The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Upadeśa Sāram

Verse 7

आज्यधारया स्रोतसा समम् ।सरलचिन्तनं विरलतः परम् ॥

आज्यधारया स्रोतसा समम् सरलचिन्तनम् विरलतः परम्

Ghee poured into fire does not fall in drops. Nothing holds the thread together; there is simply enough of it. That is the whole difference between thinking of the Self and being it.
Ghee poured into fire does not fall in drops. Nothing holds the thread together; there is simply enough of it. That is the whole difference between thinking of the Self and being it.Unbroken contemplation, like a stream of ghee or a flowing river, is superior to the intermittent. — Upadeśa Sāram 7

In plain words

Watch ghee poured into fire. It does not go in drops. It comes down in one thread, because of what it is. A river is the same. Nothing holds it together; there is simply enough of it. That is the difference between thinking of this now and then, and never quite leaving off.

Word for word

Unbroken contemplation, like a stream of ghee or a flowing river, is superior to the intermittent.