RAMANA MAHARSHIs AKSHARA MANA MALAI 46 54 English

RAMANA MAHARSHI’s AKSHARA MANA MALAI (46 -54) English Transliteration and Explanation

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

Aksharamanamalai (46) • Thupparivilla ippirappin phaya, oppidavaye, yen Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! With out the self enquiry and through that reaching the root of the thought and perceiving the divine knowledge, what is the use of this birth. Please help me with your Grace to achieve that, as I am totally surrendering to you only.

Aksharamanamalai (47) • Thooymana mozhiyar thoyumun meyyagam, thoyave yarulen Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! You will take the people with you only if they reach the divine level in their maturity. With your Grace Please make me also a divine person and merge me with you.

Aksharamanamalai (48) • Dheivamyendru unnai charave, yennai, chera vozhithay Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! I have come to you with full confidence as you are the ultimate God for surrendering. But till now you have not merged me with you. You don’t play with me Arunachala! and make me happy by merging me with you.

Aksharamanamalai (49) • Thedathurra nartriru varunithiyaga, thiyakkam theertharul Arunahala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala, I got you as a divine treasure, with out any search. Except surrendering to you totally, I have not done any Great effort in this birth to be worthy of your favored devotee. Your Grace is so Great Arunachala !

Aksharamanamalai (50) • Dhairiyamodumun meyyaga nadayaan, nattazhithen arul, Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! when I came to you, because of my ego, I had tried to understand you through my knowledge for some time. That effort have failed utterly and I have lost myself and with out any other way, I have surrendered to you completely, and then you have taught me every thing. Then I have understood the correct approach to learn the divine knowledge.

Aksharamanamalai (51) • Thottarut kai mey kattidaa yeniliya, nattamaven, arul, Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! With your Grace, if you don’t merge me with you, by hugging me, when I am always keeping my hands open to hold you with me, I will loose the benefit of this birth and I will become useless. Please do not allow that thing to happen and merge me with you.

Aksharamanamalai (52) • Thodami niyagathoduondri yendrum, shandhoda mondrida arul, Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! You are a divine without any flaws, please merge me with you such that we become a single entity, by that I also become perfect in everything. Please give me that pleasure of merging with you to remain in an ever lasting joy.

Aksharamanamalai (53) • Nagaikkida milai ninaynadiya yenai arul, nagaiyittu paarnee, Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! People who look at, may laugh at me, but you can’t laugh at me, as you have only brought me here. After I have come, I have totally surrendered to you. What more I can do? Please put me your Grace of jewels and make me Glow like a divine person, to all.

Aksharamanamalai (54) • Nanilai naadita naanayondri nee, thanuva nindranai, Arunachala! • My inference: Oh Arunachala! I am craving for a stable, thoughtless, divine mind from the time I have come to you. The pain is too much to stay alone like this (with out shame), as all the people around are looking at me differently. But you are standing like a pillar with out giving me any hope. Please tell me when are you going to merge me with you?

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