Nirvana Upanishad 17: Verse 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वाम्नायः। निरालम्बपीठः। संयोगदीक्षा। वियोगोपदेशः। दीक्षासन्तोषपानं च। द्वादशादित्यावलोकनम्। विवेकरक्षा। करुणैव केलिः। आनन्दमाला। एकान्तगुहायां मुक्तासनसुखगोष्ठी। अकल्पितभिक्षाशी। हंसाचारः। सर्वभूतान्तर्वर्ती हंस इति प्रतिपादनम्॥१२–२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ऊर्ध्व-आम्नायः । निरालम्ब-पीठः । संयोग-दीक्षा । वियोग-उपदेशः । दीक्षा-सन्तोष-पानम् च । द्वादश-आदित्य-अवलोकनम् । विवेक-रक्षा । करुणा एव केलिः । आनन्द-माला । एकान्त-गुहायाम् मुक्त-आसन-सुख-गोष्ठी । अ-कल्पित-भिक्षा-आशी । हंस-आचारः । सर्व-भूत-अन्तर्वर्ती हंसः इति प्रतिपादनम् ।

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 17

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

上行之传承；无所依之座；合一之灌顶；不执与离欲之教；饮受作为灌顶之满足甘露；观照十二阿底提耶；护持辨别智（viveka）；以慈悲为唯一之神圣游戏；安乐花鬘；于独处洞窟中，解脱之座的喜乐集会；以不预谋之乞食自养者；天鹅行（Haṃsa）之行持；并确立：Haṃsa住于一切众生之内。

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Academic Translation

[He is characterized by:] the upward transmission; the supportless seat; initiation into union; instruction in detachment; the drinking of contentment that is initiation; contemplation of the twelve Ādityas; protection of discrimination; compassion alone as play; a garland of bliss; in the solitary cave, an assembly of the happiness of the liberated seat; one who eats unpremeditated alms; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the establishing that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Ātman as sarvabhūtāntarvartin (indweller) and the marks of the liberated ascetic
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ (Prajñānam brahma) by identifying the inner ‘Haṃsa’ with pervasive consciousness; indirect, not a quotation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadya)