Nirvana Upanishad 18: Verse 18
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||
Die aufwärts gerichtete Überlieferung; der stützlose Sitz; die Einweihung in die Vereinigung; die Lehre der Loslösung; und das Trinken der Zufriedenheit als Einweihung; die Betrachtung der zwölf Ādityas; das Bewahren der Unterscheidungskraft; Mitgefühl allein als Spiel; eine Girlande der Seligkeit; in der einsamen Höhle die gesellige Versammlung der Freude des befreiten Sitzes; einer, der von ungekünstelten Almosen lebt; der Wandel des Haṃsa; die Behauptung, dass der Haṃsa in allen Wesen innerlich wohnt.
The upward tradition; the supportless seat; initiation into union; teaching of detachment; and the drinking of contentment as initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; safeguarding discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, the conviviality/assembly of the joy of the liberated seat; one who subsists on uncontrived alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; the assertion that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.
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