Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 22

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-आवलोकनम् । विवेक-रक्षा । करुणा एव केलिः । आनन्द-माला । एकान्त-गुहायाम् मुक्त-आसन-सुख-गोष्ठी । अकल्पित-भिक्षा-आशी । हंस-आचारः । सर्व-भूत-अन्तः-वर्ती हंसः इति प्रतिपादनम् ॥

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 22

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

上方への伝承（ūrdhvāmnāya）。支えなき座（nirālamba-pīṭha）。合一への灌頂（saṃyoga-dīkṣā）。離欲・離別の教示（viyoga-upadeśa）。そして灌頂そのものとしての満足を飲むこと。十二アーディティヤの観想。識別（viveka）を護ること。慈悲のみを聖なる戯れとすること。歓喜の花環。独りの洞窟にて、解脱の座の安楽を語り合う集い。思い計らわぬ托鉢を食する者。ハンサの行。ハンサが一切衆生の内に住すと示す教え。

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Academic Translation

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 alms that are unpremeditated; the conduct of the Haṃsa; the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation) through viveka-vairāgya and recognition of the inner Haṃsa/Ātman as all-pervading indweller
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports mahāvākya purport (ātman = brahman) by asserting the indwelling Haṃsa in all beings; closest in spirit to “Aham Brahmāsmi” and “Tat Tvam Asi” (not a direct mahāvākya citation).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam)