Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 18

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-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 ।

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 18

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

La tradición hacia lo alto; el asiento sin apoyo; la iniciación en la unión; la enseñanza del desapego; y el beber la satisfacción como iniciación; la contemplación de los doce Ādityas; el resguardo del discernimiento (viveka); la compasión sola como juego divino; una guirnalda de dicha; en la cueva solitaria, la reunión íntima del gozo del asiento liberado; quien subsiste de limosna no artificiosa; la conducta del Haṃsa; y la afirmación de que el Haṃsa habita en todos los seres.

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Academic Translation

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.

Verse Context

• Nondual indwelling Self (Ātman/Brahman) and the discipline of renunciation
• Mahavakya: Closest in spirit to ‘अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म’ (Ayam ātmā brahma): the inner Haṃsa/Ātman within all beings is Brahman; implicit, not explicit.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadya)