Nirvana Upanishad 16: Verse 16

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-अन्तर्वर्ती हंसः इति प्रतिपादनम् ।

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 16

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

[তাঁর লক্ষণ:] ঊর্ধ্বাম্নায় (ঊর্ধ্ব পরম্পরা), নিরালম্ব পীঠ (আশ্রয়হীন আসন), সংযোগ-দীক্ষা, বিয়োগ/বৈরাগ্যের উপদেশ, এবং দীক্ষারূপ সন্তোষ-পান; দ্বাদশ আদিত্যের অবলোকন, বিবেক-রক্ষা, করুণাই ক্রীড়া, আনন্দমালা; একান্ত গুহায় মুক্তাসনের সুখ-গোষ্ঠী; অकल्पিত ভিক্ষায় জীবনধারণ; হংস-আচার; এবং প্রতিপাদন যে হংস সর্বভূতের অন্তর্বর্তী।

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Academic Translation

[He is characterized by:] the upward transmission (ūrdhvāmnāya); the supportless seat (nirālamba-pīṭha); initiation into union (saṃyoga-dīkṣā); instruction in disunion/detachment (viyoga-upadeśa); and the drinking of contentment that is initiation; the contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; the guarding of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, an assembly of the happiness of the liberated posture/seat; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the establishing (doctrine) that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Moksha (jīvanmukti) through viveka-vairāgya; Haṃsa as inner Ātman/Brahman
• Mahavakya: Implicitly aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) and ‘तत्त्वमसि’ (Tat tvam asi) via the claim of the one Self dwelling in all beings; not a direct mahāvākya citation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadya) / aphoristic nominal style