Atma Panchakam is a five stanza stotram that explains “Soul”. It was composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. Get Atma Panchakam in English Pdf Lyrics here, understand its meaning and chant it.
Atma Panchakam in English – Lyrics & Meaning
naham deho, nendriya nyantharangam
nahamkara prana vargaa na budhi
darapathya kshethra vithadhi dhoora
sakshi nithya prathyagathma shivoham | 1 |
I am neither the body, nor the senses nor the mind,
Neither am I pride, soul nor intellect,
But I am Shiva, who is eternal,
Who is completely unattached.
Who is far, far and far away
From wife, son, lands and assets,
And is the witness for everything.
rajjwagnanath bhathi rajjuryadhai
swathma jnanad athmano jeeva bhava
aapthokthya hi branthinase sa rajjur
jjevo naham desikokthya shivoham | 2 |
Due to ignorance I think that a rope is a snake,
For due to absence of Jnana.
I ascribe life in to lifeless thing.
And when the realized one points it out,
I wake up from this illusion,
And understand that it is a rope and not a snake.
Similarly I am not the soul but Shiva,
Which I only understand by the teaching of the great teacher.
aabhadhedham vishwamathmanya sathyam
sathya jnanananda roope vimohat
nidhramohat swapnavath thanna sathyam
shuddha poorno nithya eka Shivoham | 3 |
Due to the veil of ignorance,
I see this world in the eternal life,
Which has the form of truth and joy,
Similar to the dream which I see due to veil of sleep,
For I am the pure complete, perennial and single Shiva.
mathi nanyath kinchid athrasthi viswam
sathyam bahyam vasthu mayopakjnaptham
adarsandhar bhasamanasya thulyam
mayyadwaithe bhathi thasmad shivoham | 4 |
This world is in no way different from me,
Similar to everything getting reflected in a mirror,
All the world is within me,
So I am that Shiva which is without two.
naham jatho na pravrudho na nashto
dehasyoktha prakrutha sarva dharma
karthruthwadhi schinmaya syasthi naham
karasyaiva hyathmano may Shivoham | 5 |
Nor was I born nor grew nor die,
For birth, growth and death are for the body,
The nature of taking up a work is,
The reflections of pride and not,
For my soul which is eternal,
And so I am the unattached Shiva.
naham jatho janma mruthyu kutho may
naham prana kshuth pipase kutho may
naham chitham sokamohou kutho may
naham kartha bandha mokshou kutho may | 6 |
I was not born, whence birth and death came to me,
I am not the soul, whence came hunger and thirst to me,
I am not the mind, whence came passion and sorrow to me,
I am not the doer, whence came attachment and detachment to me?
