortune, dheyaṃ - giving, asamānaṃ - unequalled, aneka - many, mauni - saints, vāsa - dwelling, arjitaṃ - earned, accquired, kṣiti - mountain, bhṛtaḥ - borne, accquired, khalu - indeed, verily, lohitasya - of the red-coloured, aṅgīcakāra - chose, bhagavān - Bhagavan, ramaṇaḥ - Ramana, maharṣiḥ - Maharshi, anyeṣu - among others, satsu - good, holy, yat - because, since, imaṃ - this, bahuṣu - among many, sthaleṣu - places.
39. Verily, that good fortune accquired by the red colored mountain (Arunachala), gained by the dwelling there of many sages, is now unequalled, because Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi has chosen this (dwelling) from among other holy places.
śāntirnitāntamadhikā paramāsya śakti-
rvairāgyamadbhutatamaṃ karuṇā tu sāndrā |
jñānaṃ nirastakuhanaṃ madhuraṃ ca vṝttaṃ
nṝṇāṃ nidarśanamayaṃ ramaṇo maharṣiḥ ||
||40||śāntiḥ - peace, nitāntaṃ - extraordinary, adhikā - surpassing, superior, paramā - chief, highest, asya - of him, śaktiḥ - power, vairāgyaṃ - dispassion, renunciation, adbhutatamaṃ - most extraordinary, karuṇā - compassion, tu - used as exclamation, sāndrā - strong, intense, jñānaṃ - knowledge, nirasta - banished, kuhanaṃ - hypocrisy, madhuraṃ - sweet, pleasant, ca - and, vṛttaṃ - conduct, nṝṇāṃ - for, of men, mankind, nidarśanaṃ - pointed to, indicated, ayaṃ - this, ramaṇaḥ - Ramana, maharṣiḥ - Maharshi.
40. For his extraordinary peace, supreme power, most extraordinary dispassion, intense compassion, for knowledge that has banished hypocrisy and for his sweet conduct, Ramana Maharshi is indicated (as the ideal) for mankind.
nārasiṃhiḥ - son of Narasimha, gaṇapatiḥ - Ganapati, vāsiṣṭhaḥ - Vasishta, ramaṇaṃ guruṃ - Guru Ramana, catvāriṃśan - forty, mitaiḥ - by measured, padyaiḥ - verses, skanda - Skanda, aṃśaṃ - incarnation, stutavān - praised, ṛṣiṃ - Rishi.
Vasistha Ganapati, son of Narasimha, has praised with forty measured verses the Rishi, the incarnation of Skanda, Guru Ramana.
nārasiṃhirgaṇapatirvāsiṣṭho ramaṇaṃ gurum |
catvāriṃśanmitaiḥ padyaiḥ skandāṃśaṃ stutavānṛṣim ||
oṃ tat sat