Shloka of the day

Shloka of the day Thursday, 9 July 2026

One Sanskrit verse a day from the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Vedas, subhashitas and well-known stotras, with transliteration and meaning. 132 verses in rotation.

Nirvana Shatakam (Adi Shankaracharya) 1

मनोबुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तानि नाहं न च श्रोत्रजिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे ।manobuddhyahaṅkāracittāni nāhaṃ na ca śrotrajihve na ca ghrāṇanetre |

न च व्योम भूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥na ca vyoma bhūmirna tejo na vāyuḥ cidānandarūpaḥ śivo'haṃ śivo'ham ||

Meaning

I am not mind, intellect, ego or memory; not ears or tongue, nor nose or eyes; not space, earth, fire or air. I am consciousness and bliss: I am Shiva, I am Shiva.

मैं मन, बुद्धि, अहंकार या चित्त नहीं हूँ; न कान, जीभ, नाक या आँख हूँ; न आकाश, पृथ्वी, अग्नि या वायु हूँ। मैं चिदानन्द स्वरूप शिव हूँ, शिव हूँ।

The meaning is our own short paraphrase, not a word-for-word translation.

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The verse of each of the previous days.

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