Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 42
मनोनिरोधिनी कन्था। योगेन सदानन्दस्वरूपदर्शनम्। आनन्दभिक्षाशी। महाश्मशानेऽप्यानन्दवने वासः। एकान्तस्थानम्। आनन्दमठम्। उन्मन्यवस्था। शारदा चेष्टा। उन्मनी गतिः। निर्मलगात्रम्। निरालम्बपीठम्। अमृतकल्लोलानन्दक्रिया। पाण्डरगगनम्। महासिद्धान्तः। शमदमादिदिव्यशक्त्याचरणे क्षेत्रपात्रपटुता। परावरसंयोगः। तारकोपदेशाः। अद्वैतसदानन्दो देवता॥३७–४८॥
मनः-निरोधिनी कन्था । योगेन सदा-आनन्द-स्वरूप-दर्शनम् । आनन्द-भिक्षा-आशी । महा-श्मशाने अपि आनन्द-वने वासः । एकान्त-स्थानम् । आनन्द-मठम् । उन्मनी-अवस्था । शारदा चेष्टा । उन्मनी गतिः । निर्मल-गात्रम् । निरालम्ब-पीठम् । अमृत-कल्लोल-आनन्द-क्रिया । पाण्डर-गगनम् । महा-सिद्धान्तः । शम-दम-आदि-दिव्य-शक्ति-आचरणे क्षेत्र-पात्र-पटुता । पर-अवर-संयोगः । तारक-उपदेशाः । अद्वैत-सदा-आनन्दः देवता ।
mano-nirodhinī kanthā | yogena sadānanda-svarūpa-darśanam | ānanda-bhikṣā-āśī | mahāśmaśāne 'py ānanda-vane vāsaḥ | ekānta-sthānam | ānanda-maṭham | unmanī-avasthā | śāradā ceṣṭā | unmanī gatiḥ | nirmala-gātram | nirālamba-pīṭham | amṛta-kallolānanda-kriyā | pāṇḍara-gaganam | mahā-siddhāntaḥ | śama-damādi-divya-śakty-ācaraṇe kṣetra-pātra-paṭutā | parāvara-saṃyogaḥ | tārakopadeśāḥ | advaita-sadānando devatā ||37–48||
Manto que refrena la mente. Por el yoga, la visión de la forma cuya naturaleza es Bienaventuranza eterna. Quien se alimenta de la limosna de la dicha. Morar, aun en el gran crematorio, en el bosque de la Bienaventuranza. Lugar de soledad. Monasterio de la dicha. Estado de unmanī. La actividad de Śāradā. El movimiento hacia unmanī. Cuerpo purificado. Asiento sin apoyo. Acción bienaventurada como oleajes de amṛta. El cielo pálido. La gran doctrina. Destreza en la práctica de poderes divinos, comenzando por śama y dama, respecto del campo y del recipiente. La conjunción de lo superior y lo inferior. Enseñanzas tāraka. La Deidad es Bienaventuranza eterna no-dual.
A cloak that restrains the mind. By yoga, the vision of the form whose nature is ever-bliss. One who eats the alms of bliss. Dwelling, even in the great cremation-ground, in the grove of bliss. A solitary place. A monastery of bliss. The state of unmanī. The activity of Śāradā. The movement into unmanī. A purified body. A supportless seat. The blissful activity of nectar-waves. The pale sky. The great doctrine. Skill in the practice of divine powers beginning with śama and dama, with regard to field and vessel. The conjunction of higher and lower. The tāraka teachings. The deity is nondual ever-bliss.
- mahāśmaśāne 'py = mahā-śmaśāne api (अ + अ → ’)
- sadānanda-svarūpa-darśanam treated as sadānanda + svarūpa + darśanam (समास)
- ānanda-bhikṣā-āśī treated as ānanda + bhikṣā + āśī (समास)
- unmanī-avasthā = unmanī + avasthā
- amṛta-kallolānanda-kriyā = amṛta + kallola + ānanda + kriyā
- śama-damādi-divya-śakty-ācaraṇe = śama + dama + ādi + divya + śakti + ācaraṇe
- kṣetra-pātra-paṭutā = kṣetra + pātra + paṭutā
- advaita-sadānando = advaita + sadānandaḥ (o from sandhi in running text)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Advaita (nonduality) and ananda as Brahman’s svarūpa; sādhanā-lakṣaṇa of the liberated sage
- The mahavakyas
- Echoes ‘अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म’ (Ayam ātmā brahma) by relocating ‘devatā’ and ‘ānanda’ as the immediate Self (ātman) recognized as Brahman.
- Veda
- Rig Veda
- Chandas
- Prose (gadyātmaka)
Yoga and practice
Guides contemplatives toward objectless samādhi (nirālamba), sustained inner joy (ānanda) independent of circumstances, and integration of ethical restraints with higher absorption; supports avadhūta-style renunciation and ekānta-vāsa for deep practice.
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