Nirvana Upanishad 10 - Verse 10

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Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ निर्वाणोपनिषदं व्याख्यास्यामः । परमहंसः सोऽहम् । परिव्राजकाः पश्चिमलिङ्गाः । मन्मथः क्षेत्रपालः । गगनसिद्धान्तः अमृतकल्लोलनदी । अक्षयं निरञ्जनम् । निःसंशय ऋषिः । निर्वाणो देवता । निष्कुलप्रवृत्तिः । निष्केवलज्ञानम् ॥१-११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । निर्वाण-उपनिषदम् । व्याख्यास्यामः । परमहंसः । सः । अहम् । परिव्राजकाः । पश्चिम-लिङ्गाः । मन्मथः । क्षेत्र-पालः । गगन-सिद्धान्तः । अमृत-कल्लोल-नदी । अक्षयम् । निरञ्जनम् । निःसंशयः । ऋषिः । निर्वाणः । देवता । निष्कुल-प्रवृत्तिः । निष्केवल-ज्ञानम् ॥

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 10

IAST Transliteration

atha nirvāṇopaniṣadaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | paramahaṃsaḥ so’ham | parivrājakāḥ paścima-liṅgāḥ | manmathaḥ kṣetrapālaḥ | gagana-siddhāntaḥ amṛta-kallola-nadī | akṣayaṃ nirañjanam | niḥsaṃśaya ṛṣiḥ | nirvāṇo devatā | niṣkula-pravṛttiḥ | niṣkevala-jñānam ||1–11||

Translation

Ab Nirvana Upanishad ka arth suno. Main Paramahans hoon. Jo baba ghoomte hain, unka nishan paschim ki taraf hai. Manmatha is mandal ka rakshak hai. Siddhant aasmaan pe based hai. Nadi amrit dhara hai, chhoti lahrein hain. Lakshya hai jo kabhi na mitne wala, bilkul saaf. Rishi hai Nihshanshay, shak se mukt. Devta hai Nirvana. Iska kaam kul se pare hai. Gyaan hai non-dual, pure aur exclusive.

Academic Translation

Now we shall expound the Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad. “I am the Paramahaṃsa.” The wandering renunciants are the ‘western’ insignia. Manmatha is the guardian of the sacred precinct. The doctrine is ‘sky’ (gagana)-based; the river is the nectar-stream with wavelets. (Its goal is) the imperishable, the stainless. The seer is Niḥsaṃśaya (“free from doubt”). The deity is Nirvāṇa. Its activity is beyond lineage (niṣkula). Its knowledge is non-dual, exclusive (niṣkevala).

Word by Word

athanow; then

nirvāṇa-upaniṣadamthe Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad

vyākhyāsyāmaḥwe shall explain/comment upon

paramahaṃsaḥthe paramahaṃsa

saḥhe; that

ahamI

parivrājakāḥwandering mendicants

paścima-liṅgāḥhaving the western/last marks (of renunciation)

manmathaḥManmatha (Kāma)

kṣetrapālaḥguardian of the field

gagana-siddhāntaḥthe doctrine of space/sky

amṛta-kallola-nadīthe river of immortal waves

akṣayamimperishable

nirañjanamstainless; taintless

niḥsaṃśayaḥfree from doubt

ṛṣiḥseer

nirvāṇaḥNirvāṇa

devatādeity; presiding principle

niṣkula-pravṛttiḥactivity/conduct beyond family ties

niṣkevala-jñānampure non-dual knowledge

Sandhi Notes

so’ham resolved as saḥ + aham (visarga sandhi: aḥ + a → o’). niḥsaṃśaya is nis + saṃśaya with visarga before s. Compounds segmented: nirvāṇa-upaniṣadam
paścima-liṅgāḥ
kṣetra-pālaḥ
gagana-siddhāntaḥ
amṛta-kallola-nadī
niṣkula-pravṛttiḥ
niṣkevala-jñānam

Verse Context

Moksha (Nirvana) through non-dual knowledge (Advaita-jñāna) and renunciation (saṃnyāsa/paramahaṃsa)Mahavakya: Directly echoes ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’/‘So’ham’ (identity of self and absolute); supports ‘Tat tvam asi’ by implicationAtharvaChandas: Prose

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