The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu

Verse 7

வுலகறிவு மொன்றா யுதித்தொடுங்கு மேனுமுலகறிவு தன்னா லொளிரு முலகறிவுதோன்றிமறை தற்கிடனாய்த் தோன்றிமறை யாதொளிரும்பூன்றமா மஃதே பொருளாமா லென்றதா

உலகு அறிவும் ஒன்றாய் உதித்து ஒடுங்கும் ஏனும் உலகு அறிவு தன்னால் ஒளிரும் உலகு அறிவு தோன்றி மறைதற்கு இடனாய் தோன்றி மறையாது ஒளிரும் பூன்றமாம் அஃதே பொருளாம் ஆல் என்றதா

In plain words

The world and your knowing of it come up together and go down together. Every night, without ceremony. Watch it happen once and you cannot unsee it. But notice which one is doing the lighting. The world is lit; it never lights anything. And then notice what both of them rise and set *in* — something that does neither, because there is nothing outside it to rise from. That is full, in the plain sense: nothing missing, nothing beyond. That is what is real.

Word for word

Although the world and the knowing of it rise and set as one, the world is illumined by that knowing. That which is the ground for the world and the knowing to appear and disappear, and which shines without appearing or disappearing, is full: that alone is the Reality. That being so —