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Verse 22

Nirvana

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-आवलोकनम् । विवेक-रक्षा । करुणा एव केलिः । आनन्द-माला । एकान्त-गुहायाम् मुक्त-आसन-सुख-गोष्ठी । अकल्पित-भिक्षा-आशी । हंस-आचारः । सर्व-भूत-अन्तः-वर्ती 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 (ūrdhvāmnāya); der haltlose Sitz (nirālamba-pīṭha); die Einweihung in die Vereinigung (saṃyoga-dīkṣā); die Unterweisung in der Trennung, im Losgelöstsein (viyoga-upadeśa); und das Trinken der Zufriedenheit, die selbst Einweihung ist; die Betrachtung der zwölf Ādityas; das Hüten der Unterscheidungskraft (viveka); Mitgefühl allein als göttliches Spiel; eine Girlande der Wonne; in der einsamen Höhle die Zusammenkunft der Freude des befreiten Sitzes; einer, der unvorbedachte Almosen speist; der Wandel des Haṃsa; und die Darlegung, dass der Haṃsa im Innern aller Wesen weilt.

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 alms that are unpremeditated; the conduct of the Haṃsa; the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Moksha (liberation) through viveka-vairāgya and recognition of the inner Haṃsa/Ātman as all-pervading indwellerMahavakya: Indirectly supports mahāvākya purport (ātman = brahman) by asserting the indwelling Haṃsa in all beings; closest in spirit to “Aham Brahmāsmi” and “Tat Tvam Asi” (not a direct mahāvākya citation).AtharvaChandas: Prose (gadyam)