Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 16
ऊर्ध्वाम्नायः। निरालम्बपीठः। संयोगदीक्षा। वियोगोपदेशः। दीक्षासन्तोषपानं च। द्वादशादित्यावलोकनम्। विवेकरक्षा। करुणैव केलिः। आनन्दमाला। एकान्तगुहायां मुक्तासनसुखगोष्ठी। अकल्पितभिक्षाशी। हंसाचारः। सर्वभूतान्तर्वर्ती हंस इति प्रतिपादनम्॥१२–२४॥
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 ।
ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ | nirālambapīṭhaḥ | saṃyogadīkṣā | viyogopadeśaḥ | dīkṣāsantoṣapānaṃ ca | dvādaśādityāvalokanam | vivekarakṣā | karuṇaiva keliḥ | ānandamālā | ekāntaguhāyāṃ muktāsanasukhagoṣṭhī | akalpitabhikṣāśī | haṃsācāraḥ | sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa iti pratipādanam ||12–24||
Yeh un gun hain jo siddh ko milte hain. Upar ki taraf jaane wali parampara hoti hai. Koi support nahi, aise hi baithna seekhna. Guru se milkar shuruwat karna, phir attachment chhodna. Santosh peena hi diksha hai. Baarah suraj ko dekhna. Sahi aur galat mein farak samajhna aur use bacha ke rakhna. Sirf daya hi uska khel hai. Khushi ki maala jaise pehne ho. Akeli gufa mein, mukt logon ki baithak hoti hai. Bina soche-samjhe jo milta hai woh khana. Hans jaise chalna. Aur yeh samajhna ki woh Hans sab ke andar basta hai.
[He is characterized by:] the upward transmission (ūrdhvāmnāya); the supportless seat (nirālamba-pīṭha); initiation into union (saṃyoga-dīkṣā); instruction in disunion/detachment (viyoga-upadeśa); and the drinking of contentment that is initiation; the contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; the guarding of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, an assembly of the happiness of the liberated posture/seat; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the establishing (doctrine) that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.
- Resolved compounds and sandhi: ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ → ūrdhva-āmnāyaḥ
- nirālambapīṭhaḥ → nirālamba-pīṭhaḥ
- saṃyogadīkṣā → saṃyoga-dīkṣā
- viyogopadeśaḥ → viyoga-upadeśaḥ
- dīkṣāsantoṣapānam → dīkṣā-santoṣa-pānam
- dvādaśādityāvalokanam → dvādaśa-āditya-avalokanam
- vivekarakṣā → viveka-rakṣā
- karuṇaiva → karuṇā eva
- ānandamālā → ānanda-mālā
- ekāntaguhāyāṃ → ekānta-guhāyām
- muktāsanasukhagoṣṭhī → mukta-āsana-sukha-goṣṭhī
- akalpitabhikṣāśī → a-kalpita-bhikṣā-āśī
- haṃsācāraḥ → haṃsa-ācāraḥ
- sarvabhūtāntarvartī → sarva-bhūta-antar-vartī
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Moksha (jīvanmukti) through viveka-vairāgya; Haṃsa as inner Ātman/Brahman
- The mahavakyas
- Implicitly aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) and ‘तत्त्वमसि’ (Tat tvam asi) via the claim of the one Self dwelling in all beings; not a direct mahāvākya citation.
- Veda
- Rig Veda
- Chandas
- Prose (gadya) / aphoristic nominal style
Yoga and practice
Solitary meditation (ekānta); stabilization in a ‘supportless seat’ (nirālamba) as non-dependence on objects; viveka as continuous mindfulness; compassion as ethical fruit of nonduality; haṃsa-bhāvanā/ajapa-japa (so’ham) as contemplative support; contentment (santoṣa) as niyama.
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