その聖歌の最初の効き目は、食料不足という問題を解決することでした。『Day by Day with Bhagavan』で、バガヴァーンが、「アクシャラ・マナ・マーライは長年、信奉者を食べさせました」と言ったことが記録されています(*3)。この歌の力は、アルナーチャラの恩寵によりただ日々の食事の配給を保証するだけよりも、はるかに優れたものです。それは我々がどこに住もうとも、アルナーチャラとシュリー・ラマナ・マハルシの存在を我々に確かなものとします。
◇『シュリー・ラマナ・マハルシの集成(Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharshi)』、p65~67、70、一部略
「シュリー・アルナーチャラへの文字で編まれた婚礼の花輪」は、バガヴァーン・ラマナ・マハルシによって作られた「シュリー・アルナーチャラへの五つの賛歌」の中の一つです。以下の英文は、K.スワミナサン教授の英訳です。また、本文以外の導入の詩節と祈りは、『Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharshi』に記載されている英訳です。
(a) Kinder far are you than one's own mother. And is this your kindness, O Arunachala ?
(b) Kinder far are you, O Arunachala, than one's own natural mother. Such is your abun dant grace.
(a) Stay firmly in my mind, O Arunachala, so that it may not elude you and wander else where.
(b) Without changing yourself into a stranger and running away from me, sit firmly in my mind, O Arunachala.
(c) Stay firmly in my mind, O Arunachala, and keep watch, so that this mind of mine may not change even you into me and the world, and wander away from you, the Real.
You are the one without a second, the sole, real being, O Arunachala. Who can hide you or hide from you and come in here? If strangers come in, it is with your knowledge. All this is but your jugglery.
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無比なる、勝るものなき、オームの真意。誰があなたを理解できますか。ああ、アルナーチャラ。
Import of AUM, unequalled, unsurpassed, who can understand you, O Arunachala?
(a) Like a good mother, you are bound in duty to bestow your grace on me and govern me, O Arunachala.
(b) As Siva was gracious to old Avvai or to my mother or to Goddess Uma, to me too you are bound to be gracious, O Arunachala, and me too you should govern. (I am like Avvai)
(a) Eye of the eye you are and without eyes you see. Who can see you, O Arunachala?
(b) You are the sight within the eye and without eyes you see. Who can see you but your self, O Arunachala?
(c) You are the all-seeing witness, seeing all sights and seen by none. Who can see you? It is for you to see me and give me your grace, O Arunachala.
O Arunachala, you who stand and shine before me in the form of my guru, destroy utterly my faults, cure me and convert me, and as your servant govern me.
(a) Save me from the sword (sharp glances) of women, O Arunachala, give me your grace and be one with me.
(b) Save me from the cruel power of men with sharp swords and cunning snares. O Aruna chala, give me your grace and be one with me.
(a) O Arunachala, unruffled by anger, what fault have I committed that you do not make me, that is, my ego, your target?
(b) O Arunachala, unruffled by anger, what penance did I perform that you should make me your target (that you should have destroyed my ego)?
(a) Let me, your prey, surrender and be consumed by you O Arunachala, and so have peace.
(b) To feed on you I came, O Arunachala, but I have become your food and am now at peace.
(a) Remove this cloth, expose me naked and then clothe me with your loving grace, O Arunachala.
(b) Destroy my (false) greatness, lay me bare, and give me the real greatness of your grace, O Arunachala.
(a) If you slumber in quiet repose enjoying the bliss-being, O Arunachala, tell me what other recourse I have.
(b) If I slumber in quiet repose enjoying the bliss of being, what other moksha is there, tell me, O Arunachala.
(a) You showed your prowess. Then you said, “The flaw is gone” and you remain unmoving, O Arunachala.
(b) Your sunlike splendour you revealed and having destroyed my illusion, now you remain inactive and unmoving (as a mountain), O Arunachala.
(a) I am worse than a dog. With what strength can I trace you and reach you, O Aruna chala?
(b) Am I worse than a dog? Certainly not. By my own strength I shall trace you and reach you, O Arunachala.
With no knowledge and with only blind desire for you, I have begun the quest and am tired. To end this weariness, give me the clear knowledge to carry on the quest, O Arunachala.
(a) How is it that even you, O Arunachala, should like a helpless bee stand in front of me saying, "The bud is not yet open?"
(b) How could you, O Arunachala, the Sun itself, stand in front of me saying, like the poor bee, "The bud is not yet open?"
(a) Without knowing the Mahavakya (That thou art), you attained God, became Siva, That itself. Make clear to me and say emphatically, O Arunachala, that this is the Truth.
(b) You are beyond the knowledge of all tattvas, all philosophies. You are only this, the Truth at once transcendent and immanent, you are my Arunachala.
(a) Reveal naturally by yourself, O Arunachala, that each one is himself, the real Self.
(b) You are the sole Reality, O Arunachala. Reveal yourself as such.
(c) "Reality is nothing but the Self". This is all your wish to reveal, is it not, O Arunachala?
(a) How is it, O Arunachala, you told me; “Turn and look within and ever seek the Self with the inner eye and you will see It”?
(b) “Turn (within) and uninterruptedly see yourself with an introverted mind and It will be revealed”. Thus you told me, Oh, my Arunachala.
(a) Faint-hearted though my search was, I have, by your grace, attained the Self, O Arunachala.
(b) Seeking you with my weak mind, I have come back empty-handed. Aid me, O Arunachala.
(c) Seeking you in the infinite Self, I regained my own self, O Arunachala.
(a) Of what use is this birth without the power of self-enquiry? Come and fill this void, O Arunachala.
(b) Of what use is this birth? I won't search for a way unaided by you, O Arunachala.
(c) Of what use is this birth without the Intelligence for self-enquiry? What right have I to open my mouth and compare myself with any creature, O Arunachala?
(a) O my lord Arunachala, let me by your grace merge in your true being where only the pure and mind-free merge.
(b) O my lord Arunachala, let me, even me, merge in your true body, where only those of pure mind and speech merge.
(a) Wealth benignant, holy grace that came to me unsought, dispel my mind's bewilderment, O Arunachala.
(b) Wealth benignant, holy grace that came to me unsought, end my mind's despondency, O Arunachla.
(a) Don't laugh at me, who seek you. Decorate me with your grace and then look at me, O Arunachala.
(b) Smile on me, with grace and not with scorn, for I have come to you for shelter, O Arunachala.
(a) When I approached you to become one with you, O Arunachala, you were not asham ed but stood unmoving like a pillar.
(b) You felt no shyness, you stood unmoved, at one with me, as myself indeed, O Arunachala.
(a) Embracing me till there is no you or I, give me the state of being one eternal bliss, O Arunachala.
(b) Embracing me till there is no I, abide as one eternal bliss, O Arunachala.
(a) When will I reach you Arunachala, subtle, ethereal being, so that the waves of thought (in my mind) may end?
(b) When will the waves of thought (in my mind) end, so that I may reach you Arunachala, subtle, ethereal being?
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(a)私は書を学んだことのないただの人です。私の幻想を破壊しなさい。ああ、アルナーチャラ。
(b)私は聖典の知識がないただの人です。私の間違った理解を破壊しなさい。ああ、アルナーチャラ。
(a) I am a simple fellow with no book learning. Destroy my illusion, O Arunachala.
(b) I am a simple fellow with no knowledge of the scriptures. Destroy my wrong under standing, O Arunachala.
(a) Fruit over-ripe and rotten is worthless. Eat and enjoy it when just ripe. O Arunachala.
(b) Now I am fit, not over-ripe and rotten. Draw me now into the heart and install me in the state supreme, O Arunachala.
(a) Painlessly, you have bartered yourself for me. You have been death to me, O Aruna chala.
(b) Without my undergoing any pain, without an effort on my part, you have bartered yourself for me(giving all and taking nothing). You are blind, are you not, compared to me, O Arunachala?
(a) You are fearless. And I unafraid seek you who are fearless. Why then are you afraid to embrace me, O Arunachala.
(b) You are fearless, And I being afraid seek you who are fearless, O Arunachala?
(a) Tell me what is wrong knowledge. Tell me what is right knowledge. Grant me your grace to get the latter, O Arunachala.
(b) Where is ignorance and where is wisdom, tell me, if you graciously embrace me, O Arunachala.
(a) My mind is now fragrant like a blossom. Add your perfect fragrance to it and make it infinite, O Arunachala.
(b) My mind now smells of the world. Wed me, O Arunachala, so that it may be fragrant with infinitude.
My Arunachala, you have driven out of me the evil spirit of worldliness and possessed me so that I can never shake you off, and have made me indifferent to the world.
(a) You having applied the remedy for my confusion, how can I still remain confused? You shine do you not, as the mountain medicine made up of grace, O Arunachala?
(b) You whose grace shines as Sanjivi mountain able to cure all maladies, why are you afraid of applying to me the remedy for confusion, O Arunachala?
Accepting those who approach you with attachment, destroy their individuality and then shine free from wrong attachment and identity with individuals; O Arunachala.
(a) I am a fool who prays for help only when overwhelmed by misery. Yet do not abandon me, O Arunachala.
(b) I am a fool and coward who bullies my inferiors and quails before my superiors. But do not on that account make me weaker and more confused, O Arunachala.
(a) Destroy my craze for the world, make me crazy for you and then finally remove all madness once for all, O Arunachala.
(b) You have cured me of my desire for the world and you have given me a firm desire for you. And yet you do not satisfy this strong desire for you by giving yourself to me, O Arunachala.
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花開くことなく、石のように沈黙して立つこと-これが真のモウナですか。ああ、アルナーチャラ。
Standing silent like a stone, unblossoming, is this true mouna, O Arunachala?
You are the final goal the whole world wants to gain. I am nothing and nobody in this world or the next. And what did you, the infinite, gain by gaining me, the zero, O Arunachala?
You asked me, did you not, to come to you? Very well, I have come. Now you come and assume the burden of maintaining me. Go on suffering thus. It is your fate to look after me, O Arunachala.
It would be terrible if I let you go (if I forget you) at the moment of death. Bless me, so that I may give up my life without giving you up, O Arunachala.
Out of my house you enticed me, into the chamber of my heart you entered, and then little by little, you revealed the many mansions of your house, your infinite freedom, O Arunachala.
(a) Take my words of abuse as words of blessing, treat my slander as praise, accept me as a subject of your sovereign grace, keep me as your own and never forsake me, O Arunachala.
(b) Take my words of abuse as words of blessing.Place your hand on my head as a sign of blessing. Make and keep me as your subject. Do not abandon me, O Arunachala.
(a) As snow in water melts, let me dissolve as love in you who is all love, O Arunachala.
(b) As snow in water kindly dissolve me in you, who is all love, O Arunachala.
The moment I thought of you as Arunachala, you caught me in the noose of grace. Can the net of your grace ever fail to catch and hold its prey, O Arunachala?
(a) As I thought of you and so got caught in the web of your grace, you like a spider held me tight and consumed me, O Arunachala.
(b) Intending to trap me, you like a spider spread your web of grace, you imprisoned me and devoured me, O Arunachala.