I am not earth, I am not water. I am not light, I am not wind, I am not ether, I am not sense organs, Nor am I a combination of these, Because they don't always exist. I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

I am not the caste, I am not the caste rules, I am not stages of life, I am not rules , I am not the just conduct, I am not meditation, I am not yogic practice, For the concept of I and me destroy all these. I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither the mother nor the father. Neither the celestial gods nor the earth, Neither the Vedas, nor the fire sacrifice, Nor the holy waters, they say, exist in sleep. But there is no void in sleep, either. So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither the Sankhya principle, Nor the doctrine of Shaiva, Not the principle of pancha rathra, Nor the doctrine of Jainas, Nor the principle of Meemasa, Are Unique experiences, For the soul is the purest known truth., So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.

Neither above, nor below, Neither inside nor outside, Neither the middle, nor the across, Neither the east nor the west am I, For like the all pervading ether, I am spread everywhere, So I am simply Shiva the self, For this remains even in sleep, After everything is taken out.