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Subrahmanya. The seer-poet Ganapati Muni gave expression to
this realisation through the famous eight verses (Ramana
Ashtakam) beginning with the words Yanayatra. This was the
first composition of Muni on Bhagavan after the five verses writ-
ten in Virupaksha Cave on 18.11.1907 which were lost.
Later when Bhagavan was staying on the hill the Muni com-
posed the ten verses beginning with the words Kathaya nijaya,
with a concluding verse for these ten as follows:
Ganapathy, son of Narasimha born in Vasishta Kula,
praised the glory of his Master in ten verses in Thotaka
Metre.
Again when Maharshi had his abode at Skandasramam, Muni
compiled twenty-one verses on the glory of Maharshi in two chap-
ters. The first chapter covered the ten verses beginning with the
words Kathaya. He added three more verses on Bhagavan to
the eight verses already composed at Pachaiamman temple. He
put these eleven verses in the 2nd chapter and completed the
twenty-one verses. He composed an upasamhara sloka (con-
cluding verse) as follows:
Ganapati, the son of Narasimha of the lineage of Vasishta,
has thus adored Sri Ramana Guru, who is Skanda, in
twentyone verses.
Besides this Nayana (Bhagavan Maharshi used to call
Ganapathy Muni endearingly as Nayana) composed three verses
on Bhagavan on different dates when he was living at
Skandashram. He composed one verse on Bhagavan on his 44th
Jayanti day 3.1.1923, which was the first Jayanti celebrated at the
present ashram. So there were twenty-five verses in all on Bhagavan
when Nayana left for Sirsi in North Canara District (present
Kamataka State) in March 1929.
From there he was writing weekly letters to Bhagavan in
Sanskrit from 10th March 1931 for some months. Along with some
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this realisation through the famous eight verses (Ramana
Ashtakam) beginning with the words Yanayatra. This was the
first composition of Muni on Bhagavan after the five verses writ-
ten in Virupaksha Cave on 18.11.1907 which were lost.
Later when Bhagavan was staying on the hill the Muni com-
posed the ten verses beginning with the words Kathaya nijaya,
with a concluding verse for these ten as follows:
Ganapathy, son of Narasimha born in Vasishta Kula,
praised the glory of his Master in ten verses in Thotaka
Metre.
Again when Maharshi had his abode at Skandasramam, Muni
compiled twenty-one verses on the glory of Maharshi in two chap-
ters. The first chapter covered the ten verses beginning with the
words Kathaya. He added three more verses on Bhagavan to
the eight verses already composed at Pachaiamman temple. He
put these eleven verses in the 2nd chapter and completed the
twenty-one verses. He composed an upasamhara sloka (con-
cluding verse) as follows:
Ganapati, the son of Narasimha of the lineage of Vasishta,
has thus adored Sri Ramana Guru, who is Skanda, in
twentyone verses.
Besides this Nayana (Bhagavan Maharshi used to call
Ganapathy Muni endearingly as Nayana) composed three verses
on Bhagavan on different dates when he was living at
Skandashram. He composed one verse on Bhagavan on his 44th
Jayanti day 3.1.1923, which was the first Jayanti celebrated at the
present ashram. So there were twenty-five verses in all on Bhagavan
when Nayana left for Sirsi in North Canara District (present
Kamataka State) in March 1929.
From there he was writing weekly letters to Bhagavan in
Sanskrit from 10th March 1931 for some months. Along with some
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