Maya Panchakam

Maya's deceptive power makes even the enlightened identify with the body and ego

Introduction To Maya Panchakam

Maya Panchakam is a profound set of five verses composed by Adi Shankaracharya, one of India’s greatest spiritual masters and philosophers. In these verses, he offers a deep reflection on Maya, the mysterious power that projects the illusory appearance of the world and veils the true nature of the Self. Though the Self is infinite, non-dual, and ever-free, Maya causes even the wise to momentarily identify with the body, ego, and the material world.

With sharp clarity and poetic precision, Adi Shankara reveals how this illusion gives rise to bondage, suffering, and false identification, while affirming that liberation lies in recognizing the Self as Brahman—the unchanging, eternal Reality. These verses are both a philosophical exposition and a meditative pointer to transcend illusion and awaken to Truth.

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