The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Upadeśa Sāram

Verse 13

लयविनाशने उभयरोधने ।लयगतं पुन र्भवति नो मृतम् ॥

लयविनाशने उभयरोधने लयगतम् पुनः भवति नो मृतम्

In plain words

There are two ways the mind goes quiet, and both count as restraint. That much is fair. One of them went under and will come up. The other is dead. Dead things do not come up.

Word for word

Absorption and destruction are both restraints. What has gone into absorption rises again; the dead does not.