Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 9

In a Zoom meeting of the ‘Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK’ on 30th July 2022 Michael James discusses verse 9 of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai: ----more---- எனையழித் திப்போ தெனைக்கல வாவிடி லிதுவோ வாண்மை யருணாசலா eṉaiyaṙit tippō deṉaikkala vāviḍi liduvō vāṇmai yaruṇācalā பதச்சேதம்: எனை அழித்து இப்போது எனை கலவாவிடில், இதுவோ ஆண்மை அருணாசலா? Padacchēdam (word-separation): eṉai aṙittu ippōdu eṉai kalavāviḍil, iduvō āṇmai aruṇācalā? English translation: Arunachala, if not now uniting me, destroying me, is this manliness? Explanatory paraphrase: Arunachala, now [that I am willing to surrender myself entirely to you], if [you] do not unite me [with yourself in inseparable oneness], [thereby] destroying me [destroying my ‘virginity’, namely ego], is this [your] manliness? This episode can also be watched as a video, 2022-07-30a Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK: Michael discusses Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 9 , and a more compressed audio copy in Opus format (which can be listened to in the VLC media player and some other apps) can be downloaded from here . After discussing this verse of Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai Michael answers questions about this and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings, particularly the practice of self-investigation and self-surrender, and this part of the meeting is recorded in a separate episode: Śrī Aruṇācala Akṣaramaṇamālai verse 9 Q&A .