Six Pada on Nirvana

I am not mind, wisdom, pride, and heart.
Neither I am ear and tongue nor I am nose and eyes. Neither
I am sky or earth nor I am power or wind. I am the eternal
happiness or bliss state, I am Shiv, I am Shiv.||1||

I am not the state of being alive or the
five type of Vayu. Neither I am the seven elements constituting
the body (Dhatu) nor I am the five sheaths which invest the
soul. Neither I am voice, hand, or leg nor I am the portion at
the bottom of waist (anus or Linga). I am the eternal happiness
or bliss state, I am Shiv, I am Shiv.||2||

I am not the state of envy and passion or
the emotions of greed and attachment. Neither I am intoxication
nor I am the emotion of jealousy. And I am not even the four
Purushartha — Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha. I am the
eternal happiness or bliss state, I am Shiv, I am Shiv.||3||

I am not Punya (good deed), Paap (Sin),
Saukhya (friendship), or Dukha (Grief). Neither I am chants
(Mantra) or Shrine (Teertha) nor I am the Veda or the sacrifice
and oblation. Also, I am not the food, or the one that should be
eaten, or the eater. I am eternal happiness or bliss state, I
am Shiv, I am Shiv.||4||

Neither I am the fear of death nor I am the
difference between races. Neither I am [any relation like]
father, mother, nor I am born. Also, I am not a relative, a
friend, a teacher (Guru), or a student (Shisya). I am the
eternal happiness or bliss state, I am Shiv, I am Shiv.||5||

I am free from changes, and lack all the
qualities and form. I envelope all forms from all sides and am
beyond the sense-organs. I am always in the state of equality
— there is no liberation (Mukti) or captivity (Bandha). I am the
eternal happiness or bliss state, I am Shiv, I am Shiv.||6||

Poet: Adi Shankaracharya