The present rendering is of the text in the form of twenty-eight questions and answers.Īlong with Vicharasangraham (Self-Enquiry), Nan Yar (Who am I?) constitutes the first set of instructions in the Master’s own words. The extant English translation is of this essay. There is also another published version in which the questions are not given, and the teachings are rearranged in the form of an essay.
We find thirty questions and answers in some editions and twenty-eight in others. ‘Who am I?’ has been published several times subsequently. This record was first published by Sri Pillai in 1923, along with a couple of poems composed by himself relating how Bhagavan’s grace operated in his case by dispelling his doubts and by saving him from a crisis in life. As recollected and recorded by Sri Sivaprakasam Pillai, there were fourteen questions with answers to them given by Bhagavan. As Bhagavan was not talking then, not because of any vow he had taken, but because he did not have the inclination to talk, he answered the questions put to him by gestures, and when these were not understood, by writing.
He sought from him spiritual guidance, and solicited answers to questions relating to Self-enquiry. During his visit to Tiruvannamalai in 1902 on official work, he went to Virupaksha Cave on Arunachala Hill and met the Master there. Sri Pillai, a graduate in Philosophy, was at the time employed in the Revenue Department of the South Arcot Collectorate.
The questions were put to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi by one Sri M. “Who am I?” is the title given to a set of questions and answers bearing on Self-enquiry.
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