Arunachala Ashtakam – Verse 8

Arunachala Ashtakam – Verse 8

Eight Verses on Arunachala

By Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

Verse 8.

The waters rise up from the sea as clouds, then fall as rain and run back to the sea in streams; nothing can keep them from returning to their source.

Likewise the Jiva (individual soul) rising up from You cannot be kept from joining You again, though it may stray many times along the way.

A bird which rises from the earth and soars into the sky can eventually find no place of rest except the earth.

So indeed must all retrace their paths. And when the Jiva finds its way back to its source, it will sink and be merged in You, O Arunachala, You the Ocean of Bliss!