Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 12
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 । अकल्पित-भिक्षा-अशी । हंस-आचारः । सर्व-भूत-अन्तः-वर्ती । हंसः । इति । प्रतिपादनम् ॥
ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ | nirālamba-pīṭhaḥ | saṃyoga-dīkṣā | viyogopadeśaḥ | dīkṣā-santoṣa-pānaṃ ca | dvādaśādityāvalokanam | viveka-rakṣā | karuṇaiva kelīḥ | ānanda-mālā | ekānta-guhāyāṃ muktāsana-sukha-goṣṭhī | akalpitabhikṣāśī | haṃsācāraḥ | sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa iti pratipādanam ||12–24||
「上方への」伝承（ウールドヴァームナーヤ）。支えなき座（ニーラランバ・ピータ）。合一への灌頂（サンヨーガ・ディークシャー）。離別の教示（ヴィヨーガ・ウパデーシャ）。また、満足を飲むことこそ灌頂。十二アーディティヤ（十二の太陽）の観想。分別（ヴィヴェーカ）による護り。慈悲のみが戯れ。歓喜の花鬘。独りの洞窟にて、解脱の坐法の安らぎを語り合う集い。思案なき托鉢の食。ハンサの行。ハンサが一切衆生の内に住することの確立。
The ‘upward’ transmission (ūrdhvāmnāya). The seat (pīṭha) that is without support. Initiation into union (saṃyoga-dīkṣā). Instruction in disjunction (viyoga-upadeśa). And the drinking of contentment as the initiation. The contemplation of the twelve Ādityas (suns). Protection by discrimination (viveka). Compassion alone is play. A garland of bliss. In the solitary cave, an assembly of ease in the posture of liberation. Eating unpremeditated alms. The conduct of the Haṃsa. The establishment (of the doctrine) that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.
- karuṇaiva resolved as karuṇā + eva (ā + e → ai). Compounds segmented: ūrdhva-āmnāyaḥ
- nirālamba-pīṭhaḥ
- saṃyoga-dīkṣā
- viyoga-upadeśaḥ
- dīkṣā-santoṣa-pānam
- dvādaśa-āditya-avalokanam
- viveka-rakṣā
- ānanda-mālā
- ekānta-guhāyām
- mukta-āsana-sukha-goṣṭhī
- akalpita-bhikṣāśī (akalpita + bhikṣāśin)
- haṃsa-ācāraḥ
- sarvabhūta-antaḥ-vartī
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Sādhana for Moksha: viveka-vairāgya, inner renunciation, and recognition of the indwelling Self (antarātman)
- The mahavakyas
- Supports ‘Tat tvam asi’ and ‘Ayam ātmā brahma’ by asserting the indwelling Self in all beings; complements ‘So’ham’ as lived realization
- Veda
- Rig Veda
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Nirālamba (supportless) meditation; practice of viveka (discrimination) and santoṣa (contentment) as niyama; ekānta (solitude) and guhā (heart-cave) contemplation; mindful acceptance of alms (aparigraha); haṃsa-bhāvanā (witness-consciousness pervading all beings)
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