The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Upadeśa Sāram

Verse 8

भेदभावना त्सोऽहमित्यसौ ।भावनाऽभिदा पावनी मता ॥

भेदभावनात् सोऽहम् इति असौ भावना अभिदा पावनी मता

In plain words

You can hold Him as other than you. That is worship, and it works. Better is to hold: He is what I am. Still a way of holding, mind. But the cleaner one.

Word for word

Better than the attitude of difference is this attitude of non-difference, 'He am I' — it is held to be purifying.