Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 30
धैर्यकन्था। उदासीनकौपीनम्। विचारदण्डः। ब्रह्मावलोकयोगपट्टः। श्रियां पादुका। परेच्छाचरणम्। कुण्डलिनीबन्धः। परापवादमुक्तो जीवन्मुक्तः। शिवयोगनिद्रा च। खेचरीमुद्रा च। परमानन्दी। निर्गतगुणत्रयम्। विवेकलभ्यं मनोवागगोचरम्। अनित्यं जगद्यज्जनितं स्वप्नजगदभ्रगजादितुल्यम्। तथा देहादिसङ्घातं मोहगुणजालकलितं तद्रज्जुसर्पवत्कल्पितम्। विष्णुविद्यादिशताभिधानलक्ष्यम्। अङ्कुशो मार्गः। शून्यं न सङ्केतः। परमेश्वरसत्ता। सत्यसिद्धयोगो मठः। अमरपदं तत्स्वरूपम्। आदिब्रह्मस्वसंवित्। अजपा गायत्री। विकारदण्डो ध्येयः॥
धैर्य-कन्था । उदासीन-कौपीनम् । विचार-दण्डः । ब्रह्म-अवलोक-योग-पट्टः । श्रियाः पादुका । पर-इच्छा-चरणम् । कुण्डलिनी-बन्धः । पर-अपवाद-मुक्तः जीवन्-मुक्तः । शिव-योग-निद्रा च । खेचरी-मुद्रा च । परम-आनन्दी । निर्गत-गुण-त्रयम् । विवेक-लभ्यम् मनः-वाक्-अगोचरम् । अनित्यम् जगत् यत् जनितम् स्वप्न-जगत्-अभ्र-गज-आदि-तुल्यम् । तथा देह-आदि-सङ्घातम् मोह-गुण-जाल-कलितम् तत् रज्जु-सर्प-वत् कल्पितम् । विष्णु-विद्या-आदि-शत-अभिधान-लक्ष्यम् । अङ्कुशः मार्गः । शून्यम् न सङ्केतः । परम-ईश्वर-सत्ता । सत्य-सिद्ध-योगः मठः । अमर-पदम् तत्-स्वरूपम् । आदि-ब्रह्म-स्व-संवित् । अजपा गायत्री । विकार-दण्डः ध्येयः ।
dhairyakanthā | udāsīnakaupīnam | vicāradaṇḍaḥ | brahmāvalokayogapaṭṭaḥ | śriyāṃ pādukā | parecchācaraṇam | kuṇḍalinībandhaḥ | parāpavādamukto jīvanmuktaḥ | śivayoganidrā ca | khecarīmudrā ca | paramānandī | nirgataguṇatrayam | vivekalabhyaṃ manovāgagocaram | anityaṃ jagadyajjanitaṃ svapnajagadabhragajāditulyam | tathā dehādisaṅghātaṃ mohaguṇajālakalitaṃ tadrajjusarpavatkalpitam | viṣṇuvidyādiśatābhidhānalakṣyam | aṅkuśo mārgaḥ | śūnyaṃ na saṅketaḥ | parameśvarasattā | satyasiddhayogo maṭhaḥ | amarapadaṃ tatsvarūpam | ādibrahmasvasaṃvit | ajapā gāyatrī | vikāradaṇḍo dhyeyaḥ ||
ধৈৰ্যই কন্থা; উদাসীনতাই কৌপীন; বিবেকেই দণ্ড; ব্ৰহ্মাৱলোকনৰ যোগেই পট্ট; শ্ৰী (সমৃদ্ধি) পাদুকা; পৰমৰ ইচ্ছানুসাৰে আচৰণেই চৰণ; কুণ্ডলিনী-বন্ধ (সংযম)েই নিয়ম। নিন্দা আৰু প্ৰতিনিন্দাৰ পৰা মুক্ত জন জীৱন্মুক্ত। শিৱযোগ-নিদ্ৰা আছে, খেচৰী-মুদ্ৰাও আছে। পৰমানন্দত স্থিত, ত্ৰিগুণাতীত—বিবেকত লভ্য, মন আৰু বাকৰ অগোচৰ। উৎপন্ন জগত অনিত্য—স্বপ্নজগতৰ দৰে, মেঘগজ আদিৰ দৰে। তদ্ৰূপ দেহাদি সংঘাত মোহগুণজালত গাঁথা, ৰজ্জু-সৰ্পৰ দৰে কল্পিত। ‘বিষ্ণু’, ‘বিদ্যা’ আদি শতনামৰে যি সূচিত, সেয়াই লক্ষ্য। অঙ্কুশেই মাৰ্গ; ‘শূন্য’ সংকেত নহয়। পৰমেশ্বৰ-সত্তাই পৰম বাস্তৱ। সত্য আৰু সিদ্ধিৰ যোগেই মঠ। অমৰ পদ তাৰ স্বৰূপ—আদিব্ৰহ্মৰ স্বপ্ৰকাশ স্বসংবিত। অজপাই গায়ত্ৰী। বিকাৰ-নিবাৰক দণ্ডক ধ্যান কৰিব লাগে।
(Same as Nirvana.28, as the supplied mantra-text is identical.) Fortitude is the cloak; indifference the loincloth; discrimination the staff; the belt is the yoga of beholding Brahman; prosperity the sandals; conduct is conformity to the Supreme Will; discipline is the binding of Kuṇḍalinī. Freed from blame and counter-blame, one is a jīvanmukta. There is Śiva’s yogic sleep and khecarī-mudrā. One is in supreme bliss, beyond the three guṇas—attainable through discernment, beyond mind and speech. The produced world is impermanent, like a dream-world, like a cloud-elephant; likewise the body-aggregate is imagined like a rope-snake. The target is what is denoted by many names such as Viṣṇu and Vidyā. The goad is the path; ‘void’ is not the indicator. Reality is the existence of the Supreme Lord. The monastery is the yoga of truth and accomplishment. The deathless state is Its nature: the self-luminous awareness of the primal Brahman. Ajapā is the Gāyatrī. The staff that removes modifications is to be meditated upon.
- जगद्यज्जनितम् → जगत् + यत् + जनितम्
- मनोवागगोचरम् → मनस् + वाच् + गोचरम्
- तद्रज्जुसर्पवत्कल्पितम् → तत् + रज्जुसर्पवत् + कल्पितम्
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Nondual Brahman as self-awareness; māyā/adhyāsa; jīvanmukti; inner renunciation; transcendence of guṇas
- The mahavakyas
- Conceptually reinforces ‘Prajnānam Brahma’ (self-awareness as Brahman) and ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’; not an explicit mahāvākya
- Veda
- Rig Veda
- Chandas
- Prose (gadya)
Yoga and practice
Nididhyāsana as ‘brahmāvaloka’; breath-linked ajapā as continuous remembrance; equanimity practice; optional haṭha mudrā/bandha framed as supports for mental steadiness and absorption
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