THE MEANING OF SHIVOHAM
I am eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
1.I am not mind , nor the intellect , nor the ego , nor the reflections of inner self(chitta) . I do not have senses, I am beyond that! I am not the ether, nor the earth, nor the fire , nor the wind. I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
2. Neither can I be termed as praana (energy) , nor five types of breathes. Nor the seven essenses, nor the five coverings (Panchakosha) Neither am I the speech, nor am I the hands and the feet , nor the genitals . I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
3.I have no hatred , nor the affiliation , nor the greed nor the delusion, nor the haughtiness , nor the feeling of envy . I am not the dharma, nor the money nor the kaama nor the moksha. I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
4.Nor am I the merit , nor the dismerit. I do not commit sins or good deeds. Nor the happiness , nor the sorrow. I do not need mantra, holy places, veda and yagnas (sacrifices). I (the triplet) do not consume anything nor am I consumable, nor I am consumptions I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
5. I do not have fear of death(I do not have death) and no seperation from my true self, no doubt (about my existence), nor have I the descrimination on the basis of birth . I have no father , no mother , nor did I have a birth. I am not the relative , nor the friend , nor the Guru, nor the desciple. I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
6. I am all pervasive. I am without any attributes , and without any form . I am always in equilibrium. Nor I have the attachment to the world, nor liberation(Mukti). I do not have wishes for anything because I am everything, everywhere, everytime -always in equilibrium. I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.
AUM NAMAH SIVAYA
AUM NAMAH SIVAYA LITERALLY TRANSLATES ADORATION TO SHIVA OR I BOW TO SHIVA. SHIVA MEANS GOOD OR THE AUSPICIOUS ONE.
AUM : SILENCE WILL BE THE STATE AFTER THE SOUND OF AUM
NAMAH: ADORATION ,HOMAGE AND RESPECT.
SHIVAYA: ABSOLUTE REALITY.