The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu Anubandham

Verse 9

அகக்கமலத்தே யமல வசலவகமுருவமாகு மறிவே தகத்தையகற்றிடுவதாலவ் வகமாமறிவேயகவீடளிப்பதறி

அக கமலத்துஏ அமல அசல அகம் உருவம் ஆகும் அறிவு ஏது அகத்தை அகற்றி இடுவது ஆல் அவ் அகம் ஆம் அறிவுஏ அக வீடு அளிப்பது அறி

In plain words

In the lotus of the Heart there is an awareness that wears no form but the form of 'I' — spotless, and never once stirring. That awareness is the whole reason freedom is possible. Because it clears away, completely, the little 'I' that rises and claims to be you, know this: that awareness, which is simply 'I', is itself what gives release — and the release is your own home.

Word for word

In the inner lotus, the awareness which becomes the form of the stainless, motionless 'I' — that is the cause; since it drives out the 'I' (ego) outright, know that that awareness which is 'I' alone is what bestows the release that is one's own within.