Nirvana Upanishad 17: Verse 17
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 Tradition; den stützlosen Sitz; die Einweihung in die Vereinigung; die Unterweisung im Loslassen; das Trinken der Zufriedenheit, die Einweihung ist; die Betrachtung der zwölf Ādityas; den Schutz der Unterscheidungskraft; Mitgefühl allein als Spiel; eine Girlande der Seligkeit; in der einsamen Höhle die Versammlung der Freude des befreiten Sitzes; einer, der unvorbedachte Almosen speist; der Wandel des Haṃsa; und die Aussage, dass der Haṃsa in allen Wesen wohnt.
[He is characterized by:] the upward transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; the drinking of contentment that is initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; protection of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, an assembly of the happiness of the liberated seat; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the establishing that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.
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