Nirvana Shatakam (Shivoham) with Meaning
निर्वाण षट्कम् — शिवोऽहम्
Mano Buddhi Ahankara Chittani Naham, Chidananda Roopah Shivoham Shivoham: Adi Shankaracharya's six verses on the true Self, with transliteration and meaning.

Nirvana Shatakam (Shivoham) with Meaning · निर्वाण षट्कम् — शिवोऽहम्
By Adi ShankaracharyaLanguage Sanskrit6 verses
मनोबुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तानि नाहं न च श्रोत्रजिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे। न च व्योमभूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
Mano-buddhy-ahankara-chittani naham Na cha shrotra-jihve na cha ghrana-netre, Na cha vyoma-bhoomir na tejo na vayuh Chidananda-roopah Shivo-ham Shivo-ham.
I am not the mind, intellect, ego or memory; not the ears, tongue, nose or eyes; not space, earth, fire or air. I am Shiva, consciousness and bliss; I am Shiva.
न च प्राणसंज्ञो न वै पञ्चवायुः न वा सप्तधातुर्न वा पञ्चकोशः। न वाक्पाणिपादं न चोपस्थपायू चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
Na cha prana-sanjno na vai pancha-vayuh Na va sapta-dhatur na va pancha-koshah, Na vak-pani-padam na chopastha-payoo Chidananda-roopah Shivo-ham Shivo-ham.
I am not the life-breath nor the five vital airs, not the seven tissues of the body nor its five sheaths, not speech, hands, feet or the organs of excretion and procreation. I am Shiva, consciousness and bliss.
न मे द्वेषरागौ न मे लोभमोहौ मदो नैव मे नैव मात्सर्यभावः। न धर्मो न चार्थो न कामो न मोक्षः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
Na me dvesha-ragau na me lobha-mohau Mado naiva me naiva matsarya-bhavah, Na dharmo na chartho na kamo na mokshah Chidananda-roopah Shivo-ham Shivo-ham.
I have no hatred or attachment, no greed or delusion, no pride and no envy; I have no duty, no wealth, no desire, not even liberation to seek. I am Shiva, consciousness and bliss.
न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दुःखं न मन्त्रो न तीर्थं न वेदा न यज्ञाः। अहं भोजनं नैव भोज्यं न भोक्ता चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
Na punyam na papam na saukhyam na duhkham Na mantro na teertham na veda na yajnah, Aham bhojanam naiva bhojyam na bhokta Chidananda-roopah Shivo-ham Shivo-ham.
I am neither virtue nor sin, pleasure nor pain; neither mantra nor pilgrimage, Vedas nor sacrifice; I am not the eating, the food or the eater. I am Shiva, consciousness and bliss.
न मे मृत्युशङ्का न मे जातिभेदः पिता नैव मे नैव माता न जन्म। न बन्धुर्न मित्रं गुरुर्नैव शिष्यः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
Na me mrityu-shanka na me jati-bhedah Pita naiva me naiva mata na janma, Na bandhur na mitram gurur naiva shishyah Chidananda-roopah Shivo-ham Shivo-ham.
I have no fear of death, no distinction of caste; I have no father, no mother, no birth; no relative, no friend, no guru and no disciple. I am Shiva, consciousness and bliss.
अहं निर्विकल्पो निराकाररूपो विभुर्व्याप्य सर्वत्र सर्वेन्द्रियाणाम्। सदा मे समत्वं न मुक्तिर्न बन्धः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
Aham nirvikalpo nirakara-roopo Vibhur vyapya sarvatra sarvendriyanam, Sada me samatvam na muktir na bandhah Chidananda-roopah Shivo-ham Shivo-ham.
I am without thought-forms, without shape; all-pervading, I am present everywhere, beyond all the senses. I am always the same; for me there is neither liberation nor bondage. I am Shiva, consciousness and bliss.
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About the Nirvana Shatakam
Tradition tells that when the eight-year-old Shankara met his guru Govindapada on the banks of the Narmada and was asked, Who are you?, he answered with these six verses. Each strips away what we are not, mind, senses, elements, breath, virtue and sin, relations, even liberation, and ends with the declaration I am Shiva, of the form of consciousness and bliss. It is the heart of Advaita Vedanta set to music.
Questions
What does Shivoham mean?
I am Shiva. In Advaita Vedanta it declares that one's true Self is not the body or mind but pure consciousness and bliss, identical with Shiva, the Absolute.
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