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Upadesa Saram Sri Ramana Maharishi

1. ktura}ya aPyte )lm!,

km ik< pr< km tJjfm!.

kartur ajaya prapyate phalam

karma ki para karma tajjaam

Action yields fruit, For so the Lord ordains it. How can action be the Lord? It is insentient.

2. k&itmhaedxaE ptnkar[m!,

)lmzat< gitinraexkm!.

krti-maho-dadhau patana-kraamphalam-avata gati-nirodhakam

The fruit of action passes. But action leaves behind Seed of further action Leading to an endless ocean of action; Not at all

to moksha.

3. $raipt< neCDya k&tm!,

iczaexk< muisaxkm!.

var-rpita necchaya ktam

citta-odhaka mukti-sdhakam

Disinterested action Surrendered to the Lord. Purifies the mind and points. The way to moksha.

4. kayva'!mn>kaymumm!,

pUjn< jpiNtn< mat!.

kaya-vg-mana kryam-uttamam

pjana japa-cintana kramat

This is certain: Worship, praise and meditation, Being work of body, speech and mind, Are steps for orderly ascent.

5. jgt $zxIyu sevnm!,

AmUit&evpUjnm!.

jagata adh yukta sevana

aa-mrti bhd deva-pjanam

Ether, fire, air, water, earth, Sun, moon and living beings Worship of these, Regarded all as forms of His, Is perfect worshipof the Lord.

6. %mStvamNdt> ,

icj< jpXyanmumm!.

uttama-stavd-ucca-mandata

cittaja japa dhynam uttamam

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Better than hymns of praise, Is repetition of the Name; Better low-voiced than loud, But best of all, Is meditation in the

mind.

7. AaJyxarya aetsa smm!,

srlicNtn< ivrlt> prm!.

ajya-dhraya srotasa samamsarala cintana viralata param

Better than spells of meditation, Is one continuous current, Steady as a stream, Or downward flow of oil.

8. edavnaTsae=himTysaE ,

avna=ida pavnI mta .

bheda-bhvant sohamityasaubhavanabhid pvan mat

Better than viewing Him as Other, Indeed the noblest attitude of all, Is to hold Him as the 'I' within, The very 'I'.

9. avzUNysavsuiSwit> ,

avnablaima .

bhva nyasad bhva susthiti

bhvan-bald bhaktir-uttam

Abidance in pure being, Transcending thought through love intense, Is the very essence, Of supreme devotion.

10. TSwle mn> SvSwta iya ,

iyaegbaexa initm!.

htsthale mana svasthat kriy

bhakti yoga bodhaca nicitam

Absorption in the heart of being, Whence we sprang, Is the path of action, of devotion, Of union and of knowledge.

11. vayuraexnaIyte mn> ,

jalpi]vaexsaxnm!.

vayu-rodhanl lyate mana

jla-pakivat rodha-sdhanam

Holding the breath controls the mind, A bird caught in a net. Breath-regulation helps Absorption in the heart.

12. icvayviiTyayuta> ,

zaoyaeyI zimUlka .

citta-vyava cit-kriyyut

khayor-dvayi akti-mlak

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Mind and breath (as thought and action), Fork out like two branches. But both spring, From a single root.

13. lyivnazne %yraexne ,

lygt< punvit nae m&tm!.

laya vinaane ubhaya-rodhane

laya-gata punar bhavati no mtam

Absorption is of two sorts; Submergence and destruction. Mind submerged rises again; Dead, it revives no more.

14. a[bNxnaInmansm!,

@kicNtnaazmeTyd> .

pra-bandhant lna-mnasam

eka-cintant nametyada

Breath controlled and thought restrained, The mind turned one-way inward, Fades and dies.

15. nmansaeTk&yaeign> ,

k&TymiSt ik< SviSwit< yt> .

nata-manasot-ka yogina

ktyam asti ki svasthiti yata

Mind extinct, the mighty seer, Returns to his own natural being, And has no action to perform.

16. Zyvairt< icmaTmn> ,

icvdzn< tTvdznm!.

dya-vrita citta-mtmana

citva-darana tattva daranam

It is true wisdom, For the mind to turn away, From outer objects and behold, Its own effulgent form.

17. mans< tuik< mag[e k&te ,

nEv mans< mag Aajvat!.

mnasa tu ki mrgae kte

naiva mnasa mrge rjavt

When unceasingly the mind, Scans its own form, There is nothing of the kind. For every one, This path direct is open.

18. v&ySTvh< v&imaita> ,

v&yae mnae iv(h< mn> .

vttayastvaha vtti-marita

vttayo mano viddhayaha mana

Thoughts alone make up the mind; And of all thoughts the 'I' thought is the root. What is called mind is but the notion 'I'.

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19. Ahmy< kutae vit icNvt> ,

Aiy ptTyh< injivcar[m!.

ahamaya kuto bhavati cinvata

ayi patatyaha nijavicraam

When one turns within and searches, Whence this 'I' thought arises, The shamed 'I' vanishes --- And wisdom's quest begins.

20. Ahim nazaJyhmh

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25. ve;hant> SvaTmdznm!,

$zdzn< Sva Tmpt> .

vea-hnata svtma-daranam

a-darana svtma-rpata

Seeing oneself free of all attributes, Is to see the Lord, For He shines ever as the pure Self.

26. AaTms SvaTmdznm!,

AaTminyadaTminta .

tma-sasthiti svtma-daranam

tma-nirdvayd tma-nihat

To know the Self is but to be the Self, For it is non-dual. In such knowledge, One abides as that.

27. }anvijta=}anhInict!,

}anmiSt ik< }atumNtrm!.

jana-varjit-ajanhina citjnam-asti ki jtum-antaram

That is true knowledge which transcends, Both knowledge and ignorance, For in pure knowledge, Is no object to be known.

28. ik