15 maayamaaLava gowLa janya
Aa: S R1 G3 M1 P D1 N3
Av: N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S N3

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Sadaashiva Bruhmendrar
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

brahmaivAham kila sadguru krpayA

caraNam 1

brahmaivAham kila guru krpayA cinmaya bOdhAnanda ghanam tat

caraNam 2

shrutyantaika nirUpitam-atulam satya sukhAmbudhi samarasam anagham

caraNam 3

karmAkarma vikarma vidUram nirmala samvid akhaNDam apAram

caraNam 4

niravadhi sattAspada padamajaram nirupama mahimani nihitamanIham

caraNam 5

AshA pAsha vinAshana caturam kOsha pancakAtItam anantam

caraNam 6

kAraNa kAraNam Ekam anEkam kAlakAla kalidoSa vihInam

caraNam 7

apramEya padam akhilAdhAram niSprapanca nija niSkriya rUpam

caraNam 8

sva-prakAsha shivam advayam abhayam niSpratarkyam anapAyam akAyam

Meaning:

pallavi

ahaM - I (am)
kila - indeed,
brahma Eva - Brahman, the supreme being, itself.
sadguru kRpayA - By the grace of the noble Guru (I have realized this.)

caraNam 1

guru kRpayA - By the grace of the Guru (I have realized that)
ahaM - I (am)
kila - indeed,
brahma Eva - Brahman, the supreme being itself,
cinmaya bOdhAnanda ghanaM - that which is pure/concentrated bliss of consciousness,
tat - (that which is) indicated by the word “tat” (that).

caraNam 2

(I am Brahman itself)
Srutyantaika nirUpitam - that which alone is expounded only by the Upanishads,
atulam - that which has no equal,
satya - the truth
sukhAmbudhi samarasam - that is evenly filled with the Rasa of the ocean of bliss,
anagham - that which is sinless.

caraNam 3

(I am Brahman itself)
karmAkarma vikarma vidUraM - that which is far removed from action, inaction and inappropriate action,
nirmala samvid - that which is pure awareness,
akhaNDam - that which is undivided,
apAram - that which has no boundaries.

caraNam 4

(I am Brahman itself)
niravadhi sattA Aspada padam - the abode of permanent reality that has no limits (like space and time),
ajaraM - that which is ageless,
nirupama mahimani nihitam - that which is established in incomparable glory,
anIham - that which has no desire/attachment.

caraNam 5

(I am Brahman itself)
ASA pASa vinASana caturam - that which is adept at removing all desires and (resultant) bondage,
kOSa pancakAtItam - that which is beyond the five sheaths,
anantam - that which is infinite.

caraNam 6

(I am Brahman itself)
kAraNa kAraNam - that which the root cause of all causes,
Ekam anEkam - that which is one yet appears as many,
kAlakAla - that which has put an end to time,
kalidOsha vihInam - that which is devoid of the evils of Kaliyuga.

caraNam 7

(I am Brahman itself)
apramEya padam - that which is said to be immeasurable,
akhilAdhAram - that which is the basis of everything,
nishprapanca - that which is not associated with this world (made of the five elements),
nija nishkriya rUpam - that which is in its own, action-less state.

caraNam 8

(I am Brahman itself)
sva-prakASa Sivam - that which is self-effulgent and auspicious,
advayam - that which has no second,
abhayaM - (and therefore) that which has no fear,
nishpratarkyam - that which is beyond conjecture,
anapAyam - that which has no destruction,
akAyam - that which has no body.

Notes:
Vedanta texts mention five sheaths every person has : Annamaya, Pranamaya, Mano-maya, Vijnana-maya and Ananda-maya Koshas, and can roughly be translated as the physical body, breath, mind, intellect and bliss.

Meaning reprinted from here with permission.

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning and corrections contributed by Rajani Arjun Shankar.