Bhikshuka Upanishad 4: Verse 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ हंसा नाम ग्रामे एकरात्रं नगरे पञ्चरात्रं क्षेत्रे सप्तरात्रं तदुपरि न वसेयुः । गोमूत्रगोमयाहारिणो नित्यं चान्द्रायणपरायणा योगमार्गे मोक्षमेव प्रार्थयन्ते॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । हंसाः । नाम । ग्रामे । एक-रात्रम् । नगरे । पञ्च-रात्रम् । क्षेत्रे । सप्त-रात्रम् । तत्-उपरि । न । वसेयुः । गो-मूत्र-गो-मय-आहारिणः । नित्यम् । चान्द्रायण-परायणाः । योग-मार्गे । मोक्षम् । एव । प्रार्थयन्ते ॥४॥

Sanskrit recitationBhikshuka Upanishad 4

IAST Transliteration

atha haṁsā nāma grāme eka-rātraṁ nagare pañca-rātraṁ kṣetre sapta-rātraṁ tad-upari na vaseyuḥ | go-mūtra-go-mayāhāriṇo nityaṁ cāndrāyaṇa-parāyaṇā yoga-mārge mokṣam eva prārthayante ||4||

Translation

Ahora, los llamados Haṁsas: en una aldea (permanecen) una noche, en una ciudad cinco noches, en un lugar sagrado siete noches; más allá de eso no deben morar. Viviendo de orina y estiércol de vaca, y siempre entregados a la observancia Cāndrāyaṇa, en la senda del yoga buscan sólo la liberación.

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Academic Translation

Now, those called Haṁsas: in a village (they stay) one night, in a city five nights, in a sacred place seven nights; beyond that they should not dwell. Living on cow’s urine and cow-dung, and ever devoted to the Cāndrāyaṇa observance, they seek liberation alone on the path of yoga.

Verse Context

• Vairāgya and aparigraha (non-attachment/non-accumulation)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: non-settling and austerity are preparatory disciplines for the non-dual insight expressed by mahāvākyas.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose