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Verse 12

Nirvana

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

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 । अकल्पित-भिक्षा-अशी । हंस-आचारः । सर्व-भूत-अन्तः-वर्ती । हंसः । इति । प्रतिपादनम् ॥

ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ | nirālamba-pīṭhaḥ | saṃyoga-dīkṣā | viyogopadeśaḥ | dīkṣā-santoṣa-pānaṃ ca | dvādaśādityāvalokanam | viveka-rakṣā | karuṇaiva kelīḥ | ānanda-mālā | ekānta-guhāyāṃ muktāsana-sukha-goṣṭhī | akalpitabhikṣāśī | haṃsācāraḥ | sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa iti pratipādanam ||12–24||

ঊর্ধ্বাম্নায়—ঊর্ধ্বপথের পরম্পরা। নিরালম্বপীঠ—আশ্রয়হীন পবিত্র আসন। সংযোগদীক্ষা—একত্বে দীক্ষা; বিয়োগোপদেশ—বৈরাগ্য/বিচ্ছেদের উপদেশ। দীক্ষারূপে সন্তোষ-পান। দ্বাদশ আদিত্যের অবলোকন—বারো সূর্যতত্ত্বের ধ্যান। বিবেকের দ্বারা রক্ষা। করুণাই ক্রীড়া। আনন্দমালা—আনন্দের মালা। একান্ত গুহায় মুক্তাসনের সুখের সৎসঙ্গ-গোষ্ঠী। অकल्पিত ভিক্ষাভোজী—যা অনায়াসে মেলে তাই গ্রহণ। হংসাচার—হংসসম আচরণ। প্রতিপাদন যে হংস সকল ভূতের অন্তরে অধিষ্ঠিত।

The ‘upward’ transmission (ūrdhvāmnāya). The seat (pīṭha) that is without support. Initiation into union (saṃyoga-dīkṣā). Instruction in disjunction (viyoga-upadeśa). And the drinking of contentment as the initiation. The contemplation of the twelve Ādityas (suns). Protection by discrimination (viveka). Compassion alone is play. A garland of bliss. In the solitary cave, an assembly of ease in the posture of liberation. Eating unpremeditated alms. The conduct of the Haṃsa. The establishment (of the doctrine) that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Sādhana for Moksha: viveka-vairāgya, inner renunciation, and recognition of the indwelling Self (antarātman)Mahavakya: Supports ‘Tat tvam asi’ and ‘Ayam ātmā brahma’ by asserting the indwelling Self in all beings; complements ‘So’ham’ as lived realizationAtharvaChandas: Prose