The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 4/Writings: Poems/Nirvanashatkam, or Six Stanzas on Nirvana

I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff ; I am neither the body, nor the changes of the body ; I am neither the senses of hearing, taste, smell, or sight, Nor am I the ether, the earth, the fire, the air ; I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am He, I am He. (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I am neither the Prâna, nor the five vital airs ; I am neither the materials of the body, nor the five sheaths ; Neither am I the organs of action, nor object of the senses ; I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am He, I am He. (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I have neither aversion nor attachment, neither greed nor delusion; Neither egotism nor envy, neither Dharma nor Moksha; I am neither desire nor objects of desire ; I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am He, I am He. (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I am neither sin nor virtue, neither pleasure nor pain ; Nor temple nor worship, nor pilgrimage nor scriptures, Neither the act of enjoying, the enjoyable nor the enjoyer ; I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am He, I am He. (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I have neither death nor fear of death, nor caste ; Nor was I ever born, nor had I parents, friends, and relations ; I have neither Guru, nor disciple ; I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am He, I am He. (Shivoham, Shivoham).

I am untouched by the senses, I am neither Mukti nor knowable ; I am without form, without limit, beyond space, beyond time ; I am in everything ; I am the basis of the universe ; everywhere am I. I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute— I am He, I am He. (Shivoham, Shivoham).


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