Sat-darshana Bhashya (translation)

Verse 37.

सिद्धस्य वित्तिः सत एव सिद्धिः
स्वप्नोपमानाः खलु सिद्धयोऽन्याः।
स्वप्नः प्रबुद्धस्य कथं नु सत्यः
सति स्थितः किं पुनरेति मायाम् ॥

Attainment of the Real, that alone is Siddhi true. Other achievements are like dreams, impermanent. Can dreams be to the wakened real ? Who is stable in Truth can such relapse into Maya?

The fruit of all human effort is realised in Self-attainment. That is true success, real perfection, supreme achievement parama siddhi. The liberated, mukta, is a perfected being, a great siddha; for, there is no further attempt to be made by him who has realised his truth, the Real Self that is present in all states of consciousness and hence permanent. It is the state immutable and eternal. All other achievements, powers siddhis, higher manifestations of power and light, not suited to conditions of life on earth, are great things indeed and are wonders to the ordinary human mind. But they are manifestations of sakti and in themselves do not represent the Real eternal state of the Self. They may appear and disappear under certain conditions. But under all conditions and in all states, the Real Self is present and immutable. Hence Self-attainment is the highest achievement. Other Siddhis are likened to dreams because they do not endure in all states or conditions. It must be borne in mind that the supreme importance of Self-attainment is stressed here for correcting popular misconceptions about Siddhis, or powers, and the craving of the human mind for ‘miracles that are supposed to be achieved by various means[^104]

[^104]: जन्ममन्त्रौषधितपस्समाधिजाः सिद्धयः. At the same time it must not be overlooked that Shri Maharshi removes another popular misconception, that the jnanin, the man of Self-realisation is opposed to all siddhis and discards them as incidental to the lower paths or Sadhanas adopted by Sadhakas who are not yet fit for the supreme path of knowledge jnana. That the real Siddhis or higher manifestations of power and light are always within the reach of the jnanin, that they cannot be achieved by mere human effort, and that it is the jnanin the jivan-mukta alone that is competent for such wonderful developments are stated in unmistakable terms in the Ramana Gita and other sayings of Shri Maharshi (vide Introduction page 40).

The meditation ’He I am’ is of some help as long as one feels that he is the body.