Nirvana Shatakam of Shankara IV - न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दुःखं

न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दुःखं

न मन्त्रो न तीर्थो न वेदो न यज्ञाः  ।

अहं भोजनं नैव भोज्यं न भोक्ता

चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम्‌ शिवोऽहम्‌  ॥ ४ ॥

na puNyaM na pApaM na saukhyaM na duHkhaM

na mantro na tIrtho na vEdo na yajñAH.

ahaM bhojanaM naiva bjojyaM na bhoktA

chidAnandarUpaH shivo'ham shivo'ham.  4

I am neither virtue nor vice, neither pleasure nor pain,

neither mantra nor holy shrine, neither scriptures nor sacrifices.

Neither am I enjoyment nor its object, nor the enjoyer.

In the form of blissful consciousness, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.

Translation Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Nagna Chidaananda.

Nirvana Shatakam of Shankara III - न मे द्वेषरागौ न मे लोभमोहौ

न मे द्वेषरागौ न मे लोभमोहौ

मदो नैव मे नैव मात्सर्यभावः  ।

न धर्मो न चार्थो न कामो न मोक्षः

चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम्‌ शिवोऽहम्‌  ॥ ३ ॥

na mE dvESharAgau na mE lobhamohau

mado naiva mE naiva mAtsaryabhAvaH.

na dharmo na chArtho na kAmo na mokShaH

chidAnandarUpaH shivo'ham shivo'ham.  3

I am not affected by aversion or attachment, I have neither greed nor delusion,

neither egotism nor jealousy.

I have no duty nor objects of desire nor desire itself nor liberation.

In the form of blissful consciousness, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.

Translation Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Nagna Chidaananda.

Nirvana Shatakam of Shankara II - न च प्राण संज्ञो न वै पञ्चवायुः

न च प्राण संज्ञो न वै पञ्चवायुः

न वा सप्तधातुर्‌ न वा पञ्चकोशः ।

न वाक्पाणिपादौ न चोपस्थपायू

चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम्‌ शिवोऽहम्‌ ॥ २ ॥

na cha prANa saMgyo na vai pancha vAyuH

na vai saptadhAtur na vai panchakoshaH.

na vAk pANi pAdau na chopastha pAyU

chidAnanda rUpaH shivo'ham shivo'ham.  2

I am neither to be understood as prana nor as the five kinds of breath,

nor the seven materials nor the five sheaths;

neither am I the organs of speech, elimination, motion, grasping, or procreation.

In the form of blissful consciousness, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.

Translation Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Nagna Chidaananda.

Nirvana Shatakam of Shankara I - मनो बुद्धि अहंकार चित्तानि नाहं

मनो बुद्धि अहंकार चित्तानि नाहं,

न च ष्रोत्र जिह्वे न च घ्राण नेत्रे.

न च व्योम भूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः

चिदानन्दरूपः षिवोऽहम्‌ षिवोऽहम्‌

mano buddhi ahaMkAra cittAni nAhaM,

na ca Srotra jihvE na ca ghrANa nEtrE,

na ca vyoma bhUmir na tEjo na vAyuH.

cidAnandarUpaH Sivo'ham, Sivo'ham.

I am neither mind nor intelligence nor ego nor memory,

neither ears nor tongue nor nose nor eyes.

Neither am I the sky nor the earth, nor fire nor wind.

In the form of blissful consciousness, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.

Translation Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Nagna Chidaananda.

Upanishad LIII - He Lives in an Illusion / वह एक भ्रम में रहता है

He lives in an illusion,

clothed in an illusion,

where past and future are illusions.

Nagna says:

Only consciousness is real.

वह एक भ्रम में रहता है,

एक भ्रम में कपड़े पहने,

जहां अतीत और भविष्य भ्रम हैं।

नग्न कहते हैं:

केवल चेतना ही वास्तविक है।

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Upanishad LII - He Is Comfortable in His Body / वह अपने शरीर में सहज है

 He is comfortable in his body,

but more comfortable in his consciousness.

Nagna says:

Without this body, he can be more naked.

वह अपने शरीर में सहज है,

लेकिन वह अपनी चेतना में अधिक सहज है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

इस शरीर के बिना वह अधिक नग्न हो सकता है।

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Upanishad LI - He Is Light / वह प्रकाश है

He is light, emerging from the shadows,

he is life, emerging from potentiality.

He is Consciousness, he is Consciousness.

Nagna says:

He is one of us.

वह प्रकाश है, छाया से निकलता है,

वह जीवन है, क्षमता से उभर रहा है।

वह चेतना है, वह चेतना है।

नग्न कहते हैं:

वह हम में से एक है।

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