Na punyam na paapam na Saukhyam na dukham
na mantro na tirtho na veda na yagna
aham Bhojanam naiv bhojam na bhokta
Chidananda rupas Shivoham Shivoham --- --- 4

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 essences, 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 demerit. I do not commit sins or good deeds; or the happiness, or 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 am I 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 separation from my true self, no doubt (about my existence), nor have I the discrimination 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 disciple. 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, every time -always in equilibrium. I am indeed, eternal blissful Shiva - love and happiness.

"Nirvaana" is the mental state of absolute peace, tranquility, freedom and joy. "Shatakam" means a bunch of 6 verses, usually of 4 lines each. This is also called "Atma Shatakam". Atma means 'Self'.

Imagine the scene of a young boy wandering in search of his Guru in the Vindhya mountain region. He has to cross the river Narmada, which is suddenly in a spate of floods. The boy thought for a moment and started praying. With his special yogic powers, he could collect the entire flood waters in his small 'Kamandal'. A senior sage was watching the whole scene. He was greatly astonished to see the courage and wisdom of this boy. He was prompted to ask the boy "who are you". The answer to that question from this boy is "Nirvaana Shatakam". The boy was none other than our Adi Sankara. The sage was none other than Govinda Bhagavadpaada, whom exactly the boy was searching for. Sankara was only 8 years old at that time. Nirvaana Shatakam is precisely a crash course of "Advaita Vedaanta".
Even though these verses are the declarations of a man of Realisation, chanting them and reflecting deeply on them as the highest state to be experienced could be an invaluable 'Sadhana' for any seeker of liberation.