Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 42

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 ।

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 42

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

Yeh kapda mann ko rokne wala hai. Yoga karne se woh roop dikhta hai jo hamesha khush hai. Jo log khushi ki bhikh le ke jeete hain. Shamshaan mein bhi khushi ke pedon mein rehte hain. Akeli jagah. Khushi ka math. Unmani ki sthiti. Sharada ki activity. Unmani ki taraf jaana. Saaf body. Bina support ki seat. Amrit ki tarah lahron mein khushi. Udaas aasmaan. Bada siddhant. Shama aur dama jaisi shaktiyon ka practice. Upar aur neeche ka judna. Tarak ke instructions. Bhagwan ek hi hai, aur woh khushi hai.

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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. The activity of Śāradā. The movement into unmanī. A purified body. A supportless seat. The blissful activity of nectar-waves. The pale sky. The great doctrine. Skill in the practice of divine powers beginning with śama and dama, with regard to field and vessel. The conjunction of higher and lower. The tāraka teachings. The deity is nondual ever-bliss.

Verse Context

• Advaita (nonduality) and ananda as Brahman’s svarūpa; sādhanā-lakṣaṇa of the liberated sage
• Mahavakya: Echoes ‘अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म’ (Ayam ātmā brahma) by relocating ‘devatā’ and ‘ānanda’ as the immediate Self (ātman) recognized as Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyātmaka)