Kashi Panchakam

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• verse 1

  मनो निवृत्तिः परमोपशान्तिः सा तीर्थवर्या मणिकर्णिका चज्ञानप्रवाहा विमलादिगङ्गा सा काशिकाहं निजबोधरूपा ॥ 1 ॥

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  manō nivṛttiḥ paramōpaśāntiḥ sā tīrthavaryā maṇikarṇikā chajñānapravāhā vimalādigaṅgā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabōdharūpā ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  The withdrawal of the mind is the supreme peace — and that is the sacred Manikarnika Ghat, the foremost of all pilgrimage sites. The pure flowing stream of wisdom is the Ganga of the primordial tradition — I am that Kashi, of the nature of pure self-awareness.

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  मनोManoMind · [My] Mind [is Established in Speech]

  साSaaShe

  चCaAnd, sometimes used only for emphasis or gap-filling · for emphasis · And, sometimes used for emphasis · And · And, Also, Sometimes for emphasis or gap-fillings · Indeed · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also · For emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also, For emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis · Also · And, Also, Moreover · And, for emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-flilling · Moreover, Also · And, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, As Well as · Gap-filling or emphasis · And, for gap-filling · And, Also, sometimes for gap-filling · And, sometimes for emphasis · And, sometimes used for filling gaps
• verse 2

  यस्यामिदं कल्पितमिन्द्रजालं चराचरं भाति मनोविलासंसच्चित्सुखैका परमात्मरूपा सा काशिकाहं निजबोधरूपा ॥ 2 ॥

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  yasyāmidaṃ kalpitamindrajālaṃ charācharaṃ bhāti manōvilāsaṃsachchitsukhaikā paramātmarūpā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabōdharūpā ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  That in which this entire universe — moving and unmoving — appears like a magical conjuration, a play of the mind — and which is itself pure existence, consciousness and bliss, the form of the Supreme Self — I am that Kashi, of the nature of pure self-awareness.

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  भातिBhaati(Your Gentle Smile indeed) Shines (like the Radiance of the Moon) · Shine

  साSaaShe

  चराचरम्Cara-AcaramMovable and Immovable beings
• verse 3

  कोशेषु पञ्चस्वधिराजमाना बुद्धिर्भवानी प्रतिदेहगेहंसाक्षी शिवः सर्वगतोऽन्तरात्मा सा काशिकाहं निजबोधरूपा ॥ 3 ॥

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  kōśēṣu pañchasvadhirājamānā buddhirbhavānī pratidēhagēhaṃsākṣī śivaḥ sarvagatō'ntarātmā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabōdharūpā ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  The intellect that reigns over the five sheaths of the being and in every body is Bhavani (the Goddess). The witness who is Shiva, all-pervading, the inner Self of all — I am that Kashi, of the nature of pure self-awareness.

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  शिवShivaAuspicious

  साSaaShe
• verse 4

  काश्या हि काशत काशी काशी सर्वप्रकाशिकासा काशी विदिता येन तेन प्राप्ता हि काशिका ॥ 4 ॥

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  kāśyā hi kāśata kāśī kāśī sarvaprakāśikāsā kāśī viditā yēna tēna prāptā hi kāśikā ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  Kashi shines (kashati) because of the Light (Kashi = that which shines). Kashi illuminates all. He who has truly known that Kashi has truly attained Kashi.

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  हिHiFor, Because

  काशीKaashiiHoly City of Kasi

  साSaaShe

  येनYenaBy this · by whom · By Him · By Whom [is Sustained the Universe] · By Which, By Whom

  तेनTenaBy that

  काशिकाKaashikaaCity of Kasi

  विदितViditaUnderstood, Comprehended

  प्राप्तPraaptaObtained
• verse 5

  काशीक्षेत्रं शरीरं त्रिभुवनजननी व्यापिनी ज्ञानगङ्गाभक्ति श्रद्धा गयेयं निजगुरुचरणध्यानयोगः प्रयागःविश्वेशोऽयं तुरीयः सकलजनमनः साक्षिभूतोऽन्तरात्मादेहे सर्वं मदीये यदि वसति पुनस्तीर्थमन्यत्किमस्ति ॥ 5 ॥

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  kāśīkṣētraṃ śarīraṃ tribhuvanajananī vyāpinī jñānagaṅgābhakti śraddhā gayēyaṃ nijagurucharaṇadhyānayōgaḥ prayāgaḥviśvēśō'yaṃ turīyaḥ sakalajanamanaḥ sākṣibhūtō'ntarātmādēhē sarvaṃ madīyē yadi vasati punastīrthamanyatkimasti ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  If this body itself is Kashi-kshetra; if the all-pervading wisdom that is the mother of the three worlds is the Ganga of knowledge; if devotion and faith are the holy site of Gaya; if meditation on one's own Guru's feet is Prayaga; if the fourth-state Shiva — the inner Self who witnesses all minds — dwells within this body — then what other pilgrimage remains?

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  शरीरShariiraBody

  भक्तिBhaktiDevotion

  श्रद्धाShraddhaaFaith

  तुरीयTuriiyaTuriya, the Fourth State

  सर्वंSarvamAll, Full · [You Indeed are] All · All · All, Everything · Everything · [Peace is pervading] everywhere

  यदिYadiIf

  श्रद्धShraddhaHaving Faith
• verse 6

  ॥ इति श्रीमच्छङ्कराचार्यविरचिता काशी पञ्चकं प्रयाताष्टकम् ॥

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  ॥ iti śrīmachChaṅkarāchāryavirachitā kāśī pañchakaṃ prayātāṣṭakam ॥

  meaning

  Colophon: Thus ends the Kashi Panchakam by Sri Shankaracharya, also known as the Prayatashtkam.

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  इतिItiRefers to something that precedes

  काशीKaashiiHoly City of Kasi

  पञ्चकPan.cakaConsisting of Five