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न शुक्लं न कृष्णं न रक्तं न पीतं
न कुब्जं न पीनं न ह्रस्वं न दीर्घम्।
अरूपं तथा ज्योतिराकारकत्वा
त्तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम्।।6।।
Na śuklaṃ na kṛṣṇaṃ na raktaṃ na pītaṃ
Na kubjaṃ na pīnaṃ na hrasvaṃ na dīrgham.
Arūpaṃ tathā jyotirākārakatvā
Ttadeko’vaśiṣṭaḥ śivaḥ kevalo’ham..6..
Neither white nor black,
Neither red nor yellow,
Neither large nor thin,
Neither short , nor tall,
And neither with a form is the soul,
For this soul is the form of the light,
So I am simply Shiva the self,
For this remains even in sleep,
After everything is taken out.

Dasa Shloki – Commentary by S.N. Sastri

Brahman is not white, nor black, nor red, nor yellow; it is not tiny, nor big. It is neither short nor long. It is not knowable since it is of the nature of effulgence. I remain as the one auspicious self free from all attributes.


Dasa Shloki – Verse 6 – Dasa Shloki – 6-Na śuklaṃ na kṛṣṇaṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation and Meaning – Adi Sankaracharya – Dasa-Shloki-6