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Antar Jyotir Bahir Jyotih (Shivoham) in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× ਜਪ·🕐 Early morning (Brahma Muhurta) during meditation, or at dusk when contemplating inner light·📜 Advaita Vedanta tradition (a self-luminous Self / Shivoham meditation verse)
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ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ/ਲਿਪੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ

हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగుதமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡമലയാളംગુજરાતીবাংলাଓଡ଼ିଆਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

ਉਤਪਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਕਥਾ

Advaita Vedanta tradition (a self-luminous Self / Shivoham meditation verse) · Traditional (Advaita Vedanta) · Ancient / classical

This verse belongs to the rich tradition of Advaitic affirmations that meditate on the Self as self-luminous light and culminate in 'Shivo'ham' — 'I am Shiva.' Such verses are used by seekers to fix the mind upon the witnessing Consciousness that illumines all inner and outer experience, recognizing it as one's own true nature, identical with the supreme Reality.

✦ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੱਸੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ

The Upanishads declare that in the realm of the Self, the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars, nor fire — for everything shines only after that self-luminous Light. The one who realizes 'I am that Light' is said to cross beyond all darkness of ignorance and fear.

ਮੰਤਰ

ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਪੰਗਤੀ ਜਾਂ ▶ ਬਟਨ ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹ ਕੇ ਸੁਣੋ

ਅਨ੍ਤਰ੍ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਰ੍ਬਹਿਰ੍ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਗ੍ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ ਪਰਾਤ੍ਪਰਃ। ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਰ੍ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ ਸ੍ਵਯਂਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਰਾਤ੍ਮਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ ਸ਼ਿਵੋऽਸ੍ਮ੍ਯਹਮ੍॥

antar-jyotir bahir-jyotiḥ pratyag-jyotiḥ parāt-paraḥ | jyotir-jyotiḥ svayaṃ-jyotir ātma-jyotiḥ śivo'smy aham ||

ਅਰਥ:The light within and the light without, the inmost indwelling light, higher than the highest; the light of all lights, self-luminous, the radiant light of the Self — that auspicious Shiva, I am.

ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅਰਥ

ਉਚਾਰਨ ਸੁਣਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਲਿੱਕ ਕਰੋ

ਅਨ੍ਤਃ-ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ🔊antaḥ-jyotiḥthe inner light, the light within
ਬਹਿਃ-ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ🔊bahiḥ-jyotiḥthe outer light, the light without
ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਕ੍-ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ🔊pratyak-jyotiḥthe indwelling light, the inmost light of the Self turned inward
ਪਰਾਤ੍-ਪਰਃ🔊parāt-paraḥhigher than the highest, beyond the beyond
ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ-ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ🔊jyotiḥ-jyotiḥthe light of all lights (that which illumines even light)
ਸ੍ਵਯਮ੍-ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ🔊svayaṃ-jyotiḥself-luminous, self-effulgent (shining by its own light)
ਆਤ੍ਮ-ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ🔊ātma-jyotiḥthe light of the Self, the radiance of pure Consciousness
ਸ਼ਿਵਃ🔊śivaḥShiva, the auspicious one, the ever-pure absolute Reality
ਅਸ੍ਮਿ ਅਹਮ੍🔊asmi ahamI am (I am that)

Antar Jyotir Bahir Jyotih (Shivoham) ਪਾਠ ਦੇ ਲਾਭ

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A direct affirmation of the Self as self-luminous Consciousness ('I am Shiva')

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Excellent for meditation on inner light (jyoti) and the witnessing awareness

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Dissolves the sense of limitation and separateness through identification with the Absolute

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Brings deep peace, fearlessness and inner illumination

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Cultivates the non-dual recognition that the one Light shines as everything

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A potent contemplative verse (mahavakya-style affirmation) for the path of knowledge

Antar Jyotir Bahir Jyotih (Shivoham) ਪਾਠ ਵਿਧੀ

ਜਪ ਗਿਣਤੀ11ਵਾਰ
ਉੱਤਮ ਸਮਾਂEarly morning (Brahma Muhurta) during meditation, or at dusk when contemplating inner light

Sit in a calm posture and recite the verse, then dwell on the affirmation 'Shivo'smy aham' — I am that self-luminous Light. With each repetition, gently turn attention from outer objects toward the awareness that illumines all experience, and rest in it. As an affirmation of identity with the Self, it is best chanted slowly and meditatively; 11, 21 or 108 repetitions deepen the contemplation.

ਅਕਸਰ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਸਵਾਲ

ਇਸ ਪੰਨੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਪੂਰਾ Antar Jyotir Bahir Jyotih (Shivoham) ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ ਲਿਪੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ — ਉਹੀ ਮੂਲ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ, ਅੱਖਰ-ਅੱਖਰ ਲਿਪੀਅੰਤਰਿਤ, ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਸੌਖ ਨਾਲ ਪੜ੍ਹ ਅਤੇ ਜਪ ਸਕੋ। ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਪੰਗਤੀ (ਜਾਂ ▶ ਬਟਨ) ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਸੁਣੋ।
ਹਾਂ — ਕੇਵਲ ਲਿਪੀ ਬਦਲਦੀ ਹੈ; ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਮੂਲ ਹੀ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਪੰਨੇ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ-ਦਰ-ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਅਰਥ, ਲਾਭ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਠ ਵਿਧੀ ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਲਾਗੂ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
Here 'jyoti' (light) refers not to physical light but to Consciousness — the self-luminous awareness by which everything else is known. The verse calls the Self the 'light of all lights' because even the sun, fire and the mind are revealed only in the light of awareness.
It means 'I am Shiva' — Shiva understood here not as a personal deity alone but as the auspicious, ever-pure, absolute Reality (Brahman). It is an affirmation of the Advaitic truth that one's own innermost Self is identical with the supreme Reality.
It is used as a meditative affirmation in self-inquiry and Advaita practice. The seeker recites it and rests as the self-luminous awareness it describes, letting the recognition 'I am that Light' steady and purify the mind.
It shares the same spirit and the famous 'Shivo'ham' refrain found in Adi Shankaracharya's Nirvana Shatkam ('chidananda rupah shivo'ham shivo'ham'). Both affirm that the true Self, beyond body and mind, is the blissful, self-luminous absolute Reality.

ਇਹ ਵੀ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ

Nirvana Shatkam (Atma Shatkam)निर्वाण षट्कम् (आत्म षट्कम्)Aham Brahmasmi (I Am Brahman)अहं ब्रह्मास्मिTat Tvam Asi (That Thou Art)तत्त्वमसिAyam Atma Brahma (This Self is Brahman)अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्मPrajnanam Brahma (Consciousness is Brahman)प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्मAsato Ma Sadgamaya (Pavamana Mantra)असतो मा सद्गमयBrahma Satyam Jagan Mithyaब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्याNa Tatra Suryo Bhati (There the Sun Does Not Shine)न तत्र सूर्यो भाति

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