Nirvana Upanishad — Verse 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतन्निर्वाणदर्शनम् । शिष्यं पुत्रं विना न देयमित्युपनिषत् ॥६१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एतत् । निर्वाण-दर्शनम् । शिष्यम् । पुत्रम् । विना । न । देयम् । इति । उपनिषत् ॥६१॥

IAST Transliteration

etan nirvāṇa-darśanam | śiṣyaṃ putraṃ vinā na deyam ity upaniṣat ||61||

Translation

ਇਹ ਨਿਰਵਾਣ ਦਾ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ (ਉਪਦੇਸ਼) ਹੈ। ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਯ ਜਾਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾ ਇਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਦੇਣਾ—ਇਉਂ ਉਪਨਿਸ਼ਦ ਆਖਦੀ ਹੈ॥੬੧॥

Academic Translation

This is the vision (teaching) of Nirvāṇa. It is not to be given without (i.e., except to) a disciple or a son—thus (says) the Upaniṣad.

Verse Context

• Moksha (Nirvāṇa) and adhikāra (eligibility for receiving esoteric knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: functions as a colophon/disciplinary injunction safeguarding the transmission of non-dual liberating knowledge that culminates in mahāvākya-realization (e.g., 'aham brahmāsmi').
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose