[Advaita-l] Ramana Maharishi’s Tamil verses

[Rishi Manoharan]

Namaskaram
> Did Ramana write his own verses or did someone write them down as he
> composed them?The Tamil is ver stylized, and seem to follow the sandhi
> pattern of sanskrit. I have never seen Tamil written this way anywhere
else. Ancient and
> classical Tamil, say like Valluvar or Sambandar, the Tamil words are hard
> to understand but their origin is classical.Are there any other Tamil
texts
> that are written in Ramana’s style?Thank you.Soma
>

Response: Yes, Bhagavan has composed a lot of Tamil verses and poems, like
Ulladu Narpadu, Upadesa Unidyar, etc. Bhagavan took a lot of inspiration
for Avvudai Akkal, etc. His focus was on Tamil meters however. For example
Upadesa Unidyar is based on folk game played in Tamil Nadu Villages. Anma
Vidya Krithi is composed in the same manner as Ayye Methakadinam by
Gopalakrishna Bharati.
Namaskaram, Rishi