RAMANA MAHARSHI / ULLADU NARPADU : PART -II

Sloka 5

English Translations:

1.     Truth  Revealed  / Grant Duff The holy waters of pilgrimage, the images of gods made of earth and stone, cannot stand comparison with the benign look of the Sage. They make one pure only after countless day. Know that the Sage no sooner bestows his gracious glance than he makes one pure!

2.    The Forty on Existence Sadhu Arunachala (Major A.W.Chadwick)

The bathing waters that so sacred are, The image of God in mud and stone, Are no way equal to the Holy ones. For their efficacy a long time takes And needs devoted service. While the look Of One who`s Holy purifies at once.

3    Revelation / K. Lakshmana Sarma The holy bathing places -- which are but water -- are never equal to those great ones; nor are the Deity-forms  -- made of stone or earth -- which are worshipped; through these a man gets purity of mind, -- if he has devotion -- after immeasurable time; by the sight of Sages he may become pure at once.

SYNOPSIS :  / Grant Duff For, the benign glance the Sage bestows makes one at once pure.

Collected from the books published by Ramanashramam. mP27-1-14