RAMANA MAHARSHIs AKSHARA MANA MALAI 1 9 English

RAMANA MAHARSHI’s AKSHARA MANA MALAI (1 -9) English Transliteration And Explanation

Contents • Payiram • Prayer to Lord Ganapathy • Akshara Mana Malai (1 – 9)

Payiram Tharuna mani kirana vali nigar, Tharum akshara mana magizh malai, Theru nadiya thiru adiyar theru maral, Theliya parvuthal porualaka, Karunkara muni Ramana riyanuva, Kaiyinar choliyathu gadhiyaga, Arunachalamena agame arivodu, Aazhvar shivanulag alware.

Payiram- Explanation This joyful scented garland, Which resembles the beam, Of the rays of the rising Sun, Was requested for by his devotees Who chose the streets for removing The delusion and make people understand And this was composed by Ramana, Who was the ocean of pity. Those who choose to tell this as their refuge, Would understand that they are Arunachalam, And reign in the land of Lord Shiva.

Prayer to Lord Ganapathi Arunachala vararketra Akshara mana malai shatra, Karunakara Ganapathiye Karamaruli kaapaye.

Prayer to Lord Ganapathi. Explanation Oh merciful Ganapathi, give a hand help me, to make a garland of letters suitable for Lord Arunachala.

Refrain • Arunachala Shiva, Arunachala Shiva, Arunachala! (this refrain has to be chanted after each verse or at least after every nine verses)

Aksharamanamalai (1) • Arunachalamene agame ninaippavar, agathai ve-aruppai Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! You will completely remove the ego in the minds, of those who meditate on you, Arunachala (who identify themselves as Arunachala).

Aksharamanamalai (2) • Azhagu sundaram pol agamum neeyyum uttru abinnamay iruppom Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala, like the words Alhagu in Tamil, and Sundaram in Sanskrit mean the same “beauty”, though they are different words, same way though we are bodily different, we will become one and the same by your Grace.

Aksharamanamalai (3) • Agam pugunthu eerthu, un aka guhai chiraiyay, amarvithathu en kol Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala, Why have you entered my mind, you then drew me, and made me imprisoned in your mind once for all? It is just like, the lover has entered the lady love’s house and taken her to his house and imprisoned her once for all.

Aksharamanamalai (4) • Aarukka yenai aandanai agarttridil, akhilam palhithidum Arunachala ! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! For whom sake did you select me? and started ruling (Guiding) me, through your Grace. Because of that, people started believing in your Grace! and if you throw me now, the world would lose the belief in you and will find fault with you.

Aksharamanamalai (5) • Ippazhi thappunai yaen ninaipithay, ini yaar viduvaar, Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! Why you made me to think of you? and why you came in to my mind? having tasted you, who would leave you now? how are you going to escape from me?

Aksharamanamalai (6) • Yeendridum annaiyin peritharul purivoy, yidhuvo unadharul Aunachala • My inference: Oh Arunachala! when you are kinder than my mother, is this your Grace to leave me like this.

Aksharamanamalai (7) • Unay yematri odaathu ulathin mel, uruthiyay irruppai Arunachala • My inference: Oh Arunachala! Please remain firmly on my restless mind, which is deceiving me all the time, by evading me from your thought.

Aksharamanamalai (8) • Oor churtru ulam vidathu unaik kandu adangida, un azhagai kattu Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! Please show me your endless beauty, so that my mind, which wanders around, becomes calm by staring at your beauty.

Aksharamanamalai (9) • Yenai azhithu ippothu yenai kalavavidil, ithuvo aanmai Arunachala ! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! if you are manly (divinely) enough, then destroy my ego, and merge me with yourself.

Refrain • Arunachala Shiva, Arunachala Shiva, Arunachala! (this refrain has to be chanted after each verse or at least after each nine verses)