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Nirvana Shatakam
निर्वाण षट्कम्
Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam
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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 ॥४॥
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Word breakdown
- पुण्यं पापंpuṇyaṃ pāpaṃ
- merit and demerit / sin
- सौख्यं दुःखंsaukhyaṃ duḥkhaṃ
- pleasure and pain
- मन्त्रः तीर्थंmantraḥ tīrtham
- sacred formula and pilgrimage place
- वेदाः यज्ञाःvedāḥ yajñāḥ
- the Vedas and sacrificial rites
- भोजनं भोज्यं भोक्ताbhojanaṃ bhojyaṃ bhoktā
- the act of eating, the food, and the eater
Religious means - mantra, tīrtha, Veda, yajña - are honored as paths, yet they too are objects in awareness. Even the triad of experiencer, experience, and experienced dissolves in non-dual recognition. The verse does not abolish practice; it reveals the Self that practice cannot manufacture.
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