Śaṅkara by tradition
ahaṃ nāmaro naiva martyo na daityo
na gandharvayakṣaḥ piśācaprabhedaḥ |
pumānnaiva na strī tathā naiva ṣaṇḍhaḥ
prakṛṣṭaḥ prakāśasvarūpaḥ śivo'ham ||
||1||ahaṃ naiva bālo yuvā naiva vṛddho
na varṇī na ca brahmacārī gṛhasthaḥ |
vanastho'pi nāhaṃ na saṃnyastadharmā
jagajjanmanāśaikahetuḥ śivo'ham ||
||2||ahaṃ naiva meyastirobhūtamāyā
tathaivekṣituṃ māṃ pṛthaṅnāstyupāyaḥ |
samāśliṣṭakāyatrayo'pyadvitīyaḥ
sadātīndriyaḥ sarvarūpaḥ śivo'ham ||
||3||ahaṃ naiva mantā na gantā na vaktā
na kartā na bhoktā na muktāśramasthaḥ |
yathāhaṃ manovṛttibhedasvarūpa-
stathā sarvavṛttipradīpaḥ śivo'ham ||
||4||na me lokayātrāpravāhapravṛtti-
rna me bandhabuddhyā durīhānivṛttiḥ |
pravṛttirnivṛttyāsya cittasya vṛtti-
ryatastanvahaṃ tatsvarūpaḥ śivo'ham ||
||5||nidānaṃ yadajñānakāryasya kāryaṃ
vinā yasya sattvaṃ svato naiva bhāti |
yadādyantamadhyāntarālāntarāla-
prakāśātmakaṃ syāttadevāhamasmi ||
||6||yato'haṃ na buddhirna me kāryasiddhi-
ryato nāhamaṅgaṃ na me liṅgabhaṅgam |
hṛdākāśavartī gatāṅgatrayārtiḥ
sadā saccidānandamūrtiḥ śivo'ham ||
||7||yadāsīdvilāsādvikāraṃ jagadya-
dvikarāśrayaṃ nādvitīyatvataḥ syāt |
manobuddhicittāhamākāravṛtti-
pravṛttiryataḥ syāttadevāhamasmi ||
||8||yadantarbahirvyāpakaṃ nityaśuddhaṃ
yadekaṃ sadā saccidānandakandam |
yataḥ sthūlasūkṣmaprapañcasya bhānaṃ
yatastatprasūtistadevāhamasmi ||
||9||yadarkenduvidyutprabhājālamālā-
vilāsāspadaṃ yatsvabhedādiśūnyam |
samastaṃ jagadyasya pādātmakaṃ syā-
dyataḥ śaktibhānaṃ tadevāhamasmi ||
||10||yataḥ kālamṛtyurbibheti prakāmaṃ
yataścittabuddhīndriyāṇāṃ vilāsaḥ |
haribrahmarudrendracandrādināma-
prakāśo yataḥ syāttadevāhamasmi ||
||11||yadākāśavatsarvagaṃ śāntarūpaṃ
paraṃ jyotirākāraśūnyaṃ vareṇyam |
yadādyantaśūnyaṃ paraṃ śaṅkarākhyaṃ
yadantarvibhāvyaṃ tadevāhamasmi ||
||12||iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau nirvāṇamañjarī sampūrṇā