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Nirvana Upanishad: Verse 24

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-आवलोकनम् । 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 ॥

Recitation with translationNirvana Upanishad 24

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

A transmissão ascendente; o assento sem apoio; a iniciação na união; o ensinamento do desapego; e o beber da satisfação que é iniciação; a contemplação dos doze Ādityas; a guarda do discernimento; a compaixão, só ela, como jogo divino; uma grinalda de bem-aventurança; na gruta da solidão, a assembleia da felicidade do assento libertado; aquele que se alimenta de esmolas não premeditadas; a conduta do Haṃsa; o ensinamento de que o Haṃsa habita no íntimo de todos os seres.

The upward transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; and the drinking of contentment that is initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; 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 unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; the teaching that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

ūrdhva-āmnāyaḥthe higher (upward) tradition/transmission
ūrdhva-āmnāyaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक) + āmnāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
nirālamba-pīṭhaḥthe supportless seat/base
nirālamba-pīṭhaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootnirālamba (प्रातिपदिक) + pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
saṃyoga-dīkṣāinitiation into union (yoga)
saṃyoga-dīkṣā:
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
viyoga-upadeśaḥinstruction in disunion/detachment
viyoga-upadeśaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootviyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + upadeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
dīkṣā-santoṣa-pānamdrinking/imbibing the contentment of initiation
dīkṣā-santoṣa-pānam:
TypeNoun
Rootdīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + santoṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्
dvādaśa-āditya-avalokanamcontemplation/seeing of the twelve Ādityas
dvādaśa-āditya-avalokanam:
TypeNoun
Rootdvādaśa (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + avalokana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
viveka-rakṣāprotection/guarding of discernment
viveka-rakṣā:
TypeNoun
Rootviveka (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
karuṇācompassion
karuṇā:
TypeNoun
Rootkaruṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
evaindeed/alone
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम्
keliḥplay/sport (delightful activity)
keliḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootkeli (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
ānanda-mālāgarland/series of bliss
ānanda-mālā:
TypeNoun
Rootānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
ekānta-guhāyāmin the solitary cave (inner recess)
ekānta-guhāyām:
TypeNoun
Rootekānta (प्रातिपदिक) + guhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-एकवचनम्
mukta-āsana-sukha-goṣṭhīthe blissful gathering in the free seat/posture
mukta-āsana-sukha-goṣṭhī:
TypeNoun
Rootmukta (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + goṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
akalpita-bhikṣā-śīone who lives on unpremeditated alms
akalpita-bhikṣā-śī:
TypeAdjective
Roota-kalpita (प्रातिपदिक) + bhikṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + śī (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √śī/śay ‘to lie, rest’; here ‘one who lives on’)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्)
haṃsa-ācāraḥthe conduct of the Haṃsa (paramahaṃsa way)
haṃsa-ācāraḥ:
TypeNoun
Roothaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
sarva-bhūta-antar-vartīabiding within all beings
sarva-bhūta-antar-vartī:
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + antar (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vartin (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vṛt ‘to abide’)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
haṃsaḥthe Haṃsa (the Self/paramahaṃsa)
haṃsaḥ:
TypeNoun
Roothaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
itithus
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्ययम्
pratipādanamestablishing/teaching (as doctrine)
pratipādanam:
TypeNoun
Rootpratipādana (प्रातिपदिक; from causative of √pad ‘to make known/establish’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
  • ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ → ūrdhva-āmnāyaḥ (a+a→ā)
  • karuṇaiva → karuṇā eva (ā+e→ai)
  • ekāntaguhāyāṃ → ekānta-guhāyām (compound; final anusvāra reflects nasalization before pause)
  • Other items are primarily compounds written without internal sandhi separation
Brahman/Ātman immanence (sarvabhūtāntarvartitva) and the paramahaṃsa idealMahavakya: Conceptually consonant with non-dual mahāvākya intent; no explicit mahāvākya wording.AtharvaChandas: Prose (gadyam)

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