Nirvana Upanishad 21: Verse 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वाम्नायः। निरालम्बपीठः। संयोगदीक्षा। वियोगोपदेशः। दीक्षासन्तोषपानं च। द्वादशावदित्यावलोकनम्। 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-आवत्-आदित्य-अवलोकनम् । 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 ॥१२–२४॥

Sanskrit recitationNirvana Upanishad 21

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

至上之传承（ūrdhvāmnāya）如是：无所依之法座（pīṭha）；入于合一之灌顶；开示离合——即离执之教；并饮受灌顶所生之满足；观日轮为十二分相；守护辨别智（viveka）；唯以慈悲为神圣游戏（līlā）；安乐之花鬘；于独处之洞窟中，集会于解脱之座/坐法的喜乐；食不造作之乞食；行持“天鹅”（Haṃsa）之道；并确立：Haṃsa遍住一切众生之内。

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Academic Translation

The higher transmission (ūrdhvāmnāya) [is this]: the seat (pīṭha) that is without support; initiation into union; instruction in disunion (detachment); and the drinking of the contentment of initiation; the viewing of the sun as twelvefold; the 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 alms that are uncontrived; the conduct of the Haṃsa; and the establishing (doctrine) that the Haṃsa dwells within all beings.

Verse Context

• Sarvātmabhāva (the Self as all) culminating in moksha/jīvanmukti; paramahaṃsa ideal
• Mahavakya: Closest in spirit to ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Atharva) and ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ (identity realized as nirālamba); expressed via ‘sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa’ (the Self within all).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadyātmaka, enumerative)