NIRVANA DASHAKAM of Adi Shankaracharya

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(These ten verses of philosophy is the essence of the thoughts of Sankara, the philosopher. There are two stories about its origin. One says that when Adhi Sankara approached Sage Govinda Pada and requested him to make him his disciple, then it seems Govinda Pada asked the young boy, “Who are you?” and this is his reply. Another story tells that when Sankara said that he is about to leave this earth, his disciples wanted to tell them all his teachings in a summary form and this is the reply. Swami Madhusudhana Sarawathi has written a commentary called “Sidhantha Bindu” on these ten verses.)
Nirvana Dasakam
I am not earth, I am not water. I am not light, I am not wind, I am not ether, I am not sense organs, Nor am I a combination of these, Because they don’t always exist. I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

I am not the caste, I am not the caste rules, I am not stages of life, I am not rules , I am not the just conduct, I am not meditation, I am not yogic practice, For the concept of I and me destroy all these. I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither the mother nor the father. Neither the celestial gods nor the earth, Neither the Vedas ,nor the fire sacrifice, Nor the holy waters, they say, exist in sleep. But there is no void in sleep, either. So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither the Sankhya principle, Nor the doctrine of Shaiva, Not the principle of pancha rathra, Nor the doctrine of Jainas, Nor the principle of Meemasa, Are Unique experiences, For the soul is the purest known truth., So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither white nor black, Neither red nor yellow, Neither large nor thin, Neither short , nor tall, And neither with a form is the soul, For this soul is the form of the light, So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither the state of waking, Nor the state of dream, Nor the state of deep sleep is for me, Neither the earthy feelings, Nor the glorified feelings of dreams,Nor the feeling of wakefulness in sleep am I, For these are the souls of avidya, And I am the fourth , the thureeya, which is beyond these, So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither the origin of knowledge, Nor the books of knowledge, Neither he disciple nor the teacher, Neither you, nor me and nor this world am I, For this is not tolerated by innate realization, So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither above , nor below, Neither inside nor outside, Neither the middle , nor the across, Neither the east nor the west am I, For like the all pervading ether, I am spread everywhere, So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Being all pervasive and goal oriented, Being dependent on its own nature, Than depending on any out side thing, This world is trivial as it is different from self. So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep,
After everything is taken out.

It is not even one and how can it be two, Neither is it unique and nor not unique, Neither is it a vacuum nor something different from it, For it is the essence of non dual reality So how can I tell about what is established by all philosophy?

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