Adi Shankara — Nirvana Shatakam / Atma Shatakam, verse 1
मनोबुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तानि नाहं न च श्रोत्रजिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे। न च व्योमभूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
mano-buddhy-ahaṅkāra-cittāni nāhaṁ na ca śrotra-jihve na ca ghrāṇa-netre na ca vyoma-bhūmir na tejo na vāyuḥ cidānanda-rūpaḥ śivo’haṁ śivo’ham
Meaning
I am not the mind, intellect, ego, or memory; I am not the ears, tongue, nose or eyes; I am not space, earth, fire or wind. I am the form of pure consciousness and bliss — I am Shiva, I am Shiva. The opening of Adi Shankaracharya’s six-verse Nirvana Shatakam, the foundational chant of Advaita Vedanta self-negation leading to Brahman-identification.
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