If the ego comes into existence, everything comes into existence; if the ego does not exist, everything does not exist. The ego itself is everything. Therefore, know that investigating what this is alone is giving up everything.
Sri Ramana Maharshi - Ulladu Narpadu - Reality In Forty Verses, V.26
Explanatory paraphrase:
If the ego comes into existence, everything [all phenomena, everything that appears and disappears, everything other than our pure, fundamental, unchanging and immutable self-awareness] comes into existence;
If the ego does not exist, everything does not exist [because nothing other than pure self-awareness actually exists, so everything else seems to exist only in the view of the ego, and hence it cannot seem to exist unless the ego seems to exist].
[Therefore] the ego itself is everything [because it is the original seed or embryo, which alone is what expands as everything else].
Therefore, know that investigating what this [the ego] is alone is giving up everything [because the ego will cease to exist if it investigates itself keenly enough, and when it ceases to exist everything else will cease to exist along with it].
http://happinessofbeing.blogspot.com/2017/10/ulladu-narpadu-tamil-text.html - Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu: Tamil text, transliteration and translation
https://shinymoonbird.tumblr.com/search/UN%20v.26 - Verse 26
https://shinymoonbird.tumblr.com/search/Ulladu%20Narpadu - Ulladu Narpadu















