Sloka 38, Ulladu Narpadu - Part II / Ramana Maharshi / Indian Philosophy

English Translations:

1.     Truth  Revealed  / Grant Duff Who is there apart from the Self, if one only abides ever as the Self, without swerving from that  primal State and never differentiating oneself from others? What matters it if others say anything about oneself? What indeed does it matter if one praised or abused oneself alone?

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

Who else is there apart from one`s true self? What maters it what other people say? `Tis just as if one praised or blamed oneself. So never feel that thou art separate, Nor swerve from That, thine own Reality, But always stand thou steadfast in the ‘I’.

3     Revelation / K. Lakshmana Sarma Who is there other than the Self? If someone says anything about oneself, (whether in praise or censure), what matters it? It is just as if it was said by oneself, in the case of the Sage who, being firmly established to His own natural State of Bliss which is unforfeitable, is unaware of the difference between himself and another?

Synopsis / Grant Duff Ever abiding as the Absolute Self, devoid of the sense of otherness, the jnani alone stands above praise and abuse.

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