Verse 49
Nirvana
नियमः स्वात्मेन्द्रियनिग्रहः। भयमोहशोकक्रोधत्यागस्त्यागः। अनियामकत्वनिर्मलशक्तिः। स्वप्रकाशब्रह्मतत्त्वे शिवशक्तिसम्पुटितप्रपञ्चच्छेदनम्। तथा पत्राक्षाक्षिकमण्डलुः। भवाभावदहनम्। बिभ्रत्याकाशाधारम्। शिवं तुरीयं यज्ञोपवीतम्। तन्मया शिखा। चिन्मयं चोत्सृष्टिदण्डम्। सन्तताक्षिकमण्डलुम्। कर्मनिर्मूलनं कन्था। मायाममताहङ्कारदहनम्। श्मशाने अनाहताङ्गी। निस्त्रैगुण्यस्वरूपानुसन्धानं समयम्। भ्रान्तिहरणम्। कामादिवृत्तिदहनम्। काठिन्यदृढकौपीनम्। चीराजिनवासः। अनाहतमन्त्रः। अक्रिययैव जुष्टम्। स्वेच्छाचारस्वस्वभावो मोक्षः परं ब्रह्म। प्लववदाचरणम्। ब्रह्मचर्यशान्तिसंग्रहणम्। ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमेऽधीत्य सर्वसंविन्न्यासं संन्यासम्। अन्ते ब्रह्माखण्डाकारम्। नित्यं सर्वसन्देहनाशनम्॥४९–६०॥
नियमः । स्वात्म-इन्द्रिय-निग्रहः । भय-मोह-शोक-क्रोध-त्यागः । त्यागः । अनियामकत्व-निर्मल-शक्तिः । स्व-प्रकाश-ब्रह्म-तत्त्वे । शिव-शक्ति-सम्पुटित-प्रपञ्च-च्छेदनम् । तथा । पत्राक्ष-अक्षि-क-मण्डलुः । भव-अभाव-दहनम् । बिभ्रति । आकाश-आधारम् । शिवम् । तुरीयम् । यज्ञोपवीतम् । तत्-मया । शिखा । चिन्मयम् । च । उत्सृष्टि-दण्डम् । सन्तत-अक्षि-क-मण्डलुम् । कर्म-निर्मूलनम् । कन्था । माया-अममता-अहङ्कार-दहनम् । श्मशाने । अनाहत-अङ्गी । निः-त्रैगुण्य-स्वरूप-अनुसन्धानम् । समयम् । भ्रान्ति-हरणम् । काम-आदि-वृत्ति-दहनम् । काठिन्य-दृढ-कौपीनम् । चीर-अजिन-वासः । अनाहत-मन्त्रः । अक्रियया एव । जुष्टम् । स्वेच्छा-आचार-स्व-स्वभावः । मोक्षः । परम् । ब्रह्म । प्लववत् । आचरणम् । ब्रह्मचर्य-शान्ति-संग्रहणम् । ब्रह्मचर्य-आश्रमे । अधीत्य । सर्व-संवित्-न्यासम् । संन्यासम् । अन्ते । ब्रह्म-अखण्ड-आकारम् । नित्यम् । सर्व-सन्देह-नाशनम् ।
niyamaḥ svātma-indriya-nigrahaḥ | bhaya-moha-śoka-krodha-tyāgas tyāgaḥ | aniyāmakatva-nirmala-śaktiḥ | sva-prakāśa-brahma-tattve śiva-śakti-sampuṭita-prapañca-cchedanam | tathā patrākṣa-akṣika-maṇḍaluḥ | bhavābhāva-dahanam | bibhraty ākāśādhāram | śivaṃ turīyaṃ yajñopavītam | tanmayā śikhā | cinmayaṃ cotsṛṣṭi-daṇḍam | santatākṣika-maṇḍalum | karma-nirmūlanaṃ kanthā | māyāmamatāhaṅkāra-dahanam | śmaśāne anāhatāṅgī | nistrai-guṇya-svarūpānusandhānaṃ samayam | bhrānti-haraṇam | kāmādi-vṛtti-dahanam | kāṭhinya-dṛḍha-kaupīnam | cīrājina-vāsaḥ | anāhata-mantraḥ | akriyayaiva juṣṭam | svecchācāra-sva-svabhāvo mokṣaḥ paraṃ brahma | plavavad ācaraṇam | brahmacarya-śānti-saṅgrahaṇam | brahmacaryāśrame 'dhītya sarva-saṃvid-nyāsaṃ saṃnyāsam | ante brahmākhaṇḍākāram | nityaṃ sarva-sandeha-nāśanam ||49–60||
“Niyama” is the restraint of one’s own self and senses. Renunciation is the casting away of fear, delusion, grief, and anger. The pure power of being unguided by external injunctions—this is niyama. Abiding in the self-luminous truth of Brahman, cutting off the world, enclosed within Śiva and Śakti—thus is niyama. Likewise, the maṇḍalu (water-pot) is the petal-like circle of the eyes. The burning of being and non-being is niyama. Bearing the support of space is niyama. The sacred thread is Śiva, the Fourth (turīya). The topknot is absorption in That. The staff cast away is of pure consciousness. The ever-present maṇḍalu is the unbroken “eye-circle,” that is, continuous awareness. The cloak is the uprooting of karma. The burning of māyā, non-possessiveness, and egoism is niyama. In the cremation-ground the body is “unstruck” (anāhata). The rule (samaya) is inquiry into the nature beyond the three guṇas. The removal of error is niyama. The burning of mental modifications beginning with desire is niyama. The loincloth is hardness and firmness. Dwelling in rags and skin is niyama. The mantra is the “unstruck” (anāhata). It is savored by non-action alone. Liberation is one’s own nature—free conduct according to one’s will; it is the supreme Brahman. Conduct is like a raft. Gathering peace through brahmacarya; having studied in the brahmacarya-āśrama, one undertakes saṃnyāsa as the renunciation of all identifications of consciousness. In the end one abides as Brahman of undivided form, ever destroying all doubts.
‘Niyama’ is the restraint of one’s own self and senses. Renunciation is the abandonment of fear, delusion, grief, and anger. The pure power of being unruled (not governed by external injunctions) [is niyama]. In the self-luminous reality of Brahman, cutting off the world, enclosed within Śiva and Śakti—thus [is niyama]. Likewise, the water-pot (maṇḍalu) is the circle of the eyes with leaf-like (petal-like) [form]. The burning of being and non-being [is niyama]. Bearing the support of space [is niyama]. The sacred thread is Śiva, the Fourth (turīya). The topknot is absorption in That. The staff cast away is made of consciousness. The ever-present water-pot is the continuous ‘eye-circle’ [i.e., unbroken awareness]. The cloak is the uprooting of karma. The burning of māyā, non-possessiveness, and egoism [is niyama]. In the cremation-ground, the body is ‘unstruck’ (unwounded/unanāhata). The ‘rule’ (samaya) is inquiry into the nature beyond the three guṇas. The removal of error [is niyama]. The burning of the mental modifications beginning with desire [is niyama]. The loincloth is hardness and firmness. Dwelling in rags and skin [is niyama]. The mantra is the ‘unstruck’ (anāhata). It is enjoyed by non-action alone. Liberation is one’s own nature—free conduct according to one’s will; it is the supreme Brahman. Conduct is like a raft. Gathering peace through brahmacarya; having studied in the brahmacarya-āśrama, [one undertakes] saṃnyāsa as the renunciation of all consciousness-identifications. In the end, [one abides as] Brahman of undivided form; ever the destruction of all doubts.