Nirvana Upanishad 13: Verse 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वाम्नायः। निरालम्बपीठः। संयोगदीक्षा। वियोगोपदेशः। दीक्षासन्तोषपानं च। द्वादशादित्यावलोकनम्। विवेकरक्षा। करुणैव केलिः। आनन्दमाला। एकान्तगुहायां मुक्तासनसुखगोष्ठी। अकल्पितभिक्षाशी। हंसाचारः। सर्वभूतान्तर्वर्ती हंस इति प्रतिपादनम्॥१२–२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

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-अन्तः-वर्ती हंसः इति प्रतिपादनम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 13

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ | nirālambapīṭhaḥ | saṃyogadīkṣā | viyogopadeśaḥ | dīkṣāsantoṣapānaṃ ca | dvādaśādityāvalokanam | vivekarakṣā | karuṇaiva keliḥ | ānandamālā | ekāntaguhāyāṃ muktāsanasukhagoṣṭhī | akalpitabhikṣāśī | haṃsācāraḥ | sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa iti pratipādanam ||12–24||

Translation

（これらがその相・行である。）上位の伝承（ウールダヴァームナーヤ）；支えなき座（ニラーランバ・ピータ）；合一への灌頂（サンヨーガ・ディークシャー）；離欲・離脱の教示（ヴィヨーガ・ウパデーシャ）；そして灌頂の満足を飲むこと；十二アーディティヤの観照；識別（ヴィヴェーカ）の護持；慈悲のみを戯れ（リーラー）とすること；歓喜の花環；独りの洞窟にて、解脱の坐法に安らぐ清らかな集い；作為なき托鉢を食する者；ハンサの行；そしてハンサが一切衆生の内に住するとの宣示。

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Academic Translation

(These are the characteristics/observances:) the ‘upper’ transmission (ūrdhvāmnāya); the supportless seat (nirālamba-pīṭha); initiation into union (saṃyoga-dīkṣā); instruction in disunion/detachment (viyoga-upadeśa); and the drinking of the contentment of initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; safeguarding of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, a pleasant assembly in the posture of liberation; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Moksha (jīvanmukti) through viveka-vairāgya; Haṃsa (Paramahaṃsa) as inner Self (Ātman/Brahman) present in all beings
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ and ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ by asserting the inner Haṃsa/Self as immanent in all beings (sarvabhūtāntarvartī).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam; aphoristic/nominal style)