One who meditates on Shiva,
With the silent mantra,
Realizes Shiva.
No language can form this mantra.
It is the unrepeated ajapa mantra,
Which exists only in silence.
This mantra is called Hamsa,
Which is the same as So’ham.
It is also called Paramahamsa,
And the unsounded mantra.
A seeker practices it,
With his inhalation and exhalation,
But actually the breath is already,
Doing the Hamsa japa within,
Day in and day out.
Paramashiva, who is not different from us,
Dwells in the sahasrara as Hamsa.
The wise understand this,
Through the power of Shiva’s blessing.
Verse 69, Lalleshwari.