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Nirvana Shatakam: Essence of Shiva

The document is a poem describing the nature of Shiva. It states in 3 sentences that Shiva is: 1) Not the mind, senses, ego or elements of the world and is instead supreme bliss and pure consciousness. 2) Free from desires, duties, virtues, vices or need for rituals and is the form of conscious bliss. 3) Without attributes like birth, death, caste or relations and is the all-pervading, formless essence of pure knowledge and supreme bliss.

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Nirvana Shatakam: Essence of Shiva

The document is a poem describing the nature of Shiva. It states in 3 sentences that Shiva is: 1) Not the mind, senses, ego or elements of the world and is instead supreme bliss and pure consciousness. 2) Free from desires, duties, virtues, vices or need for rituals and is the form of conscious bliss. 3) Without attributes like birth, death, caste or relations and is the all-pervading, formless essence of pure knowledge and supreme bliss.

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NIRVANA SHATAKAM

I am not mind, intellect, ego and the memory. I am not the sense of organs (ears, tongue, nose, eyes
and skin). I am not the five elements ( sky or ether, earth, light or fire, the wind and the water). I am
supreme bliss and pure consciousness, I am Shiva, I am all auspiciousness, I am Shiva.

I am not Prana ( energy) nor five vital airs (PanchVayu), nor the seven essential material( sapta
dhatu ), nor the five sheaths of the body ( pancha kosha ). I am not the organ of speech, nor hand
nor the leg, nor the organs of procreation or the elimination(anus). I am supreme bliss and pure
consciousness, I am Shiva, I am all auspiciousness, I am Shiva.

I have no hatred or dislike, neither greed nor liking, no delusion, I have no pride or haughtiness, nor
jealousy. I have no duty to perform(dharma), no desire for any wealth or pleasure (kama), I have no
liberation (moksha) either. I am supreme bliss and pure consciousness, I am Shiva, I am all
auspiciousness, I am Shiva.

I have neither virtue, nor vice. nor pleasure or pain, I do not need mantras(sacred chants), nor
pilgrimages. nor scriptures (Vedas), rituals or sacrifices (Yagyas). I am neither the enjoyed nor the
enjoyer, nor enjoyment. I am the supreme auspiciousness of the form of consciousness-
bliss(chidananda Rupah). I am the auspiciousness I am supreme bliss and pure consciousness, I am
Shiva, I am all auspiciousness, I am Shiva.

I have no fear of death, nor do I have death. No doubt about my existence, nor distinction of caste. I
have no father or mother, I have no birth. I have no relatives, nor friend, nor the guru, nor the
disciple. I am pure knowledge and supreme bliss, I am Shiva, I am all auspiciousness, I am Shiva.

I am formless and devoid of all dualities I exist everywhere and pervade all senses Always I am the
same, I am neither free nor bonded I am pure knowledge and supreme bliss, I am Shiva, I am all
auspiciousness, I am Shiva

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