Five Verses to Sri Arunachala

Arunachala Pancaratnam

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

Ocean of Nectar, Full of Grace,

Engulfing the Universe in Thy Splendour !

Oh, Arunachala — the Supreme Itself !

Be Thou the Sun,   and open the Lotus of my Heart in Bliss,

Oh Arunachala !

 

In Thee the picture of the Universe

Is formed, has its stay and is dissolved.

This is the Sublime Truth.

Thou Art the Inner-Self,

who dancest in the Heart as 'I',

Heart is Thy Name, Oh Lord !

 

He who turns inward with untroubled mind

To search where the conciousness of 'I' arises

Realises the Self and rests in Thee,

Oh Arunachala !   like a river when it joins the Ocean.

 

Abandoning the outer world,

with Mind and Breath Controlled,

To meditate on Thee within, the Yogi sees Thy Light,

Oh Arunachala !   and finds his delight in Thee !

 

He who dedicates his mind to Thee,

and seeing Thee always beholds the Universe as Thy figure;

He Who at all times Glorifies Thee

and loves Thee as none other than the Self,

He is the Master without rival – being One with Thee,

Oh Arunachala !  And lost in Thy Bliss.

 

 

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Fourth of February 2012, around 6:30. As usual in the morning, Sri Arunachala wears a cloud cap which lasts up to the early afternoon on some days. The path is quiet, especially at this part of the road on the western side of the hill. Few vehicles pass by; always one finds some people doing girivalam (the ritual circuit of the holy hill in clockwise direction).

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