On the Glory of the Siddhas - Chapter 18 of Sri Ramana Gita (5)
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S Jayanarayanan
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yastantravArtikamanekavichitrayukti\-
saMshobhitaM nigamajIvanamAtatAna |
bhusya tasya budhasaMhatisaMstutasya
veShAntaraM tu nigamAnatavacho vichAri || 16||
16. He is a re-incarnation of (Kumarila) Bhatta, praised by
assemblies of scholars, the author of “Tantra Vartika”, elixer
of the Vedas, brilliant with various ingenious ideas; in this
birth, however, he elucidates the teachings of the Vedas alone.
vedashIrShachayasArasa~NgrahaM pa~ncharatnamaruNAchalasya yaH |
guptamalpamapi sarvatomukhaM sUtrabhUtamatanodimaM gurum || 17||
17. He is the Master who composed “Arunachala Pancha
Ratna” (Five Gems on Arunachala), the quintessance
of Vedantic utterances, brief like the sutras, but allcomprehnsive
and filled with hidden meaning.
devavAchi sutarAmashikShitaM kAvyagandharahitaM cha yadyapi |
granthakramaNi tathA.api sasphuradbhAShitAnucharabhAvasa~nchayam || 18||
18. Though not at all trained in the language of the gods
(Sanskrit), and unaquainted with poetry, he is yet the
author of works wherein crowds of brilliant ideas trail
behind the inspired expression.
lokamAtR^ikuchadugdhapAyinashsha~NkarastavakR^ito mahAkaveH |
drAviDadvijashishornaTadgiro bhUmikAntaramapAramedhasam || 19||
19. Again, this boundless genius is another advent of the
Master-poet (Jnana Sambandha), the twice-born Tamil
child who, drinking the breast-milk of the Mother of the
Universe, sang in dancing tunes the praises of Siva.
(To be continued)
yastantravArtikamanekavichitrayukti\-
saMshobhitaM nigamajIvanamAtatAna |
bhusya tasya budhasaMhatisaMstutasya
veShAntaraM tu nigamAnatavacho vichAri || 16||
16. He is a re-incarnation of (Kumarila) Bhatta, praised by
assemblies of scholars, the author of “Tantra Vartika”, elixer
of the Vedas, brilliant with various ingenious ideas; in this
birth, however, he elucidates the teachings of the Vedas alone.
vedashIrShachayasArasa~NgrahaM pa~ncharatnamaruNAchalasya yaH |
guptamalpamapi sarvatomukhaM sUtrabhUtamatanodimaM gurum || 17||
17. He is the Master who composed “Arunachala Pancha
Ratna” (Five Gems on Arunachala), the quintessance
of Vedantic utterances, brief like the sutras, but allcomprehnsive
and filled with hidden meaning.
devavAchi sutarAmashikShitaM kAvyagandharahitaM cha yadyapi |
granthakramaNi tathA.api sasphuradbhAShitAnucharabhAvasa~nchayam || 18||
18. Though not at all trained in the language of the gods
(Sanskrit), and unaquainted with poetry, he is yet the
author of works wherein crowds of brilliant ideas trail
behind the inspired expression.
lokamAtR^ikuchadugdhapAyinashsha~NkarastavakR^ito mahAkaveH |
drAviDadvijashishornaTadgiro bhUmikAntaramapAramedhasam || 19||
19. Again, this boundless genius is another advent of the
Master-poet (Jnana Sambandha), the twice-born Tamil
child who, drinking the breast-milk of the Mother of the
Universe, sang in dancing tunes the praises of Siva.
(To be continued)
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