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Nirvana Upanishad 11: Verse 11

अथ निर्वाणोपनिषदं व्याख्यास्यामः । परमहंसः सोऽहम् । परिव्राजकाः पश्चिमलिङ्गाः । मन्मथः क्षेत्रपालः । गगनसिद्धान्तः अमृतकल्लोलनदी । अक्षयं निरञ्जनम् । निःसंशय ऋषिः । निर्वाणो देवता । निष्कुलप्रवृत्तिः । निष्केवलज्ञानम् ॥१-११॥

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 11

atha nirvāṇopaniṣadaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | paramahaṃsaḥ so’ham | parivrājakāḥ paścima-liṅgāḥ | manmathaḥ kṣetrapālaḥ | gagana-siddhāntaḥ amṛta-kallola-nadī | akṣayaṃ nirañjanam | niḥsaṃśaya ṛṣiḥ | nirvāṇo devatā | niṣkula-pravṛttiḥ | niṣkevala-jñānam ||1–11||

今当宣说《涅槃奥义书》:“我即是至上天鹅行者(Paramahaṃsa)。”云游出家者为“西方”之标识。曼摩他(Manmatha)为圣域守护。其教义以“虚空”(gagana)为本;其河为甘露之流,微波荡漾。所趣为不坏、无垢。其圣仙为“离疑”(Niḥsaṃśaya)。其神祇为涅槃(Nirvāṇa)。其行持超越族姓(niṣkula)。其智为不二、纯一(niṣkevala)。

Now we shall expound the Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad. “I am the Paramahaṃsa.” The wandering renunciants are the ‘western’ insignia. Manmatha is the guardian of the sacred precinct. The doctrine is ‘sky’ (gagana)-based; the river is the nectar-stream with wavelets. (Its goal is) the imperishable, the stainless. The seer is Niḥsaṃśaya (“free from doubt”). The deity is Nirvāṇa. Its activity is beyond lineage (niṣkula). Its knowledge is non-dual, exclusive (niṣkevala).

Atman-Brahman identity (So’ham) and renunciant realization (paramahaṃsa)Mahavakya: Explicit ‘So’ham’; aligns with ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ as identity-statementAtharvaChandas: Prose

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