Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 46
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॥
मनः-निरोधिनी । कन्था । योगेन । सदा-आनन्द-स्वरूप-दर्शनम् । आनन्द-भिक्ष-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 ।
mano-nirodhinī kanthā | yogena sadānandasvarūpadarśanam | ānanda-bhikṣāśī | mahāśmaśāne 'py ānandavane vāsaḥ | ekāntasthānam | ānandamaṭham | unmanyavasthā | śāradā ceṣṭā | unmanī gatiḥ | nirmalagātram | nirālambapīṭham | amṛtakallolānandakriyā | pāṇḍaragaganam | mahāsiddhāntaḥ | śama-damādi-divyaśakty-ācaraṇe kṣetra-pātra-paṭutā | parāvara-saṃyogaḥ | tārakopadeśāḥ | advaita-sadānando devatā ||
Ek aisi chadar socho jo mann ko rok de. Yog se tum apne asli swaroop ko dekhte ho, jo hamesha khushi mein hai. Khushi ki bheekh maang ke jeena. Shamshan ghat mein bhi khushi ke bagiche mein rehna. Akela jagah. Khushi ka ashram. Mann se pare jaane ki avastha. Gyan ki kriya. Mann se pare ki disha mein jaana. Saaf shareer. Bina kisi sahare ki seat. Amrit ki lahron ki khushi. Safed aasmaan. Bada siddhant. Shaant aur swayam par control jaise shaktiyon ko develop karna. Upar aur neeche ka milan. Paar karne wale upadesh. Bhagwan do mein nahi, hamesha khushi mein hai.
A cloak that restrains the mind. By yoga, the vision of the ever-blissful essential nature. One who eats 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 (wisdom). The movement into unmanī. A purified body. A seat without support. The blissful activity of waves of nectar. The pale/white sky. The great doctrine. Skill in the field and vessel—i.e., in the practice of divine powers such as tranquility and self-control. The conjunction of the higher and the lower. The tāraka instructions. The deity is non-dual ever-bliss.
- महाश्मशानेऽपि = महाश्मशाने + अपि (ए + अ → ’)
- समास-विग्रहः: मनोनिरोधिनी = मनः + निरोधिनी
- सदानन्दस्वरूपदर्शनम् = सदा + आनन्द + स्वरूप + दर्शनम्
- आनन्दभिक्षाशी = आनन्द + भिक्षा + आशी(न्)
- शमदमादिदिव्यशक्त्याचरणे = शम + दम + आदि + दिव्य + शक्ति + आचरणे
- तारकोपदेशाः = तारक + उपदेशाः
- अद्वैतसदानन्दो = अद्वैतसदानन्दः (ओ = अः before voiced consonant)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Moksha (liberation) through Advaita-realization and mind-transcendence (unmanī)
- The mahavakyas
- Supports the import of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham Brahmāsmi) and ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat Tvam Asi) by describing direct vision of ever-blissful non-dual Self; not itself a canonical Mahāvākya.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Prose (gadyātmaka, aphoristic/nominal style)
Yoga and practice
Emphasis on mano-nirodha (cessation/restraint of mental modifications), ekānta-vāsa (solitude), unmanī-avasthā (absorption beyond mind), cultivation of śama-dama (mental calm and sense-restraint), and contemplative ‘tāraka’ instruction as a liberating upadeśa; aligns with rāja-yoga/advaitic nididhyāsana.
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