Nirvana Upanishad 8: Verse 8

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 । निःसंशयः । ऋषिः । निर्वाणः । देवता । निष्कुल-प्रवृत्तिः । निष्केवल-ज्ञानम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 8

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

บัดนี้เราจักอธิบาย นิรวาณอุปนิษัท: “เราคือปรมหังสา” นักบวชจาริกทั้งหลายคือ ‘เครื่องหมายฝ่ายตะวันตก’ มนมถะเป็นผู้พิทักษ์แดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์ หลักคำสอนคือ ‘ฟ้า/นภา’ และสายน้ำคือแม่น้ำอมฤตที่เป็นคลื่น เป็นสิ่งไม่เสื่อมสูญ ไร้มลทิน นิห์สํศยะเป็นฤๅษี นิรวาณเป็นเทวตา การปฏิบัติคือ ‘ไร้วงศ์’ และญาณคือ ‘นิษเกวล-ชญานะ’ คือไม่จำเพาะและอทวิภาวะ

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Academic Translation

Now we shall expound the Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad. “I am the Paramahaṃsa.” The wandering renunciants are the ‘western marks.’ Manmatha is the guardian of the sacred precinct. The doctrine is the ‘sky’; the river is the nectar‑river with surging waves. (It is) the imperishable, the stainless. Niḥsaṃśaya is the seer. Nirvāṇa is the deity. The activity is ‘without lineage.’ The knowledge is ‘non‑exclusive’/‘non‑dual.’

Verse Context

• Atman-Brahman identity expressed as so’ham; renunciant path to Nirvāṇa
• Mahavakya: Explicitly supports identity-type mahāvākya reading (so’ham ≈ aham brahmāsmi) and the non-difference implied in tat tvam asi.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose