ऒम् नमो भगवते रुद्राय !
We were blessed to be at Tiruvannamalai last month. Here are six pictures taken - was quite happy with the images coming from a cellphone!
The verses are those of the Arunachala Pancharatnam composed by Sri Ramana Himself. Have tried a loose translation - apologies for mistakes, if any. See
here for more detail.
करुणापूर्णे सुधाब्धे
कबलितघनविश्वरूप किरणावल्या
अरुणाचल
परमात्मनरुणो भव चित्तकञसुविकासाय || 1 ||
O, one who is overflowing with compassion!
O, ocean of nectar! By whose rays the dense universe is
swallowed.
O Supreme Self Arunachala! Be thou the sun
that fully blossoms my mind lotus!
त्वय्यरुणाचल
सर्वम् भूत्वास्थित्वा प्रलीनमेतच्चित्रम्
हृद्यहमित्यात्मतया
नृत्यसि भोः ते वदन्ति हृदयन्नाम || 2 ||
In you, O Arunachala, does
this picture come into being, exists and is destroyed.
The Self-essence in the form
of ‘I’ are you who dances in the heart!
They say ‘heart’ is your
name.
अहमिति कुतः आयातीत्यन्विष्यान्तः
प्रविष्टयात्यमलधिया
अवगम्यस्वम्रूपम् शाम्यत्यरुणाचल त्वयि
नदीवब्धौ || 3 ||
A
very pure mind having entered within by inquiring “From where does this ‘I’
come”, and having known one’s own Self, becomes still.
In
you, O Arunachala, like a river in the ocean!
त्यक्त्वा विषयम् बाह्यम् रुद्धप्राणेन रुद्धमनसान्तस्त्वाम्
ध्यायन्पश्यति योगी दीधितिम् अरुणाचल
त्वयि महीयम् ते || 4 ||
Meditating on you after rejecting externalities by means of a restrained
breath and mind, the yogi sees Light, O Arunachala!
They are exalted in you.
त्वय्यर्पितमनसा त्वाम् पश्यन् सर्वम्
तवाकृतितया सततम्
भजते अनन्य प्रीत्या सा जयत्यरुणाचल त्वयि
सुखे मग्नः || 5 ||
O
Arunachala! Seeing you by means of a mind surrendered to you, he triumphs, O
Arunachala, who always worships everything as your form with undistracted love!
He
drowns in happiness in you.
श्रीमद्रमणमहार्षेर् दर्शनमरुणाचलस्य
देवगिरा
पञकमार्यागितौ रत्नम् त्विदमौपनषदम् हि || 6 ||
These
five verses in the Arya meter on the holy hill of Arunachala are revealed by
Sri Ramana Maharishi. They are indeed Upanishadic gems.
