Sloka 16, Ulladu Narpadu Part II

RAMANA MAHARSHI / ULLADU NARPADU : PART -II Sloka 16

English Translations:

1.     Truth  Revealed  / Grant Duff If verily peace of mind is the ever-present (state of) Liberation, tell me how can they who yoke their mind to siddhis -- which are unattainable except through the activity of the mind -- become merged in the Bliss of Liberation which settles the agitation of the mind?

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

Because the stillness of the mind alone Is ever-present  Liberation, how Can those whose minds that dwell on wondrous powers, Which cannot be obtained without mind`s act, Merge in the Bliss of Freedom, that itself Is rid of every kind of mental stir?

Even the conjurer has the power, my son, To remain himself entirely undeceived, While imposing on the people of the world. Whereas the Siddha self-deluded is, Imposing on the people of the world, How very wonderful a thing is this!

3.    Revelation / K. Lakshmana Sarma Perfect stillness of the mind is declared by the Sages to be Deliverance. Powers are to be won by more  than common efforts of the mind. How can the man, who is so unintelligent as to seek to win  those powers, win the timeless happiness of Deliverance, which is the same  as quiescence of mind?

Synopsis / Grant Duff It is impossible for those who seek siddhis either to realise peace or to attain Liberaion.

Collected from the books published by Ramanashramam. mP: 4-2--14