Nirvana Upanishad 2 - Verse 2

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Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ निर्वाणोपनिषदं व्याख्यास्यामः । परमहंसः सोऽहम् । परिव्राजकाः पश्चिमलिङ्गाः । मन्मथः क्षेत्रपालः । गगनसिद्धान्तः अमृतकल्लोलनदी । अक्षयं निरञ्जनम् । निःसंशय ऋषिः । निर्वाणो देवता । निष्कुलप्रवृत्तिः । निष्केवलज्ञानम् ॥१-११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । निर्वाण-उपनिषदम् । व्याख्यास्यामः । परमहंसः । सः-अहम् । परिव्राजकाः । पश्चिम-लिङ्गाः । मन्मथः । क्षेत्र-पालः । गगन-सिद्धान्तः । अमृत-कल्लोल-नदी । अक्षयम् । निरञ्जनम् । निः-संशयः । ऋषिः । निर्वाणः । देवता । निष्कुल-प्रवृत्तिः । निष्केवल-ज्ञानम् ॥

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 2

IAST Transliteration

atha nirvāṇopaniṣadaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | paramahaṃsaḥ so’ham | parivrājakāḥ paścimaliṅgāḥ | manmathaḥ kṣetrapālaḥ | gaganasiddhāntaḥ amṛtakallolanadī | akṣayaṃ nirañjanam | niḥsaṃśaya ṛṣiḥ | nirvāṇo devatā | niṣkulapravṛttiḥ | niṣkevalajñānam ||1-11||

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ നാം നിർവാണോപനിഷത്തെ വ്യാഖ്യാനിക്കുന്നു. ഇതിന്റെ വിഷയം പരമഹംസൻ—‘സോഽഹം’ (ഞാൻ അവൻ തന്നേ). സന്ന്യാസികൾ പരിവ്രാജകർ; ബാഹ്യചിഹ്നം പശ്ചിമലിംഗം. മന്മഥൻ ക്ഷേത്രപാലകൻ. സിദ്ധാന്തം ഗഗനംപോലെ; നദി അമൃതത്തിന്റെ തരംഗമാല. ഇത് അക്ഷയം, നിരഞ്ജനം. നിഃസംശയ ഋഷി ദ്രഷ്ടാവാണ്. നിർവാണം ദേവത. പ്രവൃത്തി നിഷ്കുല—കുലബന്ധനാതീതം. ജ്ഞാനം നിഷ്കേവലം—അദ്വൈത പരമജ്ഞാനം.

Academic Translation

Now we shall expound the Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad. (Its) subject is the Paramahaṃsa—‘I am He’. (Its) renunciants are the wandering mendicants; (its) external mark is the western sign. Manmatha is the guardian of the field. The doctrine is the sky; the river is the nectar with its waves. (It is) imperishable, stainless. Niḥsaṃśaya is the seer. Nirvāṇa is the deity. (Its) activity is without lineage. (Its) knowledge is non-dual, absolute knowledge.

Word by Word

athanow; then; thus (opening)

nirvāṇa-upaniṣadamthe Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad

vyākhyāsyāmaḥwe shall explain/comment upon

paramahaṃsaḥthe Paramahaṃsa (supreme ascetic)

saḥhe; that

ahamI

parivrājakāḥwandering mendicants

paścima-liṅgāḥthose with the western/later marks (insignia)

manmathaḥManmatha (Kāma)

kṣetrapālaḥguardian of the field

gagana-siddhāntaḥthe doctrine/principle of the sky (space)

amṛta-kallola-nadīthe river of nectar-waves

akṣayamimperishable

nirañjanamstainless; taintless

niḥsaṃśayaḥNiḥsaṃśaya (doubtless one)

ṛṣiḥseer

nirvāṇaḥNirvāṇa; liberation

devatādeity (presiding principle)

niṣkula-pravṛttiḥactivity free from family ties

niṣkevala-jñānamnon-dual/absolute knowledge

Sandhi Notes

so’ham = saḥ + aham (visarga sandhi: ḥ + a → ’)
nirvāṇopaniṣadam = nirvāṇa + upaniṣadam (a+u→o)
niḥsaṃśaya = nis + saṃśaya (visarga before s)
compounds treated as single padas as written (paścimaliṅgāḥ, gaganasiddhāntaḥ, amṛtakallolanadī, niṣkulapravṛttiḥ, niṣkevalajñānam)

Verse Context

Atman-Brahman identity (so’ham) and renunciatory realization (paramahaṃsa)Mahavakya: Supports mahāvākya contemplation through ‘so’ham’ (identity formula aligned with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ and ‘tat tvam asi’ in intent).AtharvaChandas: Prose

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