Nirvana Upanishad 15: Verse 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वाम्नायः। निरालम्बपीठः। संयोगदीक्षा। वियोगोपदेशः। दीक्षासन्तोषपानं च। द्वादशादित्यावलोकनम्। विवेकरक्षा। करुणैव केलिः। आनन्दमाला। एकान्तगुहायां मुक्तासनसुखगोष्ठी। अकल्पितभिक्षाशी। हंसाचारः। सर्वभूतान्तर्वर्ती हंस इति प्रतिपादनम्॥१२–२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ऊर्ध्व-आम्नायः । निरालम्ब-पीठः । संयोग-दीक्षा । वियोग-उपदेशः । दीक्षा-सन्तोष-पानम् च । द्वादश-आदित्य-अवलोकनम् । विवेक-रक्षा । करुणा एव केलिः । आनन्द-माला । एकान्त-गुहायाम् मुक्त-आसन-सुख-गोष्ठी । अ-कल्पित-भिक्षा-आशी । हंस-आचारः । सर्व-भूत-अन्तः-वर्ती हंसः इति प्रतिपादनम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 15

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ | nirālambapīṭhaḥ | saṃyogadīkṣā | viyogopadeśaḥ | dīkṣāsantoṣapānaṃ ca | dvādaśādityāvalokanam | vivekarakṣā | karuṇaiva keliḥ | ānandamālā | ekāntaguhāyāṃ muktāsanasukhagoṣṭhī | akalpitabhikṣāśī | haṃsācāraḥ | sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa iti pratipādanam ||12–24||

Translation

(هذه هي السمات والرياضات:) السلسلة العُليا؛ المقعد الذي لا سند له؛ ديكشا الاتحاد؛ تعليم الانفصال أي الزهد؛ وارتشاف رضى الديكشا؛ تأمّل الآديتيّات الاثني عشر؛ الحماية بالتمييز؛ الرحمة وحدها كلعبٍ قدسي؛ إكليل النعيم؛ في كهف الخلوة اجتماعٌ طيّب في هيئة التحرّر؛ آكلُ صدقةٍ غير مصطنعة؛ سلوك الهَمْسَة؛ وشرحُ أن الهَمْسَة ساكنٌ في داخل جميع الكائنات.

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Academic Translation

(These are the characteristics/observances:) the upper transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; and the drinking of the contentment of initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; protection by discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, a pleasant gathering in the posture of liberation; one who eats uncontrived alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the exposition that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Ātman/Brahman non-duality expressed as the ‘Haṃsa within all beings’; renunciate freedom (nirvāṇa/jīvanmukti)
• Mahavakya: Implicit—supports mahāvākya purport (tātparya) of non-duality: the one Self is the inner reality of all (basis for ‘Tat Tvam Asi’).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam)