Shiva (शिव) Dasasloki Nirvana Dasakam (दशश्लोकी) Nirvana Dashakam

दशश्लोकी (Dasashloki)
by
आदि शंकराचार्य (Adi Shankaracharya)

न भूमिर्न तोयं न तेजो न वायुः
न खं नेन्द्रियं वा न तेषां समूहः 
अनेकान्तिकत्वात् सुषुप्त्येकसिद्दः
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥१॥

"I am not the Earth nor Water, neither Fire nor Air, I am not space. Neither am I any of the Faculties nor am I their aggregrate. [I am not any of these] as they are all uncertain. I am proved however in the sole experience of deep sleep. That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Only One, am I." [1]

न वर्णा न वर्णाश्रमाचारधर्मा
न मे धारणाध्यानयोगादयोपि 
अनात्माश्रयाहंममाध्यासहानात्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥२॥

The castes are not for me, nor the observances and duties attached to the castes and the stages of life. Even the steadying of the mind, concentration, self-communion and other courses are not for me. For the mistaken senses of I and MINE which rested on the Non-Self have been abondoned. That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [2]

न माता पिता वा न देवा न लोका
न वेदा न यज्ञा न तीर्थ ब्रुवन्ति 
सुषप्तौ निरस्तातिशून्यात्मकत्वात्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥३॥

There is no mother nor father; no gods nor regions of experience; no scriptures nor sacrifical sites; and no sacred place-so say the Sages. For, in the state of deep sleep, all these are negatived and that state is completely devoid (of any object of perception) That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [3]

न साख्यं न शैवं न तत्पाञ्चरात्रं
न जैनं न मीमांसकादेर्मतं वा 
विशिष्टानुभूत्या विशुद्धात्मकत्वात्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥४॥

There is no Sankhya nor Saiva, nor that Pancharatra nor Jaina. The conception of the Mimamsaka and others does not exist. For, through the direct realisation of what is qualified, the Self is known as of the nature of the Absolutely Pure. That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [4]

न चोर्ध्व न चाधो न चान्तर्न बाह्यं
न मध्यं न तिर्यँ न पूर्वाऽपरा दिक् 
वियद्व्यापकत्वादखण्डैकरूपः
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥५॥

There is neither above nor below, neither inside nor outside, no middle nor crosswise, no direction, east or west. For it is all-pervasive like space. It is partless and homogeneous in its nature. That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [5]

न शुक्लं न कृष्णं न रक्तं न पीतं
न कुब्जं न पीनं न ह्रस्वं न दीर्घम् 
अरूपं तथा ज्योतिराकारकत्वात्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥६॥

It is neither white nor black, neither red nor yellow, neither dwarfish nor stout, neither short nor long. As it is of the nature of light, it is shapeless also. That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [6]

न शास्ता न शास्त्रं न शिष्यो न शिक्षा
न च त्वं न चाहं न चायं प्रपञ्चः
स्वरूपावबोधो विकल्पासहिष्णुः
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥७॥

There is no ruler nor rule, no pupil nor training. There is no YOU nor I. This universe is not. For the realistion of the true nature of the Self does not tolerate any distincion. That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [7]

न जाग्रन् न मे स्वप्नको वा सुषुप्तिः
न विश्वौ न वा तैजसः प्राज्ञको वा
अविद्यात्मकत्वात् त्रयाणं तुरीयः
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥८॥

There is no waking state for me nor dream or deep sleep. I am not Visva[the Self identified with the experience of the waking state], nor Taijasa[identified with dream state], nor Prajna[identified with deep sleep]. I am really the Fourth(Turiya). That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [8]

अपि व्यापकत्वात् हितत्वप्रयोगात्
स्वतः सिद्धभावादनन्याश्रयत्वात्
जगत् तुच्छमेतत् समस्तं तदन्यत्
तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम् ॥९॥ 

All this universe which is other than the Self is worthless(having no existence of its own) for it is well known that the Self is all pervasive, recognised as the reality and that its existence is self-proven and does not depend upon anything else. That One, the Residue, the Auspicious, the Alone, am I. [9]

न चैकं तदन्यद् द्वितीयं कुतः स्यात्
न केवलत्वं न चाऽकेवलत्वम् 
न शुन्यं न चाशून्यमद्वैतकत्वात्
कथं सर्ववेदान्तसिद्धं ब्रवीमि ॥१०॥

It is not one, for how can there be a second distinct from it? Aloneness cannot be attributed to it nor even not-aloneness. It is neither a void nor a non-void. When it does not admit of a second entity, in what manner can I speak about it though it is established by all the Upanishads. ? [10]

इति श्रीमद् शंकराचार्यविरचितं दशश्लोकी समाप्तं

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