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

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> On Mar 11, 2026, at 4:44 PM, 'S Jayanarayanan' via California - SF Bay Area Ramana Maharshi Satsang <virupaaksha at googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> (Continued from previous post)
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> http://www.arunachala.org/newsletters/2011/nov-dec
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> 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.
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> adayamAtmatanau kaThinaM vrate pruShachittamalaM viShayavraje |
> R^iShimaroShamapetamanorathaM dhR^itamadaM ghanachillaharIvashAt || 7||
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> 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.
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> vigatamohamalobhamabhavanaM shamitamatsaramutsavinaM sadA |
> bhavamahodadhitAraNakarmaNi pratiphalena vinaiva sadodyatam || 8||
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> 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.
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> mAtAmameti nagarAjasutorupIThaM
> nAgAnane bhajati yAhi pitA mameti |
> a~NkaM harasya samavApya shirasyanena
> sa~nchumbitasya girindhrakR^ito vibhUtim || 9||
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> 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.
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> vedAdipAkadamanottarakachChapeshai\-
> ryuktairdharAdharasuShuptyamareshvaraishcha |
> sUkShmAmR^itAyugamR^itena saha praNatyA
> sampannashabdapaTalasya rahasyamartham || 10||
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> 10. He is the mystic import of the mantra “Om vachadbhuve namah
> (Salutation to the fire of Brahman whence emerges the Word)”.
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> daNDaM vinaiva yatinaM bata daNDapANiM
> duHkhAbdhitArakamariM bata tArakasya |
> tyaktvA bhavaM bhavamaho satataM bhajantaM
> haMsaM tathApi gatamAnasasa~NgarAgam || 11||
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> 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.).
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> (To be continued)
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