Nirvana Upanishad 21: Verse 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वाम्नायः। निरालम्बपीठः। संयोगदीक्षा। वियोगोपदेशः। दीक्षासन्तोषपानं च। द्वादशावदित्यावलोकनम्। 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-आवत्-आदित्य-अवलोकनम् । 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 ॥१२–२४॥

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 21

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

ಊರ್ಧ್ವಾಮ್ನಾಯವೆಂದರೆ ಇದು: ಆಧಾರರಹಿತ ಪೀಠ; ಸಂಯೋಗದ ದೀಕ್ಷೆ; ವಿಯೋಗ (ವೈರಾಗ್ಯ)ದ ಉಪದೇಶ; ದೀಕ್ಷಾಜನಿತ ಸಂತೋಷವನ್ನು ಪಾನಮಾಡುವುದು; ದ್ವಾದಶರೂಪ ಆದಿತ್ಯನ ಅವಲೋಕನ; ವಿವೇಕದ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ; ಕರುಣೆಯೇ ಕ್ರೀಡೆ; ಆನಂದಮಾಲೆ; ಏಕಾಂತ ಗುಹೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಕ್ತಾಸನಸೌಖ್ಯದ ಸತ್ಸಂಗ-ಗೋಷ್ಠಿ; ಅಕಲ್ಪಿತ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯನ್ನು ಭೋಜನಮಾಡುವವನು; ಹಂಸಾಚಾರ; ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ವಭೂತಗಳೊಳಗೆ ಅಂತರ್ವರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ಹಂಸನು ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದನೆ.

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Academic Translation

The higher transmission (ūrdhvāmnāya) [is this]: the seat (pīṭha) that is without support; initiation into union; instruction in disunion (detachment); and the drinking of the contentment of initiation; the viewing of the sun as twelvefold; 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 uncontrived; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the establishing (doctrine) that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Sarvātmabhāva (the Self as all) culminating in moksha/jīvanmukti; paramahaṃsa ideal
• Mahavakya: Closest in spirit to ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Atharva) and ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ (identity realized as nirālamba); expressed via ‘sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa’ (the Self within all).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyātmaka, enumerative)