Nirvanashatakam chanted by Vani Devi

Vani Devi sings the hymn from the “Nirvanashatakam” during a satsang at the Yoga Vidya Ashram in Bad Meinberg. You can find the complete text in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Booklet under number 404. In the six stanzas on liberation by Jagadguru Shankaracharya, you can discover both what you are not and what your true nature is: namely, Being, Knowledge, and Bliss. The Nirvanashatakam kirtan consists of six instructive verses on freedom - or Nirvana - written by Shankara (also Sankara or Shri Shankaracharya). In each verse, Shankara explains what we are not. We are not our body, we are not our intellect, we are not our thoughts, and we are not our prana. Instead, we are Sacchidananda (i.e., Satchidananda). Only Brahman, the Absolute, is real; everything else is a temporary dream, an illusion - Maya. Lyrics: Mano-buddhy-ahankara-chittani Naham Na Cha Shrotra-jihve Na Cha Ghrana-netre / Na Cha Vyoma-bhumir Na Tejo Na Vayuh Chidananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham // 1 // Na Cha Prana-sanjno Na Vai Pancha-vayuh Na Va Sapta-dhatur Na Va Pancha-koshah / Na Vak Pani-padau Na Chopastha-payu Chidananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham // 2 // Na Me Dvesha-ragau Na Me Lobha-mohau Mado Naiva Me Naiva Matsarya-bhavah / Na Dharmo Na Chartho Na Kamo Na Mokshaha Chidananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham // 3 // Na Punyam Na Papam Na Saukhyam Na Duhkham Na Mantro Na Tirtham Na Veda Na Yajnah / Aham Bhojanam Naiva Bhojyam Na Bhokta Chidananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham // 4 // Na Me Nrityu-shanka Na Me Jati-bhedaha Pita Naiva Me Naiva Mata Cha Janma / Na Bandhur Na Mitram Gurur Naiva Shishyaha Chidananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham // 5 // Aham Nirvikalpo Nirakara-rupo Vibhutvach Cha Sarvatra Sarvendriyanam / Sada Me Samatvam Na Muktir Na Bandhaha Chidanandarupah Shivoham Shivoham // 6 //