𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌣 𑌮𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌰𑍀
Nirvana Manjari in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥
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Origin & Story
Ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · Classical
The Nirvana Manjari is traditionally ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya. A "bouquet of liberation" by Adi Shankaracharya — verse upon verse declaring the Self to be beyond god, mortal and demon, beyond name, form and the three states: the one boundless Shiva, awareness itself.
✦ As told in scripture
It is said that to recite the Nirvana Manjari with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the divine, which never forsakes those who lovingly call upon it.
The Mantra
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𑌅𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌰𑍋 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨 𑌦𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨 𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌃 𑌪𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌚𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌃 । 𑌪𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌨 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 𑌤𑌥𑌾 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌢𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌅𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌬𑌾𑌲𑍋 𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌾 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌵𑍃𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍋 𑌨 𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍀 𑌨 𑌚 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍀 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌃 । 𑌵𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌨𑌾𑌹𑌂 𑌨 𑌸𑌂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌜𑌗𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌾𑌶𑍈𑌕𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌅𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌮𑍇𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾 𑌤𑌥𑍈𑌵𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑍃𑌥𑌙𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌃 । 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌲𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍀𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌅𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌨 𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌨 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌨 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌨 𑌭𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌨 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌃 । 𑌯𑌥𑌾𑌹𑌂 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪- 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌥𑌾 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍀𑌪𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌨 𑌮𑍇 𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿- 𑌰𑍍𑌨 𑌮𑍇 𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍀𑌹𑌾𑌨𑌿𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 । 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿- 𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌹𑌂 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌨𑌿𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍋 𑌨𑍈𑌵 𑌭𑌾𑌤𑌿 । 𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌲- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌯𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌂 𑌨 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌨 𑌮𑍇 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿- 𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍋 𑌨𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌂 𑌨 𑌮𑍇 𑌲𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌭𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍 । 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍀 𑌗𑌤𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌸𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌸𑍀𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌯- 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍 । 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 ॥ ௮॥ 𑌯𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌬𑌹𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌕𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌸𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 । 𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍂𑌲𑌸𑍂𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌭𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌯𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍂𑌤𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 ॥ ௯॥ 𑌯𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌕𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌾𑌲𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌾- 𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌦𑌂 𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 । 𑌸𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾- 𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 ॥ ௧௦॥ 𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌬𑌿𑌭𑍇𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌂 𑌯𑌤𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍀𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌃 । 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌰𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌮- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍋 𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 ॥ ௧௧॥ 𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌗𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 । 𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 ॥ ௧௨॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌹𑌂𑌸𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌕𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍗 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌣𑌮𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌰𑍀 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌾 ॥
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 || 3|| 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 ||
Meaning:A "bouquet of liberation" by Adi Shankaracharya — verse upon verse declaring the Self to be beyond god, mortal and demon, beyond name, form and the three states: the one boundless Shiva, awareness itself.
Benefits of Chanting Nirvana Manjari
Recitation of the Nirvana Manjari is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the deity.
Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.
Most auspicious on Mondays, and during Maha Shivaratri and Shravan.
A treasured Sanskrit hymn, suitable for daily recitation with faith.
How to Chant Nirvana Manjari
Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Nirvana Manjari slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially on Mondays and during Maha Shivaratri and Shravan.
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