The Poem ‘Song Of The Self’ is a translation of “Atma Shatkam’ a beautiful poem written by Jagadguru Shri. Adi Shankaracharya. It is a process of internalization and realization of the self within, which is nothing but the universal consciousness. It is a state of Sat-Chit-Anand; The supreme bliss.

Not mind, intellect, memory or ego
Nor the sense of hearing, taste, smell or sight
Not the sky, the earth, wind or light, I am not these,
I am consciousness I am bliss, I am the primal eternal essence.

Neither am I life nor breath
Nor matter nor form, organs or senses,
Not sheaths of personality, gross or subtle,
I am consciousness, I am bliss, I am the primal eternal essence.

Neither with likes nor aversions
Nor wants nor attachments
Nor competition or envy
Neither pursuing righteousness, nor wrong,
Neither wealth, nor passions nor even liberation
I am consciousness, I am bliss, I am the primal eternal essence.

Neither saintly nor sinful
Nor joyous nor sorrowful
I have do not need for pious chanting or pilgrimages
Scriptures or sacrifices,
Neither edible nor the consumer nor the consumption,
I am consciousness, I am bliss, I am the primal eternal essence.

Neither afflicted by death, nor distinctions of race and class,
Unborn, without father or mother
Without kin or friend, Guru or disciple.
I am consciousness, I am bliss, I am the primal eternal essence.

Inconceivable and formless,
All pervading and omnipresent,
Inherent in all senses.
Impartial, neither in bondage nor freedom
I am consciousness, I am bliss, I am the primal eternal essence.