In response to the great and befitting penance [tapas] performed by the ocean-girdled Mother Earth, the nameless and formless Supreme Brahman Itself took the glorious name and form of Sri Ramana Sadguru. May those spotlessly pure Feet – Sat-Chit [Existence-Consciousness] – be in our hearts.
('Guru Vachaka Kovai': 14)
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Michael James: "The tapas performed by Mother Earth is a poetic way of referring to the intense longing for Truth of many matured aspirants on Earth. This longing naturally brings forth the Supreme in the form of a Sadguru such as Sri Ramana."