Nirvana Upanishad 41: Verse 41

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

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 ।

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 41

IAST Transliteration

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||

Translation

Manteau qui retient le mental. Par le yoga, la vision de la forme dont la nature est la Béatitude toujours présente. Celui qui se nourrit de l’aumône de la joie. Demeurer, même au grand lieu de crémation, dans le bosquet de Béatitude. Lieu de solitude. Monastère de Béatitude. État d’unmanī (au-delà du mental). L’activité de Śāradā. Le mouvement vers unmanī. Corps purifié. Siège sans appui. Action bienheureuse comme des vagues d’amṛta. Le ciel pâle et blanc. La grande doctrine. Habileté quant au champ et au vase—c’est-à-dire la pratique des puissances divines telles que śama et dama. Conjonction du supérieur et de l’inférieur. Enseignements tāraka. La Divinité est la Béatitude éternelle non-duelle.

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Academic Translation

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 (mind-transcendence). The activity of Śāradā. The movement into unmanī. A purified body. A seat without support. The blissful activity of nectar-like waves. The pale/white sky. The great doctrine. Skill in the field and vessel—i.e., in the practice of divine powers such as śama and dama. The conjunction of the higher and the lower. The tāraka instructions. The deity is nondual ever-bliss.

Verse Context

• Brahman-Atman identity expressed as advaita-sadānanda; sādhanā culminating in unmanī
• Mahavakya: Implicitly aligns with ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ (Prajñānam brahma) by treating awakened consciousness (prajñā/Śāradā) as the very Brahman-nature experienced as ever-bliss.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyātmaka / mnemonic list)