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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
9th September, 1938
Talk 511.
Major Chadwick had translated Na karmana na prajaya ... into
English. Sri Bhagavan was explaining its meaning. Brahmaloka
may be interpreted subjectively or objectively. The latter meaning
requires faith in the sastras which speak of such lokas, whereas the
former meaning is purely of experience and requires no external
authority. Brahmaloka would mean Brahma jnana (Knowledge of
Brahman) or Self-Realisation (Atma-Sakshatkara). Parantakala as
opposed to aparantakala. In the latter the jivas pass into oblivion to
take other births. Their oblivion is enveloped in ignorance (avidya).
Para is beyond the body. Parantakala is transcendence over the
body, etc., i.e., jnana (knowledge). Paramritat prakriteh = beyond
prakriti. Sarve implies that all are qualified for knowledge and
liberation (moksha). yatayah = yama niyama sametah sat purushah
= good men well disciplined. The whole passage implies passing
into the real beyond the unreal.
na karmana na prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amritatvamanasuh
parena nakam nihitam guhayam, vibhrajate yadyatayo visanti
vedanta vijnana sunishchitarthah sanyasayogadyatayah
shuddha satvah
te brahmaloke tu parantakale paramritat parimuchyanti sarve
dahram vipapam paravesmabhutum yat pundarikam
puramadhya samstham
tatrapi dahram gaganam visokastasmin
yadantastadupasitavyam
yo vedadau svarah prokto vedante cha pratishtitah tasya
prakritilinasya yah parah sa Mahesvarah
[Deathlessness is not obtained through action or begetting offspring
or wealth. Some attain that state through renunciation.
The Sages (that have conquered the senses) attain that Sat which is
more supreme than Heaven and shining all alone in the Heart.
The adepts who by renunciation and one-pointedness are pure in
heart and have known the certainty of Truth by the special knowledge
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