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Nirvanashtakam
Ashtakam Sanskrit
मनो बुद्ध्यहंकार चित्तानि नाहं न च श्रोत्रजिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे।
न च व्योम भूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥
Transliteration
Mano buddhy ahaṃkāra cittāni nāhaṃ na ca śrotrajihve na ca ghrāṇanetre,
Na ca vyoma bhūmir na tejo na vāyuḥ cidānandarūpaḥ śivo'haṃ śivo'ham.
Meaning
A sacred mirror reflecting the truth of who we really are — self-realization and liberation. I am not the mind, intellect, ego or memory; I am pure consciousness and bliss — I am Shiva.