The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Upadeśa Sāram

Verse 25

वेषहानतः स्वात्मदर्शनम् ।ईशदर्शनं स्वात्मरूपतः ॥

वेषहानतः स्वात्मदर्शनम् ईशदर्शनम् स्वात्मरूपतः

In plain words

You have wanted to know God, and you have wanted to know yourself, and you thought these were two errands. Set down the costume. Look at what is left. That looking is the other errand too. Not a step towards it. It.

Word for word

By discarding the guise there is the seeing of one's own Self; and that is the seeing of God, in the form of one's own Self.