Verses 2 and 3 of Upadēśa Taṉippākkaḷ (The reality of Dīpāvali)

He who killed Narakan [the demon Narakasura, a personification of ego] with the discus of jñāna [knowledge in the sense of pure self-awareness] [by] investigating where is Narakan, who rules the world of naraka [hell] as ‘[this] hellish body is I’, is Naranan [Narayana, Lord Visnu, in the form of Krisna]. That day [when he killed him] is the holy day of Naraka Caturdaśi [the fourteenth day of the waning moon between mid-October and mid-November, the day on which Dīpāvali is celebrated in Tamil Nadu].

 

Shining as oneself [one’s own real nature] [after] investigating and killing the great sinner who is Narakan [ego], who was downfallen as ‘the illusory [or miserable] body-abode, which is the form of naraka [hell], is I’, is [what is signified by] Dīpāvali. Be clear [that is, consider, investigate and know this clearly].

 

 

Aruṇācala Tattuvam and Dīpa–Darśaṉa Tattuvam:

The actual truth of Aṇṇāmalai [Aruṇācala], which shone [forth as a column of light] between Brahmā and Viṣṇu when [their] pride was dispersed [or destroyed] [because of their] not knowing [or being able] to reach [its top or bottom], is oneself, the heart, the centre, which surges [or is exalted] when intellect and ego suffer anguish [despairing because of their not being able to know their real nature, and thereby becoming willing to surrender and subside].

 

The actual truth of seeing the light [on] Aṇṇāmalai, which is called the centre of the world, is seeing the non-dual real light of ‘I’ [by] giving up the mati [mind, notion, sense or false awareness] ‘this body alone is I’, [and by] that buddhi [mind, intellect or dēhātma–buddhi, the false awareness that a body is oneself] abiding only in the heart by aha–nōkku [inward look, ‘I’-ward look, looking at ‘I’ or self-attentiveness].

 

 

The verse ‘Aruṇācalaramaṇaṉ’

Aruṇācalaramaṇa is paramātman [the supreme spirit or ultimate self of all] rejoicing as awareness in the cave of the heart-lotus of [all] different jīvas [souls or sentient beings] beginning with Hari [Viṣṇu]. Heart melting with love, reaching [or merging in] the cave where the sublime supreme dwells, the eye that is awareness opening, you will [thereby] know what is innate [or one’s own, namely your own real nature, the indwelling Aruṇācalaramaṇa]; [because] it will be exposed [opened, disclosed or made clear] [meaning it will shine forth, devouring ego and everything else in the infinite clarity of pure awareness].

 

 

Sri Krishna on the Practice of Self-Investigation: Bhagavad Gītā Verses 6:25 and 6:26 – Explained by Michael James

It is necessary by a courage-imbued intellect to gently gently [calmly and gradually] make the mind achieve motionlessness. Great charioteer, fix the mind [your attention] on [or in] ātman [yourself]; do not think even the slightest of anything else at all.

 

Whatever the mind, which is always wavering without any steadiness, grasps and [wherever it consequently] wanders, drawing that mind back from that and fixing it on [or in] ātman [yourself], make it be always steady.