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Manisha Panchakam

మనీషాపఞ్చకమ్

Manisha Panchakam is a traditional Adi Shankaracharya devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

||manīṣāpañcakaṃ || manīṣāpañcakaṃ annamayādannamayamathavā caitanyameva caitanyāt | yativara dūrīkartuṃ vāñchasi kiṃ brūhi gaccha gaccheti || pratyagvastuni nistaraṅgasahajānandāvabodhāmbudhau vipro'yaṃ śvapaco'yamityapi mahānko'yaṃ vibhedabhramaḥ | kiṃ gaṅgāmbuni bimbite'mbaramaṇau cāṇḍālavīthīpayaḥ pūre vā'ntaramasti kāñcanaghaṭīmṛtkumbhayorvā'mbare || jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiṣu sphuṭatarā yā saṃvidujjṛmbhate yā brahmādipipīlikāntatanuṣu protā jagatsākṣiṇī | saivāhaṃ na ca dṛśyavastviti dṛḍhaprajñāpi yasyāsti ce- ccāṇḍālo'stu sa tu dvijo'stu gururityeṣā manīṣā mama ||1|| brahmaivāhamidaṃ jagacca sakalaṃ cinmātravistāritaṃ sarvaṃ caitadavidyayā triguṇayā'śeṣaṃ mayā kalpitam | itthaṃ yasya dṛḍhā matiḥ sukhatare nitye pare nirmale cāṇḍālo'stu sa tu dvijo'stu gururityeṣā manīṣā mama ||2|| śaśvannaśvarameva viśvamakhilaṃ niścitya vācā guro- rnityaṃ brahma nirantaraṃ vimṛśatā nirvyājaśāntātmanā | bhūtaṃ bhāti ca duṣkṛtaṃ pradahatā saṃvinmaye pāvake prārabdhāya samarpitaṃ svavapurityeṣā manīṣā mama ||3|| yā tiryaṅnaradevatābhirahamityantaḥ sphuṭā gṛhyate yadbhāsā hṛdayākṣadehaviṣayā bhānti svato'cetanāḥ | tāṃ bhāsyaiḥ pihitārkamaṇḍalanibhāṃ sphūrtiṃ sadā bhāvaya- nyogī nirvṛtamānaso hi gururityeṣā manīṣā mama ||4|| yatsaukhyāmbudhileśaleśata ime śakrādayo nirvṛtā yaccitte nitarāṃ praśāntakalane labdhvā munirnirvṛtaḥ | yasminnityasukhāmbudhau galitadhīrbrahmaiva na brahmavid yaḥ kaścitsa surendravanditapado nūnaṃ manīṣā mama ||5|| dāsaste'haṃ dehadṛṣṭyā'smi śaṃbho jātasteṃ'śo jīvadṛṣṭyā tridṛṣṭe | sarvasyā''tmannātmadṛṣṭyā tvameve- tyevaṃ me dhīrniścitā sarvaśāstraiḥ || ||iti śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau manīṣāpañcakaṃ saṃpūrṇam ||

Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Adi Shankaracharya through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of मनीषापञ्चकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 329157, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.