Nirvana Upanishad 24: Verse 24

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-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 ॥

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 24

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

The upward transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; and the drinking of contentment that is initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; guarding of discrimination; compassion alone as divine play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, an assembly tasting the happiness of the liberated seat; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

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Academic Translation

The upward transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; and the drinking of contentment that is initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; 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; the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Brahman/Ātman immanence (sarvabhūtāntarvartitva) and the paramahaṃsa ideal
• Mahavakya: Conceptually consonant with non-dual mahāvākya intent; no explicit mahāvākya wording.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam)