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hrdaya kuhara madhye

In 1915 when Bhagavan was living in Skandasramam, a young devotee, Jagadiswara Śāstṛi, wrote on a piece of paper in Sanskrit the words hridaya kuhara madhye (in the interior of the Heart-cavern). He then went out on some business. When he returned he found to his surprise a complete Sanskrit verse beginning with those words and learned that Bhagavan had written it. This verse was later translated into Tamiḷ by Bhagavan and incorporated in the Forty Verses  Supplement (anubandham).

Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni also included this verse in his Sri Ramana Gita, ch. II, v.2

हृदयकुहर मध्ये केवलं ब्रह्ममात्रम्।
ह्यमहमिति साक्षद् आत्मरुपेण भाति॥

हृदि विश मनसास्वं चिन्वता मज्जता वा।
पवन चलन रोधाद् आत्मनिष्ठो भव त्वम्॥

hṛdayakuhara madhye kevalaṃ brahmamātram।
hyamahamiti sākṣad ātmarupeṇa bhāti॥

hṛdi viśa manasāsvaṃ cinvatā majjatā vā।
pavana calana rodhād ātmaniṣṭho bhava tvam॥

2. In the center of the heart-cave Brahman alone shines in the form of the Self with immediacy as 'I-I'. Enter into the heart by diving deep, with the mind investigating itself, or with control of the movement of the breath and abide in the Self.


Citations

Collected Works of Vasistha Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni
Ottawa Satsang Hymnal
Spiritual Instruction
The hrdaya kuhara madhye verse in Bhagavan's handwriting

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