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Ramana Kavacham

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Ramana Kavacham

Kāppu

Umaivaṇaṅgu muttamar tammaga kaṇgāṇ
Tamainiṟuttu ātmavazhi kāppu

  Enable inner sight and wisdom for those who worship you.
    Protect such devotees by establishing them in the path of Self. 


Aruṇai māmuni ramaṇar vāzhga
Karuṇai kāṭṭum kandā vāzhga
Tirumuga agakugait tiruvē vāzhga
Uruaṟu varuiru sivamē vāzhga

  Great sage of Aruna Ramana, be blessed
    Showering your Compassion as Skanda, be blessed
    Shining pure in beauty inner cave, be blessed
    Come to remove the form, O’ Siva, be blessed


Orumalar adanai oṇḍrāy āṅgē  (5) 
Irumulai naḍuvana iruviral valattē
Iruppāy purittu idaya meṇḍrē 
Poruḷadu tavamdinam uḷadāy vāzhga

  Bloomed in oneness, a flower enter
    Two digits to the right of the center 
    Exists as I-I, Heart, it is called, Sense!
    Holding that day after day is penance


Oṇḍrilē anaittum oṇḍri iṇḍri
Panmuga vaḍivam paṭrik koṇḍu (10)    
Ōḍum eṇṇam ōḍi āḍa
Kāḍum āṟum  kāvi aṇindu
Pōna iḍattil puṇṇiya milaiyē
Mōna uḷattil mōgam aṟuttu
Tānē tānē tattuva menavē   (15)
Tānē kāṭṭit tandāy vāzhga

  Not abiding in one’s peace always
    Pursuing forms in many different ways
    Dance and run fast with fleeting thoughts 
    Wearing robes, visiting rivers or forests -
    Peace and calm never come from outside
    Dropping desires, one needs a quiet inside


Mūccinil kavanam muṭrum vaittu
Pēccil āsai paṭrā tirundu
Puttar kūṟiya puduvaḻi adanaip
Pattar yāvarum payila eḷidil   (20)
Nānār eṇḍrē nalgi iṅgē
Tānām tannait tannil kāṭṭi 
Endai ramaṇa renumoḷi vaḍivil
Tandāy avvaḻi tagamai vāzhga

  Keeping full attention on one’s breathing,
    Desiring in neither mind nor talking,
    Buddha showed us a great new path.
    To make it easy for devotees on earth,
    You taught a new way as “Who am I”
    Revealing One in One’s Self and aye
    My father, Lord Ramana the beauty light,
    Blessed us with our easier path in sight


Vanda vinaiyum vandu pōga   (25)
Tanda kanmam tāmē pōgum
Sindai tannai jīvan tannil
Enda nēramum eḷidāy iruppil
Tanda mōna tattuvan vāḻga

  My work and burden come, let’em come
    And go on their own, never hold some!
    Mind always soley fixed in one’s soul,
    It becomes easier to be one’s whole!


Tāyai uykkat tangai koṇḍu  (30)
Māyai nīttu maunam tandu
Munvinai anaittum muṭrilum agaṭri
Pinvinai evaiyum paṭrā vaṇṇam
Mutti aḷittu oṇḍrāy kūṭṭi
Sitti aruḷiya kuganē vāzhga    (35)

  With Thy Hands, Blessed Thy Mother
    Removing her ignorance of the other
    Completely released from the past deeds
    No other future residual work, indeed
    Unconditional release to merge in One
    O’Guha, what a blessing, a great son!


Munnāḷ tandaikku muttiyin vaḍivam
Oṇḍrām anda ōmena poruḷum
Pinnāḷ annai bhatti paṇṇa
Anbin vaḍivil aṇḍam vandu
Tunbam tuḍaitta tūyavan vāzhga    (40)
Anbē otta aḻagē vāzhga

  Earlier Thou explained the meaning of OM 
    To your father, as being as One, all its sum!
    Later, For your mother to pray, You
    Came to this world for her due!
    In time, removed all of her pain
    Adoring beauty as love, you reign!


Vāymozhi mozhindu vāsagam ōdi     (50)
Ōynda manattai ōṇḍrāyp pārkka
Mandira sebamum uḷḷē seydu
Manda putti malarnda pinnē
Manadait tōṭrum mūlam tannai
Munaippāy pārttāl munnē tōṇḍrum    (55)
Oriḍam uḷḷam oṇḍrāy oḍuṅgi
Pērillā ōrozhi perumān vāzhga

  With many thoughts coming out as speech
    Revive the tiring mind, as You teach
    Repeat mantras continuously inside
    Flower the mind, lowering the tide
    ‘Whence the mind comes from its source’,
    Carefully watching will guide one, a force!
    There is only One, all go to the same 
    That big Light shines, with no name!


Ānma kēḷvi ahdē uṇmai
Tāndān eṇḍra tanmai vāzhga
Tukkam sōgam tuvvum āsai     (60)
Sikki uḷvarum siṟumai taḷḷi
Manattil kūrndu ānma visāram 
Tinamē pōdum tollai ellām
Tāmē sellum tandāy vāzhga
Nāmē nammil nāmāy vāzhga   (65)

  Self enquiry, that is the only truth
    I-I is its nature, all else is untruth
    Miseries, never quenching desires and woes
    Smallness bubbling inside, ignoring all those 
    Focusing the mind only in Self enquiry 
    Day after day, all those bothers just flea
    After these distractions completely gone
    What remains is only real, just hold on!


‘nānē seyvēn’ nacciya agandai
Tānē viṭṭu tānā yaṅgē
‘Summā iruvena’ umadu pōdam
Ammā aduvē āḻam vāzhga
Attuvi taseyal aduvē uttamam   (70)
Mutti nittam sattiyan vāzhga

  “I will do this”, speaks thus the ego
    See, and learn to free and let go
    “Just be quiet”, Thy words are like nectar 
    O’Lord, that is deep with a different vector!
    Non dual action is the best of actions!
    Please grant the liberation, no factions


Kēṭṭu pāḍik kaṇṇāy ninaittu 
Toṭṭu tiruvaḍi tudittu toḻudu
Naṭpura naḍandu naṇḍrē seydu
Eṭṭu patti engiṟa vaḻiyil    (75)
Unnil uḷḷa uṇmai uṇara
‘Ānma patti agattil tēḍu’
Navamē patti kanmam ñānam 
Tavamē tannil tinamum vāzhga

  Hearing, chanting, constantly pondering,
    Serving His lotus feet, worship offering,
    Prayer, Being a Servant, and as a friend 
    Eight paths of devotion for one’s end
    Know the ultimate truth step by step!
    Ninth form of devotion in all its glory pep
    Is searching inside one’s Self, finding
    And realizing is staying as one binding!
    That is work, and non-work, that is devotion
    That is knowledge, so stay with no notion!


Varuvadu aduvē varaṭṭum pōvadu   (80)
Sarugāy pōgum aduvē saraṇam 
Karumam tānāy aruḷāl naḍakkum 
Porumai eṇḍrāy guruvē vāzhga

  Whatever happens will happen, whatever 
    Goes, will go like dried leaves, forever!
    Everything happens of its own accord
    Patience is the only answer you can afford!
    Thy words resonate everyday in our lives 
    What an armor! Be guided, one arrives!


Paktarin paktarāy unadu paktarin
Pakkamē paṇiviḍai patti pāṅgil     (85)
Sutta  sēvai seyyum uṟudi
Nittam emakku nangu sellap
Pittam tavirkkum muttanē vāzhga
Attam pattar anaivarum vāzhga

  As a devotee of your devotees’ devotion
    Can’t wait to swim in your Grace ocean!
    To serve those devotees in all their needs
    Please give me the strength in those deeds!
    Day after day to keep the focus in that pursuit
    Remove the madness; Mind with no dispute
    Comes only through Your Presence direct! 
    Bless all those devotees to become perfect!


Pēya kandai peridāy niṇḍrāl     (90)
Māya manadu maṟaittu niṟkum 
Kāyam vaḷarum kāmam kūḍum
Nāyāy sellum nayanda manattai
Sēyāy emmai sēvit taruḷi
Tāyāy vanda talaivā vāzhga    (95)

  Ghost like wandering ego standing tall
    The reality will remain hidden, it’s a brawl!
    Body grows big, desires keep adding 
    Mind wanders like a dog, slowly fading! 
    Like a mother protecting her child to bliss 
    Please save us falling in that deep abyss


Suṭram yāvum suṭri iruppin
Kuṭram kāṇāk kāriyam paṇittāy
Māṭra maṭru maṟavā kavanam
Pōṭri purittāl pugalē vāzhga

  Those friends and families surrounding 
    No need to find faults in their sounding!
    Focus on our duty which is Self enquiry
    What a clear path, keep us from misery!


Bhattar tunbam pārttu aṟuppāy (100)
Mutti taruperu satti vāzhga
Patti ōdiya pāṅgum vāzhga
Nittam kākkum  ninnaruḷ vāzhga
Vāzhga kanda satti vāzhga
Vāzhga Ramaṇa Bhagavān vāzhga (105)
Vāzhga vāzhga Ramaṇa Bhagavān

  When in pain and suffering, no need to shout
    For you look after us, there isn’t a doubt
    You will liberate us from all these pains
    As long as we are devoted with no stains!
    That devotion is only discovering the truth
    Shining inside, bright and great in sooth!
    Be blessed for you are the force of real
    Bhagavan Ramana gives our soul meal!


Sūriya oḷiyāy sutta ātmā
Pāril vāzhum paramē vāzhga
Vāzhga vāzhga anbē vāzhga
Vāzhga vāzhga maunam vāzhga (110)


  Like a shining Sun, a great effulgence Light
    Has come to the earth to remove our plight!
    Your wisdom perfect spreads its rays!
    Your glance of silence sets us ablaze!


Anbar vāzha Ramaṇar kavacham   
Inbam uykka iyaṭrum vaḍivu
Ramaṇa dāsan ramittu 
Kamazhum mutti sīkkiram taravē.  (114)

   Through your Grace, for devotees armor
    Ramana dasa to write this poetic armor,
    For your Grace is infinite, it’s present always
    Grant us your feet, and give your embrace!


Saraṇam saraṇam ramaṇā saraṇam
Saraṇam saraṇam ramaṇā saraṇam
Saraṇam saraṇam ramaṇā saraṇam
Saraṇam saraṇam ramaṇā saraṇam!