Nirvana Upanishad 40: Verse 40

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 ।

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 40

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

心を制して鎮める外衣。ヨーガによって、常住の歓喜を本性とする姿の直観。歓喜の施しを食とする者。大火葬場にあっても歓喜の林に住す。独りの処。歓喜の僧院。ウンマニー（心超越）の境地。シャーラダーのはたらき。ウンマニーへの推移。清浄なる身。支えなき座。甘露の波のごとき歓喜の行。白く淡い天空。大いなる教説。シャマ・ダマ等の神聖な力を修するに、場と器に巧みであること。上と下との合一。ターラカの教え。神格は不二の常住歓喜である。

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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 (mind-transcendence). The activity of Śāradā. The movement into unmanī. A purified body. A seat without support. The blissful activity of nectar-like waves. The pale/white sky. The great doctrine. Skill in the field and vessel—i.e., in the practice of divine powers such as śama and dama. The conjunction of the higher and the lower. The tāraka instructions. The deity is nondual ever-bliss.

Verse Context

• Moksha (jīvanmukti) through Advaita-realization and mind-transcendence (unmanī)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) and ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat tvam asi) by identifying the ‘deity’ as advaita-sadānanda (nondual bliss) rather than an external object of worship.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyātmaka / aphoristic list)