TRUTH REVEALED - SLOKA 17

Ramana Maharshi / Ulladu Narpadu /  Sloka 17

Translations:

TRUTH  REVEALED / Grant Duff To those who have not realised (the Self), as well as to those who have,  the “I” refers to the body but with this difference that for those who have not realised the ‘I’ is confined to the body; whereas for those who have realised the Self within the body,  the ‘I’ shines as the limitless Self.

HE FORTY ON EXISTENCE / Sadhu Arunachala (Major A.W.Chadwick) Both those aware and unaware of Self Call body ‘I’. Apart from body fools See nought of Self; but for the wise man, who Has known the Self within, `tis limitless, Pervading all, the body with the rest. This is the difference between the two.

The body is the Self, both to him that does not know the Self and to him that knows. The one that knows not believes himself to be limited to the body and distinct from God the  All. To the knower of the Real Self within, He shines as the infinite Being, not other than God. Great indeed is the differnce between the knower of the Self and the non-knower.

SYNOPSIS / Grant Duff To the ignorant the ‘I’ is the self limited to the body, to the Wise the ‘I’ is the Self-Infinite.

Collected from the works published by Ramanashramam,Thiruvannamalai.