निर्वाण षट्कम्, also known as आत्म षट्कम्, is a concise Advaita stotram composed by Adi Shankaracharya. Its repeated refrain, चिदानंद रूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, teaches that the real Self is not the body, senses, mind, social identity, ritual identity, pleasure, pain, bondage, or even an object to be attained.
Traditional accounts remember Adi Shankaracharya composing this hymn in the setting of direct Self-inquiry, where the student is asked who he truly is beyond name, body, and social identity. Whether read as a historical dialogue or as a contemplative teaching-scene, the hymn displays Shankara's signature precision: it removes false identifications one by one and leaves the seeker resting in चिदानंद, consciousness-bliss.
ॐ ॐ ओम् ...
शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं
Translation (भावार्थ):
Om. Om. Om. I am Shiva, I am Shiva; I am the auspicious Self, pure consciousness and bliss.
मनो बुध्यहंकार चित्तानि नाहं
न च श्रोत्र जिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे ।
न च व्योम भूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः
चिदानंद रूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥ 1 ॥
शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं
Translation (भावार्थ):
I am not the mind, intellect, ego, or memory. I am not hearing, taste, smell, or sight. I am not space, earth, fire, or air. I am Shiva, whose nature is consciousness and bliss.
न च प्राण संज्ञो न वैपंचवायुः
न वा सप्तधातुर्न वा पंचकोशाः ।
नवाक्पाणि पादौ न चोपस्थ पायू
चिदानंद रूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥ 2 ॥
शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं
Translation (भावार्थ):
I am not the vital force, nor the five vital airs. I am not the seven bodily constituents, nor the five sheaths. I am not speech, hands, feet, the organ of generation, or the organ of excretion. I am Shiva, whose nature is consciousness and bliss.
न मे द्वेषरागौ न मे लोभमोहो
मदो नैव मे नैव मात्सर्यभावः ।
न धर्मो न चार्धो न कामो न मोक्षः
चिदानंद रूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥ 3 ॥
शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं
Translation (भावार्थ):
Hatred and attachment are not mine; greed and delusion are not mine. Pride and jealousy are not mine. I am not bound by dharma, wealth, desire, or even liberation as goals to be acquired. I am Shiva, whose nature is consciousness and bliss.
न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दुःखं
न मंत्रो न तीर्थं न वेदा न यज्ञः ।
अहं भोजनं नैव भोज्यं न भोक्ता
चिदानंद रूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥ 4 ॥
शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं
Translation (भावार्थ):
I am not merit or sin, not happiness or sorrow. I am not mantra, pilgrimage, Veda, or sacrifice as objects of dependence. I am not the act of enjoyment, the enjoyed object, or the enjoyer. I am Shiva, whose nature is consciousness and bliss.
न मृत्युर्न शंका न मे जाति भेदः
पिता नैव मे नैव माता न जन्मः ।
न बंधुर्न मित्रं गुरुर्नैव शिष्यः
चिदानंदरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥ 5 ॥
शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं
Translation (भावार्थ):
For me there is no death, no fear, and no distinction of birth. I have no father, mother, or birth in the ultimate sense. I am not confined by relative, friend, teacher, or disciple identity. I am Shiva, whose nature is consciousness and bliss.
अहं निर्विकल्पो निराकार रूपो
विभूत्वाच्च सर्वत्र सर्वेंद्रियाणाम् ।
न चासंगतं नैव मुक्तिर्न मेयः [न वा बंधनं नैव मुक्तिर्न बंधः]
चिदानंदरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥ 6 ॥
शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं, शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं
Translation (भावार्थ):
I am without division and without form. Being all-pervasive, I am present everywhere as the basis of all the senses. I am unattached; in the highest sense I am neither a bound object nor something to be liberated. I am Shiva, whose nature is consciousness and bliss.
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