Nirvana Upanishad 16: Verse 16
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 । अ-कल्पित-भिक्षा-आशी । हंस-आचारः । सर्व-भूत-अन्तर्वर्ती हंसः इति प्रतिपादनम् ।
ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ | nirālambapīṭhaḥ | saṃyogadīkṣā | viyogopadeśaḥ | dīkṣāsantoṣapānaṃ ca | dvādaśādityāvalokanam | vivekarakṣā | karuṇaiva keliḥ | ānandamālā | ekāntaguhāyāṃ muktāsanasukhagoṣṭhī | akalpitabhikṣāśī | haṃsācāraḥ | sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa iti pratipādanam ||12–24||
[Er ist gekennzeichnet durch:] die aufwärts gerichtete Überlieferung (ūrdhvāmnāya); den stützlosen Sitz (nirālamba-pīṭha); die Einweihung in die Vereinigung (saṃyoga-dīkṣā); die Unterweisung in Trennung/Loslösung (viyoga-upadeśa); und das Trinken der Zufriedenheit, die selbst Einweihung ist; die Betrachtung der zwölf Ādityas; das Hüten der Unterscheidungskraft (viveka); Mitgefühl allein als sein Spiel; eine Girlande der Seligkeit; in der einsamen Höhle die Zusammenkunft der Freude des befreiten Sitzes; einer, der von ungekünstelter Almosenspeise lebt; der Wandel des Haṃsa; und die Darlegung, dass der Haṃsa im Innern aller Wesen weilt.
[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.
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