Maya Panchakam is a five stanza stotram by Sri Adi Shankaracharya. In this he explains how Maya is seen as a force that makes seemingly incompatible or contradictory elements appear together in a way that obscures the true nature of reality. Get Maya Panchakam in English Pdf Lyrics here and chant it.
Maya Panchakam in English
nirupamanityaniraṁśakē:’pyakhaṇḍē |
mayi citi sarvavikalpanādiśūnyē |
ghaṭayati jagadīśajīvabhēdaṁ |
tvaghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā || 1 ||
śrutiśatanigamāntaśōdhakāna-
pyahaha dhanādinidarśanēna sadyaḥ |
kaluṣayati catuṣpadādyabhinnā-
naghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā || 2 ||
sukhacidakhaṇḍavibōdhamadvitīyaṁ |
viyadanalādivinirmitē niyōjya |
bhramayati bhavasāgarē nitāntaṁ |
tvaghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā || 3 ||
apagataguṇavarṇajātibhēdē |
sukhaciti vipraviḍādyahaṅkr̥tiṁ ca |
sphuṭayati sutadāragēhamōhaṁ |
tvaghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā || 4 ||
vidhihariharavibhēdamapyakhaṇḍē |
bata viracayya budhānapi prakāmam |
bhramayati hariharabhēdabhāvā-
naghaṭitaghaṭanāpaṭīyasī māyā || 5 ||
ithi sri māyā pañcakam ||
