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Atma shatakam is also known as Nirvana Shatakam , and by other variations of these
names. It is a shloka in six stanzas written byAdi Sankara summarising the basic teachings
of Advaita Vedanta, or the Hindu teachings of non-dualism.

The speaker of the poem is Shiva. He lists in the earlier verses what he ( or brahman) is not. He
is not body or mind, nor the things that attach them to each other and to the world, including the
intellect, the senses, the practices of life, the occurrences of life such as birth and death. In the
last verse he says that he permeates through the universe, and that he is consciousness, bliss
and the soul, and by implication, the atman and brahman. [1][2

Atma Ashtakam:
Manobudhhi ahankar Chitta ninaham Nacha Shotra jive nacha ghrana Netre
Nacha Vyoma Bhoomir na tejo na vayu Chidananda rupas Shivoham Shivoham -1
Nacha prana sandhno na ve manchtauh na va saptadhatur na va panchakoshah
na vak panipadau na chopastha payu chidananda rupas Shivoham Shivoham -2
Na me dwesh ragau na me loobha mohau mado naiva me naiva matsaryabhvah
na dharmo na chartho na kamo na mokshah Chidananda rupas Shivoham Shivoham -3
Na punyam na paapam na Saukhyam na dukham na mantro na tirtho na veda na yagna
aham Bhojanam naiv bhojam na bhokta Chidananda rupas Shivoham Shivoham -4
na me mrutu Shanka Na me Jatibheda Pita naiva me naiva mata na Janma
na bhandu na mitra gurur naiva shishya Chidananda rupas Shivoham Shivoham -5
Aham Nirvikalpo Nirakar rupo Vibhurvyapa sarvatra sarvendriyani
Sada me samatvam na muktir na bhandha Chidananda rupas Shivoham Shivoham -6
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Translated as
1. I am not mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the reflections of inner self (chitta). I do not have
senses, I am beyond that! I am not the ether, nor the earth, nor the fire, nor the wind. I am indeed, eternal
blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
2. Neither can I be termed as praana (energy), nor five types of breathes. Nor the seven essences, nor the
five coverings (Panchakosha) Neither am I the speech, nor am I the hands and the feet, nor the genitals. I
am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
3. I have no hatred, nor the affiliation, nor the greed nor the delusion, nor the haughtiness, nor the feeling
of envy. I am not the dharma, nor the money nor the kaama nor the moksha. I am indeed, eternal blissful
Shiva - love and happiness.
4. Nor am I the merit, nor the dismerit. I do not commit sins or good deeds. Nor the happiness, nor the
sorrow. I do not need mantra, holy places, veda and yagnas (sacrifices). I (the triplet) do not consume
anything nor am I consumable, nor I am consumptions I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and
happiness.
5. I do not have fear of death (I do not have death) and no separation from my true self, no doubt (about
my existence), nor have I the discrimination on the basis of birth. I have no father, no mother, nor did I
have a birth. I am not the relative, nor the friend, nor the Guru, nor the disciple. I am indeed, eternal
blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
6. I am all pervasive. I am without any attributes, and without any form. I am always in equilibrium. Nor I
have the attachment to the world, nor liberation (Mukti). I do not have wishes for anything because I am
everything, everywhere, everytime -always in equilibrium. I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and
happiness.