Who Am I? — Nirvāṇa-Dvātriṃśikā: Thirty-Two Verses to Param Brahman; कोऽहम्? — निर्वाण-द्वात्रिंशिका: द्वात्रिंशत् परमब्रह्म-बोध-श्लोकाः ; मैं कौन हूँ? — निर्वाण-द्वात्रिंशिका: परमब्रह्म की ओर बत्तीस श्लोक

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Vimal, R. L. P. (2026d). Who Am I? — Nirvāṇa-Dvātriṃśikā: Thirty-Two Verses to Param Brahman; कोऽहम्? — निर्वाण-द्वात्रिंशिका: द्वात्रिंशत् परमब्रह्म-बोध-श्लोकाः ; मैं कौन हूँ? — निर्वाण-द्वात्रिंशिका: परमब्रह्म की ओर बत्तीस श्लोक. Vision Research Institute: Living Vision and Consciousness Research, 20(3), 1-694. [Available: (Vimal, 2026d): <http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20091783>; <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c36Ocj9sLofrep639dSHtcY0d468yhWt/view?usp=sharing>

Overall Abstract

(Vimal, 2026d) presents a comprehensive philosophical and spiritual treatise that expands upon Ādi Śaṅkarācārya's classical six-verse Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam into a 32-verse liturgical composition titled the Nirvāṇa-dvātriṃśikā (निर्वाण-द्वात्रिंशिका). The central question animating the work is the ancient enquiry "Who Am I?" (Kohaṃ? / मैं कौन हूँ?), approached through 128 structured steps of Drik-Drishya-Viveka (subject-object discrimination) from the Jñāna Yoga tradition.

The author argues that while Ādi Śaṅkarācārya's Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam captures approximately 93% of the Neti-Neti ("not this, not this") principle by culminating in Advaita Vedānta's Nirguṇa Brahman (pure consciousness, pureC), it nevertheless leaves a residual 27% of māyā because pure consciousness (pureC) itself remains a Svarūpa-Lakṣaṇa — an intrinsic attribute — and therefore cannot fully account for modern scientific perspectives (Vimal, 2026). The proposed 32-verse extension is designed to achieve 100% of the Neti-Neti principle, culminating in what the author designates Param Brahman (PB) — the neutral, equipollent, unmanifest absolute — where the Degree of Māyā (DEM) equals zero.

The theoretical framework deployed is Dvi-Pakṣādvaita Vedānta (DPV), also referred to as DPV~ICRDAM (Inseparable-Complementary-Reflective Dual-Aspect Monism), which the author presents as a fourth position beyond the three classical Vedāntic schools (Advaita, Viśiṣṭādvaita, and Dvaita). Within this framework:

Advaita Vedānta's Nirguṇa Brahman (AV-NB) is equated with pure consciousness (pureC), understood as the subjective pole of DPV's dual-aspect Saguṇa Brahman (SB).
Param Brahman (PB) is identified with the neutral pre–Big Bang Quantum Vacuum Field (preBB-QVF) potential — the unmanifest ground that is prior to both the conscious (nirguṇa) and material (saguṇa) aspects of reality.
The psychophysical universe is understood as Dual-Aspect Saguṇa Brahman (DA-SB), equivalent to the Dual-Aspect Psychophysical Universe (DA-PPU).

Each of the 32 verses follows a strict Bhujaṅgaprayāta meter and a call-and-response (guru-śiṣya) structure, systematically negating 128 observable, experiential, or conceptual layers of selfhood — from genetic makeup, breath, and heartbeat through emotions, social roles, and metaphysical constructs — culminating in the declaration "I am Param Brahman" (Vimal, 2026d). The work is presented bilingually in Sanskrit/Hindi and English, with detailed philosophical commentary, summary tables, and a concluding discussion integrating the Heptagonal Cyclic Cosmology (HCC) model of cosmic evolution.

Keywords

Philosophical & Vedāntic Concepts

Neti-Neti (नेति-नेति) — apophatic negation
Nirvāṇa-dvātriṃśikā (निर्वाण-द्वात्रिंशिका)
Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam (निर्वाण-षट्कम्)
Param Brahman / परमब्रह्म (PB)
Nirguṇa Brahman (NB) — attributeless absolute
Saguṇa Brahman (SB) — manifested absolute
Dvi-Pakṣādvaita Vedānta (DPV)
Advaita Vedānta (AV)
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Dvaita Vedānta
Mahāvākyas (Ahaṃ Brahmāsmi, Tat Tvam Asi, Prajñānaṃ Brahma, Ayam Ātmā Brahma)
Māyā / Degree of Māyā (DEM)
Mokṣa (liberation)
Svarūpa-Lakṣaṇa (intrinsic attribute)
Taṭastha-Lakṣaṇa (conditional attribute)
Drik-Drishya-Viveka (द्रक्-दृश्य-विवेक — seer-seen discrimination)
Jñāna Yoga (ज्ञानयोग)
Nirvikalpa Samādhi
Bhujaṅgaprayāta (verse meter)