Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 14

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-अन्तः-वर्ती हंसः इति प्रतिपादनम् ॥

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 14

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

(Voici les caractéristiques/observances :) la transmission supérieure ; le siège sans appui ; l’initiation à l’union ; l’enseignement du détachement ; et boire la satisfaction de la dīkṣā ; contemplation des douze Āditya ; protection du discernement (viveka) ; la compassion seule comme jeu sacré ; une guirlande de félicité ; dans la grotte solitaire, une agréable réunion dans la posture de la délivrance ; celui qui se nourrit d’aumônes non préparées ; la conduite du Haṃsa ; et l’enseignement que le Haṃsa demeure au-dedans de tous les êtres.

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Academic Translation

(These are the characteristics/observances:) the ‘upper’ transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; and the drinking of the contentment of initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; safeguarding of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, a pleasant assembly in the posture of liberation; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Jīvanmukti; Ātman as immanent Brahman (sarvabhūtāntarvartin)
• Mahavakya: Indirect—aligns with ‘Tat Tvam Asi’/‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ through the immanence of the one Self in all beings.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam)