Nirvana Upanishad 56: Verse 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नियमः स्वात्मेन्द्रियनिग्रहः। भयमोहशोकक्रोधत्यागस्त्यागः। अनियामकत्वनिर्मलशक्तिः। स्वप्रकाशब्रह्मतत्त्वे शिवशक्तिसम्पुटितप्रपञ्चच्छेदनम्। तथा पत्राक्षाक्षिकमण्डलुः। भवाभावदहनम्। बिभ्रत्याकाशाधारम्। शिवं तुरीयं यज्ञोपवीतम्। तन्मया शिखा। चिन्मयं चोत्सृष्टिदण्डम्। सन्तताक्षिकमण्डलुम्। कर्मनिर्मूलनं कन्था। मायाममताहङ्कारदहनम्। श्मशाने अनाहताङ्गी। निस्त्रैगुण्यस्वरूपानुसन्धानं समयम्। भ्रान्तिहरणम्। कामादिवृत्तिदहनम्। काठिन्यदृढकौपीनम्। चीराजिनवासः। अनाहतमन्त्रः। अक्रिययैव जुष्टम्। स्वेच्छाचारस्वस्वभावो मोक्षः परं ब्रह्म। प्लववदाचरणम्। ब्रह्मचर्यशान्तिसंग्रहणम्। ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमेऽधीत्य सर्वसंविन्न्यासं संन्यासम्। अन्ते ब्रह्माखण्डाकारम्। नित्यं सर्वसन्देहनाशनम्॥४९–६०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

नियमः । स्वात्म-इन्द्रिय-निग्रहः । भय-मोह-शोक-क्रोध-त्यागः । त्यागः । अनियामकत्व-निर्मल-शक्तिः । स्व-प्रकाश-ब्रह्म-तत्त्वे । शिव-शक्ति-सम्पुटित-प्रपञ्च-च्छेदनम् । तथा । पत्राक्ष-अक्षि-कमण्डलुः । भव-अभाव-दहनम् । बिभ्रति । आकाश-आधारम् । शिवम् । तुरीयम् । यज्ञोपवीतम् । तत्-मया । शिखा । चिन्मयम् । च । उत्सृष्टि-दण्डम् । सन्तत-अक्षि-कमण्डलुम् । कर्म-निर्मूलनम् । कन्था । माया-ममता-अहङ्कार-दहनम् । श्मशाने । अनाहत-अङ्गी । निः-त्रैगुण्य-स्वरूप-अनुसन्धानम् । समयम् । भ्रान्ति-हरणम् । काम-आदि-वृत्ति-दहनम् । काठिन्य-दृढ-कौपीनम् । चीर-अजिन-वासः । अनाहत-मन्त्रः । अक्रियया एव । जुष्टम् । स्वेच्छा-आचार-स्व-स्वभावः । मोक्षः । परम् । ब्रह्म । प्लववत् । आचरणम् । ब्रह्मचर्य-शान्ति-संग्रहणम् । ब्रह्मचर्य-आश्रमे । अधीत्य । सर्व-संवित्-न्यासम् । संन्यासम् । अन्ते । ब्रह्म-अखण्ड-आकारम् । नित्यम् । सर्व-सन्देह-नाशनम् ।

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 56

IAST Transliteration

niyamaḥ svātmendriyanigrahaḥ | bhayamohśokakrodhatyāgas tyāgaḥ | aniyāmakatvanirmalaśaktiḥ | svaprakāśabrahmatattve śivaśaktisampuṭitaprapañcchedanam | tathā patrākṣākṣikamaṇḍaluḥ | bhavābhāvadahanam | bibhraty ākāśādhāram | śivaṃ turīyaṃ yajñopavītam | tanmayā śikhā | cinmayaṃ cotsṛṣṭidaṇḍam | santatākṣikamaṇḍalum | karmanirmūlanaṃ kanthā | māyāmamatāhaṅkāradahanam | śmaśāne anāhatāṅgī | nistrai-guṇyasvarūpānusandhānaṃ samayam | bhrāntiharaṇam | kāmādivṛttidahanam | kāṭhinyadṛḍhakaupīnam | cīrājinavāsaḥ | anāhatamantraḥ | akriyayāiva juṣṭam | svecchācārasvasvabhāvo mokṣaḥ paraṃ brahma | plavavad ācaraṇam | brahmacaryaśāntisaṃgrahaṇam | brahmacaryāśrame 'dhītya sarvasaṃvinnāsaṃ saṃnyāsam | ante brahmākhaṇḍākāram | nityaṃ sarvasandehanāśanam ||49–60||

Translation

Nijama to powściągnięcie własnego ja i zmysłów. Wyrzeczenie to odrzucenie lęku, ułudy, żałości i gniewu. Jest czysta moc bycia rządzonym przez nic. W samorozświetlonej prawdzie Brahmana świat fenomenalny - zamknięty przez Śiwę i Śakti - zostaje odcięty. A kamaṇḍalu, naczynie na wodę, jest 'liściastooki' (patraksa) i samym Okiem; jest spalaniem bytu i niebytu. Dźwiganie podpory przestrzeni. Święta nić to Śiwa, Czwarty (turija). Kępa na głowie jest z Tego. Laska, odrzucona, jest z czystej Świadomości. Nieprzerwane Oko to kamaṇḍalu. Płaszcz to wykorzenienie karmy. Spalanie maji, posiadania i egoizmu. Na cmentarzu, z nieuderzonym (anahata) ciałem. Obserwacja (samaja) to badanie natury poza trzema gunami. Usunięcie błędu. Spalanie modyfikacji umysłu począwszy od pragnienia. Przepaska biodrowa to twardość i stanowczość. Mieszkanie w łachmanach i skórach. Mantra jest nieuderzona (anahata). Umilowana jedynie przez niedziałanie. Wyzwolenie to własna natura - swobodne postępowanie według własnej woli - która jest najwyższym Brahmanem. Postępowanie jak tratwa. Gromadzenie pokoju brahmaćarji. Po studiach w aśramie brahmaćarji podejmuje się sanjasę jako wyrzeczenie wszystkich utożsamień świadomości. Na końcu, trwając w Brahmanie jako niepodzielona forma - zawsze zniszczenie wszystkich wątpliwości.

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Academic Translation

Niyama is the restraint of one’s own self and senses. Renunciation is the abandonment of fear, delusion, grief, and anger. (There is) the pure power of being unruled (by anything). In the self-luminous reality of Brahman, cutting off the phenomenal world, enclosed by Śiva and Śakti. And the water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) is the ‘leaf-eyed’ (patrākṣa) and the eye itself; (it is) the burning of being and non-being. Bearing the support of space. The sacred thread is Śiva, the fourth (turīya). The topknot is made of That. The staff, cast away, is of consciousness. The continuous eye is the water-pot. The cloak is the uprooting of karma. The burning of māyā, possessiveness, and egoism. In the cremation-ground, with an unstruck (anāhata) body. The observance (samaya) is inquiry into the nature beyond the three guṇas. The removal of error. The burning of the mental modifications beginning with desire. The loincloth is hardness and firmness. Dwelling in rags and skin. The mantra is the unstruck (anāhata). Cherished by non-action alone. Liberation is one’s own nature—free conduct according to one’s will—(which is) the supreme Brahman. Conduct like a raft. Gathering the peace of brahmacarya. Having studied in the brahmacarya-āśrama, (one undertakes) saṃnyāsa as the renunciation of all consciousness-identifications. In the end, (abiding in) Brahman as the undivided form. Ever the destruction of all doubts.

Verse Context

• Saṃnyāsa as jñāna; Brahman as self-luminous consciousness; dissolution of karma and ego
• Mahavakya: Implicitly aligned with ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat tvam asi) through ‘tanmayā śikhā’ (absorption in That) and with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ via mokṣa as one’s own nature being Brahman.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (Śaunaka tradition; Sannyāsa Upaniṣads corpus) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (gadyātmaka)