Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 17

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 17

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 transmission ascendante ; le siège sans appui ; l’initiation à l’union ; l’enseignement du détachement ; boire la satisfaction qui est initiation ; la contemplation des douze Āditya ; la protection du discernement (viveka) ; la compassion comme seul jeu sacré ; une guirlande de béatitude ; dans la grotte solitaire, l’assemblée de la joie du siège libéré ; celui qui vit d’aumônes non préméditées ; la conduite du Haṃsa ; et l’établissement que le Haṃsa demeure en tous les êtres.

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Academic Translation

[He is characterized by:] the upward transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; the drinking of contentment that is initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; protection of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, an assembly of the happiness of the liberated seat; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the establishing that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Ātman as sarvabhūtāntarvartin (indweller) and the marks of the liberated ascetic
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ (Prajñānam brahma) by identifying the inner ‘Haṃsa’ with pervasive consciousness; indirect, not a quotation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadya)