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Verse 15

Nirvana

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

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 ॥

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

(Inilah ciri-ciri/amalan:) transmisi atas; tempat duduk tanpa sandaran; inisiasi kepada penyatuan; ajaran tentang pelepasan; serta meminum kepuasan daripada diksha; perenungan dua belas Āditya; perlindungan melalui kebijaksanaan pembedaan; belas kasih semata-mata sebagai permainan suci; kalungan kebahagiaan; di gua kesunyian, pertemuan yang menyenangkan dalam postur pembebasan; memakan sedekah yang tidak dibuat-buat; laku Haṃsa; dan huraian bahawa Haṃsa bersemayam dalam batin semua makhluk.

(These are the characteristics/observances:) the upper transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; and the drinking of the contentment of initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; protection by discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, a pleasant gathering in the posture of liberation; one who eats uncontrived alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the exposition that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Ātman/Brahman non-duality expressed as the ‘Haṃsa within all beings’; renunciate freedom (nirvāṇa/jīvanmukti)Mahavakya: Implicit—supports mahāvākya purport (tātparya) of non-duality: the one Self is the inner reality of all (basis for ‘Tat Tvam Asi’).AtharvaChandas: Prose (gadyam)