Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतन्निर्वाणदर्शनम् । शिष्यं पुत्रं विना न देयमित्युपनिषत् ॥६१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एतत् । निर्वाण-दर्शनम् । शिष्यम् । पुत्रम् । विना । न । देयम् । इति । उपनिषत् ॥६१॥

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 61

IAST Transliteration

etan nirvāṇa-darśanam | śiṣyaṃ putraṃ vinā na deyam ity upaniṣat ||61||

Translation

આ નિર્વાણનું દર્શન (ઉપદેશ) છે. શિષ્ય અથવા પુત્ર વિના તેને આપવું નહિ—એવું ઉપનિષદ કહે છે।

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Academic Translation

This is the vision (teaching) of Nirvāṇa. It is not to be given without (i.e., except to) a disciple or a son—thus (says) the Upaniṣad.

Verse Context

• Moksha (Nirvāṇa) and adhikāra (eligibility for receiving esoteric knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: functions as a colophon/disciplinary injunction safeguarding the transmission of non-dual liberating knowledge that culminates in mahāvākya-realization (e.g., 'aham brahmāsmi').
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose