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- Arunāchala Siva, Arunāchala Siva, Arunāchala Siva, Arunāchala!
- Arunāchala Siva, Arunāchala Siva, Arunāchala Siva, Arunāchala!
- This joyful Marital Garland of Letters, which resembles a beam of the rays of the rising sun, was sung by the noble sage, Ramana, the ocean of
- compassion, with the object of removing the delusion of the devotees who sought his grace. Those who look upon it as their sole refuge will
- realize within themselves that they are Arunāchala and will reign in the world of Siva.
- Gracious Ganapati with thy (loving) hand bless me, that I may make this marital garland of letters worthy of Sri Arunāchala, the bridegroom!
- 1.
- (a) Arunachala! Thou dost root out the ego of those who meditate on Thee in the heart, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Arunachala! Thou dost root out the ego of those who dwell on their (spiritual) identity with Thee, Oh Arunachala!
- 2.
- May Thou and I be one and inseparable like Azhagu and Sundara, Oh Arunachala!
- 3.
- Entering (my) home and luring me (to Thine) why didst Thou keep me prisoner in Thy heart's cavern, Oh Arunāchala?
- 4.
- Was it for Thy pleasure or for my sake Thou didst win me? If now Thou turn me away, the world will blame Thee, Oh Arunachala!
- 5.
- Escape this blame! Why didst thou then recall Thyself to me? How can I leave Thee now, Oh Arunachala?
- 6.
- (a) Kinder far art Thou than one's own mother. Is this then Thy all-kindness, Oh Arunachala?
- (b) Kinder indeed art Thou than one's own mother, such is thy love, Oh Arunachala!
- 7.
- (a) Sit firmly in my mind, lest it elude Thee, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Change not Thy nature and flee, but hold fast in my mind, Oh Arunachala!
- 8.
- (a) Display Thy beauty, for the fickle mind to see Thee forever and to rest (in peace), Oh Arunachala!
- (b) The strumpet mind will cease to walk the streets if only she find Thee. Disclose thy beauty then and hold her bound, Oh Arunachala!
- (c) The mind by her unsteadiness prevents my seking Thee and finding peace; (hold her and) grant me the vision of thy beauty, Oh Arunachala!
- 9.
- After abducting me if now Thou dost not embrace me, where is Thy chivalry, Oh Arunachala?
- 10.
- Does it become Thee thus to sleep when I am outraged by others, Oh Arunachala?
- 11.
- Even when the thieves of the five senses break in upon me, art Thou not still in my heart, Oh Arunachala?
- 12.
- One art Thou without a second; who then could dare elude Thee and come in? This is only Thy jugglery, Oh Arunachala!
- 13.
- Significance of OM unrivalled - unsurpassed! Who can comprehend Thee, Oh Arunachala?
- 14.
- As (Universal) Mother, it is Thy duty to dispense Thy grace and save me, Oh Arunachala!
- 15.
- (a) Who can ever find Thee? The eye of the eye art Thou, and without eyes Thou seest, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Being the sight of the eye, even without eyes find me out Thyself. Who (but Thyself) can find out Thee, Oh Arunachala?
- 16.
- As a lode-stone attracts iron, magnetizing it and holding it fast, so do Thou to me, Oh Arunachala!
- 17.
- (Unmoving) Hill, melting into a Sea of Grace, have mercy (on me) I pray, Oh Arunachala!
- 18.
- Fiery gem, shining in all directions, do Thou burn up my dross, Oh Arunachala!
- 19.
- Shine as my Guru, making me free from faults and worthy of Thy Grace, Oh Arunachala!
- 20.
- Save me from the cruel snares of fascinating women and honour me with union with Thyself, Oh Arunachala!
- 21.
- Though I beg, Thou art callous and dost not condescend. I pray Thee! Say to me 'Fear not!' Oh Arunachala!
- 22.
- Unasked Thou givest; this is thy imperishable fame. Do not belie Thy name, Oh Arunachala!
- 23.
- Sweet fruit within my hands, let me be mad with ecstasy, drunk with the bliss of Thy essence,
- Oh Arunachala!
- 24.
- Blazoned as the devourer of Thy votaries, how can I survive who have embraced Thee, Oh Arunachala?
- 25.
- (a) Thou, unruffled by anger! What crime has marked me off (for Thy wrath), Oh Arunachala?
- (b) Thou, unruffled by anger! What (austerities left) incomplete (in previous births) have won me Thy special favour, Oh Arunachala?
- 26.
- Glorious Mountain of love, celebrated by Gautama, rule me with Thy gracious glance, Oh Arunachala!
- 27.
- Dazzling Sun that swallowest up all the universe in Thy rays, with Thy light open the lotus of my heart I pray, Oh Arunachala!
- 28.
- (a) Let me, Thy prey, surrender unto Thee and be consumed, and so have peace, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) I came to feed on Thee, but Thou hast fed on me; now there is peace, Oh Arunachala!
- 29.
- O Moon of Grace, with Thy (cool) rays as hands, open (within me) the ambrosial orifice and let my heart rejoice, Oh Arunachala!
- 30.
- Tear off these robes, expose me naked, then robe me with Thy love, Oh Arunachala!
- 31.
- There (in the heart) rest quiet! Let the sea of joy surge, speech and feeling cease, Oh Arunachala!
- 32.
- Do not continue to deceive and prove me; disclose instead Thy transcendental self, Oh Arunachala!
- 33.
- Vouchsafe the knowledge of eternal life that I may learn the glorious primal wisdom, and shun the delusion of this world, Oh Arunachala!
- 34.
- Unless Thou embrace me, I shall melt away in tears of anguish, Oh Arunachala!
- 35.
- If spurned by Thee, alas! What rests for me but the torment of my prarabdha? What hope is left for me, Oh Arunachala?
- 36.
- In silence Thou saidst, 'Stay silent!' and Thyself stood silent, Oh Arunachala!
- 37.
- Happiness lies in peaceful repose enjoyed when resting in the Self. Beyond speech indeed is Thy prowess resting in the self. Beyond speech
- indeed is this my State, Oh Arunachala!
- 38.
- (a) Thou didst display Thy prowess once, and the perils ended, return to Thy repose, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Sun! Thou didst sally forth and (the siege of) illusion was ended. Then didst thou shine motionless (alone), Oh Arunachala!
- 39.
- (a) (A dog can scent out its master); am I then worse than a dog? Steadfastly I will seek Thee and regain Thee, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Worse than a dog (for want of scent), how can I track Thee (to Thy home), Oh Arunachala?
- 40.
- Grant me wisdom, I beseech Thee, so that I may not pine for love of Thee in ignorance, Oh Arunachala!
- 41.
- (a) Not finding the flower open, Thou didst stay, no better than a (frustrated) bee, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) (In sunlight the lotus blossoms), how then couldst Thou, the Sun of suns, hover before me like a flower bee, saying 'Thou art not yet in
- blossom', Oh Arunachala?
- 42.
- (a) Thou hast realized the Self even without knowing that it was the truth. It is the truth itself!' Speak (thus if it be so), Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Thou art the subject of most diverse views, yet art Thou not this only, Oh Arunachala?
- (c) Not known to the tattvas, tough Thou art theit being! What does this mean, Oh Arunachala?
- 43.
- (a) That each one is reality itself, Thou wilt of thy nature show, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Reveal Thyself! Thou only art reality, Oh Arunachala!
- (c) 'Reality is nothing but the self'; is this not all thy message, Oh Arunachala?
- 44.
- 'Look within, ever seeking the self with the inner eye, then will (It) be found.' Thus didst Thou direct me, beloved Arunachala!
- 45.
- (a) Seeking Thee within but weakly, I came back (unrewarded). Aid me, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Weak though my effort was, by Thy grace I gained the Self, Oh Arunachala!
- (c) Seeking Thee in the infinite Self, I regained my own (Self), Oh Arunachala!
- 46.
- What value has this birth without knowledge born of realization? It is not even worth speaking about, Oh Arunachala!
- 47.
- (a) Let me dive into the true Self, wherein merge only the pure in mind and speech, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) I, by thy grace, am sunk in Thy self, wherein merge only those divested of their minds and thus made pure, Oh Arunachala!
- 48.
- When I took shelter under Thee as my one God, thou didst destroy me altogether, Oh Arunachala!
- 49.
- Treasure of benign and holy Grace found without seeking, steady my wandering mind, Oh Arunachala!
- 50.
- On seeking Thy real self with courage, my raft capsized and the waters came over me. Have mercy on me, Arunachala!
- 51.
- (a) Unless Thou extend Thy hand of grace in mercy and embrace me, I am lost, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Enfold me body to body, limb to limb, or I am lost, Oh Arunachala!
- 52.
- Oh undefiled, abide Thou in my heart so that there may be everlasting joy, Oh Arunachala!
- 53.
- (a) Mock me not, who seek Thy protection! Adorn me with thy grace and then regard me, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Smile with grace and not with scorn on me, who come to Thee for refuge, Oh Arunachala!
- 54.
- (a) When I approached, Thou didst not bend; Thou stoodst unmoved, at one with me, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Does it not shame Thee to stand there like a post,, (leaving me) to find thee by myself, Oh Arunachala?
- 55.
- Rain Thy mercy on me, ere Thy knowledge burn me to ashes, Oh Arunachala!
- 56.
- Unite with me to destroy (our seperate identities as) Thou and me, and bless me with the state of ever vibrant joy, Oh Arunachala!
- 57.
- (a) When shall I (become) like the ether and reach Thee, subtle of being, that the tempest of thoughts may end, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) When will waves of thought cease to rise? When shall I reach Thee, subtler than the subtle ether, Oh Arunāchala?
- 58.
- (a) I am a simpleton devoid of learning. Do thou dispel illusion, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Destroy Thou my wrong knowledge, I beseech Thee, for I lack the knowledge which the scriptures lead to, Oh Arunachala!
- 59.
- When I melted away and entered Thee, my refuge, (I found) Thee standing naked (like the famous Digambara)! Oh Arunachala!
- 60.
- In my unloving self Thou didst create a passion for Thee, therefore forsake me not, Oh Arunachala!
- 61.
- (a) Fruit shrivelled and spoilt is worthless; take and enjoy it ripe, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) I am not (like) a fruit which is overripe and spoilt; draw me, then, into the inmost recess (of the heart) and fix me in eternity, Oh
- Arunachala!
- 62.
- (a) Hast Thou not bartered cunningly Thyself for me (for my individuality is lost)? Oh, Thou art death to me, Arunachala!
- (b) Hast thou not bartered happily Thyself for me (giving all and taking nothing)? Art thou not blind, Oh Arunāchala?
- 63.
- Regard me! Take thought of me! Touch me! Mature me! Make me one with Thee, Oh Arunachala!
- 64.
- Grant me Thy grace ere the poison of delusion grips me and, rising to my head, kills me, Oh Arunachala!
- 65.
- Thyself regard me and dispel illusion! Unless Thou do so who can intercede with Grace itself made manifest, Oh Arunachala?
- 66.
- With madness for thee thou hast freed me from madness (for the world); grant me now the cure of all madness, Oh Arunachala!
- 67.
- Fearless I seek Thee, Fearlessness Itself! How canst Thou fear to take me, Oh Arunachala?
- 68.
- Where is (my) ignorance of (Thy) wisdom, if I am blessed with union to Thee, Oh Arunachala?
- 69.
- (a) My mind has blossomed, (then) scent it with Thy fragrance and perfect it, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Espouse me, I beseech Thee, and let this mind, now wedded to the world, be wedded to perfection, Oh Arunachala!
- 70.
- Mere thought of Thee has drawn me to Thee, and who can gauge Thy glory (in Itself), Oh Arunāchala?
- 71.
- Thou hast possessed me, unexorcizable spirit! and made me mad (for Thee), that I may cease to be a ghost (wandering in the world), Oh
- Arunachala!
- 72.
- Be Thou my stay and my support lest I droop helpless like a tender creeper, Oh Arunachala!
- 73.
- Thou didst benumb (my faculties) with stupefying power, then rob me of my understanding and reveal the knowledge of Thy Self, Oh Arunachala!
- 74.
- Show me the warfare of Thy grace in the open field where there is no coming and going, Oh Arunachala!
- 75.
- Unattached to the physical frame composed of the (five) Elements, let me forever repose happy in the sight of Thy splendour, Oh Arunachala!
- 76.
- Thou hast administered the medicine of confusion to me, so must I be confounded! Shine Thou as grace, the cure of all confusion, Oh Arunachala!
- 77.
- Shine Thou selfless, sapping the pride of those who boast of their free will, Oh Arunachala!
- 78.
- I am a fool who prays only when overwhelmed (by misery), yet disappoint me not, Oh Arunachala!
- 79.
- Guard me lest I flounder storm-tossed like a ship without helmsman, Oh Arunachala!
- 80.
- Thou hast cut the know which hid the vision of Thy head and foot (the limitless Self). Motherlike, shouldst thou not complete Thy task, Oh
- Arunachala?
- 81.
- Be not m(like) a mirror held up to a noseless man, but raise me (from my lowness) and embrace me, Oh Arunachala!
- 82.
- Let us embrace upon the bed of tender flowers, which is the mind, within the room of the body (or the ultimate truth), Oh Arunachala!
- 83.
- How is it that Thou hast become famous from Thy constant union with the poor and humble, Oh Arunachala?
- 84.
- Thou hast removed the blindness of ignorance with the unguent of Thy grace, and made me truly Thine, Oh Arunachala!
- 85.
- Thou didst shave clean my head (and I was lost to the world), then Thou didst (show Thyself) dancing in transcendent space, Oh Arunachala!
- 86.
- (a) Though Thou hast lossed me from the mists of error and made me mad for Thee, why hast Thou not yet freed me from illusion, Oh Arunachala?
- (b) Though Thou hast detached me from the world and made me cleave to Thee, Thy passion for me has not cooled, Oh Arunachala!
- 87.
- Is it true silence to rest like a stone, inert and unexpansive, Oh Arunachala?
- 88.
- Who was it that threw mud to me for food and robbed me of my livelihood, Oh Arunachala?
- 89.
- Unknown to all, stupefying me, who was it that ravished my soul, Oh Arunachala?
- 90.
- I spoke Thus to Thee, because Thou art my Lord; be not offended but come and give me happiness, Oh Arunachala!
- 91.
- Let us enjoy one another in the house of open space, where there is neither night nor day, Oh Arunachala!
- 92.
- Thou didst take aim (at me) with darts of love and then devoured me alive, Oh Arunachala!
- 93.
- Thou art the primal being, whereas I count not in this nor in the other world. What didst thou gain then by my worthless self, Oh Arunachala?
- 94.
- Didst Thou not call me in? I have come in. Now measure out for me (my maintenance is now Thy burden). Hard is Thy lot, Oh Arunachala!
- 95.
- The moment Thou didst welcome me, didst enter into me and grant me Thy divine life, I lost my individuality, Oh Arunachala!
- 96.
- Bless me that I may die without losing hold of Thee, or miserable is (my fate), Oh Arunachala!
- 97.
- From my home Thou didst entice me, then stealing into my heart didst draw me gently into Thine, (such is) Thy grace, Oh Arunachala!
- 98.
- I have betrayed Thy (secret) workings. Be not offended! Show me Thy grace now openly and save me, Oh Arunachala!
- 99.
- Grant me the essence of the Vedas, which shine in the Vedantas, one without a second, Oh Arunachala!
- 100.
- (a) Even my slanders, treat as my praise and guard me forever as Thine own, I pray, Oh Arunachala!
- (b) Let even slander be as praise to me, and guard me forever as Thine own, Oh Arunachala!
- (c) Place (Thy hand) upon my head! Make me partaker of Thy grace! Do not abandon me, I pray,Oh Arunachala!
- 101.
- As snow in water, let me melt as love in Thee, Who art love itself, Oh Arunachala!
- 102.
- I had but thought of Thee as Aruna, and lo! I was caught in the trap of Thy grace! Can the net of Thy grace ever fail, Oh Arunachala?
- 103.
- Watching like a spider to trap (me in the web of Thy) grace, Thou didst entwine me and when imprisoned feed upon me, Oh Arunachala!
- 104.
- Let me be the votary of the votaries of those who hear Thy name with love, Oh Arunachala!
- 105.
- Shine Thou forever as the loving saviour of helpless suppliants like myself, Oh Arunachala!
- 106.
- Familiar to Thine ears are The sweet songs of votaries who melt to the very bones with love for Thee, yet let my poor strains also be
- acceptable, Oh Arunachala!
- 107.
- Hill of patience, bear with my foolish words, (regarding them) as hymns of joy or as Thou please, Oh Arunachala!
- 108.
- Oh Arunachala! My Loving Lord! Throw Thy garland (about my shoulders) wearing Thyself this one (strung) by me, Arunachala!
- Blessed be Arunachala! Blessed be His devotees!
- Blessed be this Marital Garland of Letters!
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