[BUMbaronos]

I have pasted this stanza here from Nirvana Shatakam not to oppose Homa and Yagna but just to bring to notice about this stanza which some might view as opposing to the need of a Homa or Yagna.

This stanza purely explains the Nature of the Atma and I am just pasting it here to make sure its not wrongly used to target Yagnas and Homas on technical grounds.(Every angle needs to be covered in a discussion which might have opposing views..being technical here thats all)


न पुण्यं न पापं न सौख्यं न दु:खम् न मन्त्रो न तीर्थं न वेदा: न यज्ञा:
अहं भोजनं नैव भोज्यं न भोक्ता चिदानन्द रूप: शिवोऽहम् शिवॊऽहम् ॥


Na Punyan Na Paapan Na Saukhyan Na Dukham, Na Mantro Na Tirthan Na Vedaah Na Yajnaah
Aham Bhojanan Naiv Bhojyan Na Bhoktaa, Chidaananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham


I have neither virtue (punya), nor vice (paapa). I do not commit sins or good deeds, nor have happiness or sorrow, pain or pleasure. I do not need mantras, holy places, scriptures, rituals or sacrifices (yajna). I am none of the triad of the observer or one who experiences, the process of observing or experiencing, or any object being observed or experienced. I am indeed, That eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva, love and pure consciousness.