The works of Ramaṇa Maharṣi

Upadeśa Undiyār

Verse 23

உள்ள துணர வுணர்வுவே றின்மையினுள்ள துணர்வாகு முந்தீபறவுணர்வேநா மாயுள முந்தீபற

உள்ளது உணர உணர்வு வேறு இன்மையின் உள்ளது உணர்வு ஆகும் உந்தீபற உணர்வே நாம் ஆய் உளம் உந்தீபற

In plain words

To know a thing you need something standing outside it, looking on. But there is nothing outside what is. There is no second place to stand. So being isn't something that gets known by awareness. Being is the awareness. One thing, not two. And that one thing is not something you have. It is what is here, as you.

Word for word

Since there is no awareness other than it to know that-which-is, that-which-is is awareness. Fly up, undī! Awareness alone exists as we. Fly up, undī!