Muruganar Story:
Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murai - continues...
You are the unmoving one; you are the compassionate one' you are the skillful Lord of true knowledge; you are
the medicine for the disease of birth that causes great misery. To poor me, who was totally lost by not seeking
consciousness, you are like the store laid down to be used in times of adversity. You are the God who saved me
from the mouth of the crocodile, my past karma. (Potri Tiruvahaval, lines 1-110.)
Human beings wallow in samsara, regarding themselves as forms, without realizing the rarity of the grace-embodied
form of the Sadguru. Through this form has manifested to destroy the mass of their dark vasanas, (those) who
are under the spell of the 'I am the body' delusion, through their simple minded view, which is prompted by
ignorance, extend the same notion (he is a body) to the Sadguru.
If, through their immaturity, they behave in this way, then, like those who do not get their winnowing completed
when the wind is blowing, they will, in the end, regret and lament over their folly. In order that they redeem
themselves by knowing the Sadguru's real nature, and prompted by my friendship towards them, I will sing of the
real nature of Ramana, which was revealed to me through His cool compassion:
The Lord of Arunachala, which is solidified consciousness, is Ramana, a delight to my mind. In Him innumerable
special attributes appear together, but since He does not identify with any of them, He is therefore declared to be
the primal, unmanifest reality.
He is more minute then an atom, but He will not blow in reverence or extol delightfully anything as separate from
Him. In His godliness He is greater than a mountain. Even so, to those who accept this view and bow to Him, He
will not utter words of blessings. Accordingly, He who has the wealth that is not associated with form and attribute
can neither be called great nor small.
In addition, He shines within all beings as consciousness, but however much and however hard one may exert
one's thoughts, He can never be experienced in the mind. What a wonder! He who is the embodiment of tapas
will shine of His own accord if one becomes calm, and still. Consequently, He whose nature is wonderful and whose
form is the space of consciousness is neither difficult nor easy to know.
Similarly, it is difficult to say whether or not He has prarabdha, whether He has form or is formless, whether
He is masculine, feminine or neuter, knowledge or ignorance, one or many, atomic or cosmic, Self or non Self,
joy or misery. So it is extremely difficult to define His nature, His actions, His ways and their propriety.
In essence, Ramana's real nature defies definition. (Swarupa Tiruvahaval.)
(David Godman, The Power of the Presence, Part II)
(Muruganar merged in Bhagavan in the year 1973.)
Muruganar Story - concluded.
Arunachala Siva.