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ULLADU NARPADU  of  Ramana Maharshi
===Ulladu Narpadu (Forty verses about the Reality or Reality in forty verses) consists of 40 + 40 = 80 verses in Tamil (language of Tamil Nadu state in India). The 40 verses now treated as supplement were the first verses composed by the Maharshi which were replaced by the 40 now appear as the main verses.===

===Truth Revealed (Sad Vidya) is a translation of the Ulladu Narpadu in English. Name of the translator has not been given in the book, published by Ramanasramam, but from  the Preface dated 26th October, 1935  we see that it was written by Grant Duff.About Grant Duff: Mr.Douglas Ainslie (Mr. Grant Duff), an aristocratice English Gentleman, 70 years old, nephew of a former Governor of Madras .. came to see Maharshi with a letter of introduction from Paul Brunton......(Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. Talk 16 dated 19th January, 1935)===

===It is also seen from ‘A Note on the English Translation’ : “While TRUTH REVEALED  is an original exposition of the Highest Truth by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, the supplement consists partly of verses selected and rendered into  Tamil  by the Sage, and partly of verses (which are about sixteen in number) composed by him for the first time.===

===Now to conclude this blog, I reproduce below the synopsis of the verses, taken from the TRUTH REVEALED, for the benefit of those who are interested in Indian philosophy, with pranams to the Maharshi and the translator,  and courtesy to Ramanasramam..===

===Invocatory: 1      Reality  is at once Being  and  Consciousness.. To know That is to be that in the Heart, transcending thought.===

31    For one who has realized that State of Perfect Being which is verily the inherent Bliss indescribable of the Self Absolute, nothing else remains yet to accomplish.
===32    Even as the Srutis declare, one is and ever has been That alone. One should therefore abide as  That. Instead thereof, merely to meditate on the nature of the  ‘I’ is a confession of one`s mental weakness.===

35    To abide as the eternal self-existent Reality is the Siddhi Supreme. All other Siddhis are as  unreal as a dream. The Sage awake to the Self is never concerned with them.
===36    Since one is ever the supreme Reality and nothing else, it is superfluous to affirm it  in thought   or by speech. Such affirmation can be an aid only to rid oneself of the notion ‘I am the  physical body’.===

37    Advaita being the supreme Truth, it cannot become contrary to itself (that is become dvaita) during sadhana.
===38    If one considers oneself as karta ( the doer), one has to reap also the fruits of three-fold karma. When the ego is destroyed through Self-enquiry, there is neither the karta nor the three-fold   karma. The ever present State of Liberation alone remains.===

===39    The notions of bondage and liberation are correlative and co-existent. On enquiry, ‘who is bound’, the notion of bondage vanishes, and so does that of Liberation. The One eternally             Free alone remains self-revealed.===

40    Questions regarding the nature of Liberation can arise only so long as there is individuality. Dissolution of this individuality is alone true Liberation eternally attained.
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