The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Upadeśa Sāram

Verse 29

बन्धमुक्त्यती-तं परं सुखम् ।विन्दतीहजी-वस्तु दैविकः ॥

बन्धमुक्त्यतीतम् परम् सुखम् विन्दति इह जीवः तु दैविकः

In plain words

You have wanted to be free. Which means you agreed you were bound. Drop the pair. Neither was ever the case. And what is left is found here — not later, not somewhere else. By the same person, in the same place.

Word for word

The soul that has become divine finds, here, the supreme happiness that is beyond both bondage and release.