Aksharamanamalai verse 42 O Arunachala! Thou sayest thus: ‘Without knowing the truth (or, without hearing the text ‘That thou art’) you have attained that. This is the truth’. The devotee-soul praises here the grace of the Lord which has enabled her to realize the truth without any formal instruction. The truth of non-difference — the truth that is taught in the mahavakya, ‘That thou art’ (tat tvam asi) — has come to her as a gift. And she asks the Lord Himself to proclaim this to the world. Advaitanubhava, the experience of non-duality, cannot come to one without the grace of God. Even the taste for Advaita (advaita vasana) has to arise in one out of God’s grace alone (isvaranugraha eva). The devotee-soul rejoices at the fact that she has been granted the vision of truth by God out of His abundant love. The first line of this stanza may also be rendered thus: ‘You have attained the Lord who is beyond the reach of the principles (tattvas)’. source: Aksharamanamalai Translation and Commentary by TMP Mahadevan Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya!
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 22:06:34 +0000
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