Nirvana Upanishad 14: Verse 14

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 14

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

(Dies sind die Kennzeichen und Observanzen:) die obere Überlieferung; der stützlose Sitz; die Einweihung in die Vereinigung; die Unterweisung in der Loslösung; und das Trinken der Zufriedenheit der Einweihung; die Betrachtung der zwölf Ādityas; der Schutz der Unterscheidungskraft; Mitgefühl allein als Spiel; eine Girlande der Wonne; in der einsamen Höhle eine angenehme Zusammenkunft in der Haltung der Befreiung; einer, der ungeplante Almosen isst; die Lebensweise des Haṃsa; und die Lehre, dass der Haṃsa im Innern aller Wesen wohnt.

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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; safeguarding of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, a pleasant assembly in the posture of liberation; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Jīvanmukti; Ātman as immanent Brahman (sarvabhūtāntarvartin)
• Mahavakya: Indirect—aligns with ‘Tat Tvam Asi’/‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ through the immanence of the one Self in all beings.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam)