Timeless Sanskrit Slokas on Sanatana Dharma From Ancient Epics. - Page 2

Beyond Duality and Rituals---

न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दुःखं न मन्त्रो न तीर्थं न वेदा न यज्ञाः ।
अहं भोजनं नैव भोज्यं न भोक्ता चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम् ॥
Na puṇyaṃ na pāpaṃ na saukhyaṃ na duḥkhaṃ na mantro na tīrthaṃ na vedā na yajñāḥ |
Ahaṃ bhojanaṃ naiva bhojyaṃ na bhoktā cidānandarūpaḥ śivo'haṃ śivo'ham ||

Translation: I have neither virtue nor vice, neither pleasure nor pain. I do not need mantras, holy places, scriptures, or rituals. I am neither the experience, nor the experienced, nor the experiencer. I am the form of consciousness and bliss; I am Shiva, I am Shiva.

Context: Nirvana Shatakam (Verse 4). It asserts that the ultimate soul is completely untouched by earthly concepts of morality, religion, and dualistic experiences.

That alone is knowledge, which brings about tranquillity of the senses. That alone is to be known, which has its significance established in the Upaniuads.