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"Shivoham (The Shiva in All) - Nirvana Shatkam - By Sri Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya"

When Shankara was eight years old, with the permission of His mother, decides to take Sanyasa Ashram. While wandering in search of a true guru, little boy Shankara encountered a sage.

The conversation between the Sage and Shankara is the sacred stotra - Nirvana Shatakam.

The sage asked him(Shankara), "Who are you?"

Shankara replied, "I'm Shiva". The six stanzas which Shankara replied is known as "Nirvana Shatakam" or "Atma Shatakam".

Nirvana means complete equanimity, peace, freedom, tranquility and joy. "Atma" is the true self.

The sage who Shankara was talking to was Swami Govindapada Acharya, the teacher whom Shankara was looking for.


NIRVANASHTAKAM (Atmashatakam)

[b]M[/b]ano budhyahankara chithaa ninaham,
Na cha srothra jihwe na cha graana nethrer,
Na cha vyoma bhoomir na thejo na vayu,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham. (1)

Meaning:

Neither am I mind, nor intellect,
Nor ego, nor thought,
Nor am I ears or the tongue or the nose or the eyes,
Nor am I earth or sky or air or the light,
I am Shiva, I am Shiva, the nature of Bliss.

[b]N[/b]a cha praana sangno na vai pancha vaayuh,
Na vaa saptha dhathur na va pancha kosa,
Na vak pani padam na chopastha payu,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham. (2)

Meaning:

Neither am I the movement due to life,
Nor am I the five airs, nor am I the seven elements constituting the body (Dhatu),
Nor am I the five sheaths which invest the soul,
Nor am I voice or hands or feet or other organs,
I am Shiva, I am Shiva, the nature of Bliss.

[b]N[/b]a me dwesha raghou na me lobha mohou,
Madho naiva me naiva matsarya bhava,
Na dharmo na cha artha na kamo na moksha,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham. (3)

Meaning

I am not the state of envy and passion or the emotions of hatred, greed and attachment,
Neither I am intoxication nor I am the emotion of jealousy,
And I am not even the four Purushartha — Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha,
I am Shiva, I am Shiva, the nature of Bliss.

[b]N[/b]a punyam na paapam na soukhyam na dukham,
Na manthro na theertham na veda na yagna,
Aham bhojanam naiva bhojyam na bhoktha,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham. (4)

Meaning

I am not a good deed(Punya), or a Sinful deed(Paapa), or well-being/comfort(Saukhya), or Grief(Dukha),
Neither I am holy chants (Mantra) or holy Shrine (Teertha) nor I am the Veda or the Sacrifice and Oblation,
I am neither food or the consumer who consumes food,
I am Shiva, I am Shiva, the nature of Bliss.

[b]N[/b]a mruthyur na sankha na me jathi bhedha,
Pitha naiva me naiva matha na janma,
Na bhandhur na mithram gurur naiva sishyah,
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham. (5)

Meaning:

I do not have death or doubts or distinction of caste,
I do not have either father or mother or even birth,
And I do not have relations or friends or teacher or students,
I am Shiva, I am Shiva, the nature of Bliss.

[b]A[/b]ham nirvi kalpo nirakara roopo,
Vibhuthwascha sarvathra sarvendriyanaam,
Na chaa sangatham naiva mukthir na meyah
Chidananada Roopa Shivoham, Shivoham. (6)

Meaning:

I am free from changes, and lack all the qualities and form,
I envelope all forms from all sides and am beyond the sense-organs,
I am always in the state of equality — there is no liberation (Mukti) or captivity (Bandha),
I am Shiva, I am Shiva, the nature of Bliss.

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[CHANAKYA]

Another version (story behind) of Shivoham.. Kind of interesting and nice...
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One day, Shankara was seated in meditation on the bank of the Ganga river. Suddenly, he exclaimed, "Lord! I am yours; but, surely, you are not mine." His pupil, Thotakacharya was by his side then; he was astonished at this statement, which, according to him, went against the Adhwaithic stand. So, he asked him how he could ever declare any distinction between I and you. Shankara replied, "The waves belong to the ocean; but, the ocean does not belong to the wave. The wave is the ocean, but the ocean is not the wave." The main point to be attended to is, the elimination of the ego, the elimination of the identification with the body and its needs, satisfiable through the senses. For, you get joy when these needs are fulfilled; grief when they are not, anger when something comes in the way, pride when you win over that opposition.

To eliminate the ego, strengthen the belief that all objects belong to God, and that you are holding them on trust. This would prevent pride; it is also the truth. Then, when you lose a thing, you would not grieve. God gave; God took away. Of course you hear almost all talking in this strain and advising this reaction. But very few follow that advice themselves. [size=6][b]This is the sin of all sins; saying one thing and acting quite the opposite, denying in practise what you assert as precept.[/b][/size]

[CHANAKYA]

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hara hara mahadeva shambho shankara............

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Gp baa
Shankar Mahadevan kadaaa?

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[b]Vaagardhaaviva Sampruttou Vaagardhap Pratipattaye....[/b]

[b]Jagatahpitaram Vandee... Paarvateeparameswaram... Vandee Paarvateepa Rameswaram..!! [/b]

--By Mahakavi Kalidasu

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good post ..........

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kya re.. ippudu lipt sesaave..

[manmadudhu]

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kya re.. ippudu lipt sesaave..
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some threads need to be on the top anduke lift sesa time leka apudu chadavleni valliki epudu time undachu epudu chadavachu......informative theddu ga anduke

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[b]some threads need to be on the top anduke lift[/b] sesa time leka apudu chadavleni valliki epudu time undachu epudu chadavachu......informative theddu ga anduke
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[manmadudhu]

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