Six Stanzas On Nirvana By Swami Vivekananda

[Guest guest]

NIRVANASHATKAM, OR SIX STANZAS ON NIRVANA 

Complete Works Volume 4, Writings: Poems 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).

-- Om namo Bhagavate Sri RamanayaPrashant Jalasutram