(ऋग्वेदीय संन्यासोपनिषत्) निर्वाणोपनिषद्वेद्यं निर्वाणानन्दतुन्दिलम् । त्रैपदानन्दसाम्राज्यं स्वमात्रमिति चिन्तयेत् ॥ ॐ वाङ्मे मनसि प्रतिष्ठिता । मनो मे वाचि प्रतिष्ठितम् । आविरावीर्म एधि । वेदस्य मा आणीस्थः । श्रुतं मे मा प्रहासीः । अनेनाधीतेनाहोरात्रान्सन्दधामि । ऋतं वदिष्यामि । सत्यं वदिष्यामि । तन्मामवतु । तद्वक्तारमवतु । अवतु मामवतु वक्तारम् । ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ अथ निर्वाणोपनिषदं व्याख्यास्यामः । परमहंसः सोऽहम् । परिव्राजकाः पश्चिमलिङ्गाः । मन्मथ क्षेत्रपालाः । गगनसिद्धान्तः अमृतकल्लोलनदी । अक्षयं निरञ्जनम् । निःसंशय ऋषिः । निर्वाणोदेवता । निष्कुलप्रवृत्तिः । निष्केवलज्ञानम् । ऊर्ध्वाम्नायः । निरालम्ब पीठः । संयोगदीक्षा । वियोगोपदेशः । दीक्षासन्तोषपानं च । द्वादशावदित्यावलोकनम् । विवेकरक्षा । करुणैव केलिः । आनन्दमाला । एकान्तगुहायां मुक्तासनसुखगोष्टी । अकल्पितभिक्षाशी । हंसाचारः ।सर्वभूतान्तर्वर्ती हंस इति प्रतिपादनम् । धैर्यकन्था । उदासीन कौपीनम् । विचारदण्डः । ब्रह्मावलोकयोगपट्टः ।श्रियां पादुका । परेच्छाचरणम् । कुण्डलिनीबन्धः । परापवादमुक्तो जीवन्मुक्तः । शिवयोगनिद्रा च । खेचरीमुद्रा च । परमानन्दी । निर्गतगुणत्रयम् । विवेकलभ्यं मनोवागगोचरम् । अनित्यं जगद्यज्जनितं स्वप्नजगदभ्रगजादितुल्यम् । तथा देहादिसङ्घातं मोहगुणजालकलितं तद्रज्जुसर्पवत्कल्पितम् । विष्णुविध्यादिशताभिधानलक्ष्यम् । अङ्कुशो मार्गः । शून्यं न सङ्केतः । परमेश्वरसत्ता । सत्यसिद्धयोगो मठः । अमरपदं तत्स्वरूपम् । आदिब्रह्मस्वसंवित् । अजपा गायत्री । विकारदण्डो ध्येयः । मनोनिरोधिनी कन्था । योगेन सदानन्दस्वरूपदर्शनम् । आनन्द भिक्षाशी । महाश्मशानेऽप्यानन्दवने वासः । एकान्तस्थानम् । आनन्दमठम् । उन्मन्यवस्था । शारदा चेष्टा । उन्मनी गतिः । निर्मलगात्रम् । निरालम्बपीठम् । अमृतकल्लोलानन्दक्रिया । पाण्डरगगनम् । महासिद्धान्तः । शमदमादिदिव्यशक्त्याचरणे क्षेत्रपात्रपटुता । परावरसंयोगः । तारकोपदेशाः । अद्वैतसदानन्दो देवता । नियमः स्वातरिन्द्रियनिग्रहः । भयमोहशोकक्रोधत्यागस्त्यागः । अनियामकत्वनिर्मलशक्तिः । स्वप्रकाशब्रह्मतत्त्वे शिवशक्तिसम्पुटित प्रपञ्चच्छेदनम् । तथा पत्राक्षाक्षिकमण्डलुः । भवाभावदहनम् । बिभ्रत्याकाशाधारम् । शिवं तुरीयं यज्ञोपवीतम् । तन्मया शिखा । चिन्मयं चोत्सृष्टिदण्डम् । सन्तताक्षिकमण्डलुम् । कर्मनिर्मूलनं कन्था । मायाममताहङ्कारदहनम् । स्प्रशाने अनाहताङ्गी । निस्त्रैगुण्यस्वरूपानुसन्धानं समयम् । भ्रान्तिहरणम् । कामादिवृत्तिदहनम् । काठिन्यदृढकौपीनम् । चीराजिनवासः । अनाहतमन्त्रः । अक्रिययैव जुष्टम् । स्वेच्छाचारस्वस्वभावो मोक्षः परं ब्रह्म । प्लववदाचरणम् । ब्रह्मचर्यशान्तिसंग्रहणम् । ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमेऽधीत्य ससर्वसंविन्न्यासं संन्यासम् । अन्ते ब्रह्माखण्डाकारम् । नित्यं सर्वसन्देहनाशनम् । एतन्निर्वाणदर्शनम् । शिष्यं पुत्रं विना न देयमित्युपनिषत् । ॐ वाङ्मे मनसीति शान्तिः ॥ इति निर्वाणोपनिषत्समाप्ता ।
Om ! May my speech be based on (i.e. accord with) the mind; May my mind be based on speech. O Self-effulgent One, reveal Thyself to me. May you both (speech and mind) be the carriers of the Veda to me. May not all that I have heard depart from me. I shall join together (i.e. obliterate the difference of) day And night through this study. I shall utter what is verbally true; I shall utter what is mentally true. May that (Brahman) protect me; May That protect the speaker (i.e. the teacher), may That protect me; May that protect the speaker – may That protect the speaker. Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace in my environment ! Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me ! 1. Now we shall expound the Nirvanopanishad. 2. The Paramahamsa: I am He. 3. The mendicant monks who wear marks of renunciation inwardly. They are the ascetics entitled to study this Upanishad. 4. (They are) the protectors of the field in which I-ness (indicative of the separateness of the Self) is destroyed. 5. Their settled conclusion is partless like ether. 6. (Their heart) is the river of immortal waves. 7. (Their heart) is imperishable and unconditioned. 8. (Their preceptor) is the (realized) sage free from doubts. 9. The divine being (they adore is) final beatitude. 10. Their activity is free of family (and other) ties. 11. Their knowledge is not isolated. 12. (They study and/or teach) the higher scripture. 13. (They constitute) the propless monastic centre. 14. Their dedication (is to reveal Brahman) to a group (of worthy disciples). 15. The instruction is the non-existence (of things other than Brahman). 16. This dedication brings joy and purification (to the disciples). 17. Their sight is (like) seeing the twelve suns. 18. Discrimination (of the real from the unreal) is (their) protection. 19. Their compassion aloe is the sport. 20. (They wear) the garland of bliss. 21. In the cave of one seat (is) their audience of happiness, free from restrictions of yoga-postures. 22. (They) subsist on food not prepared (specially for them). 23. Their conduct is in consonance with the realization of the oneness of the Self and Brahman (Hamsa). 24. They demonstrate to disciples (by their conduct) that Brahman is present in all beings. 25. True conviction is their patched garment. Non-alignment is their loin-cloth. Reflection (of the truths of the Vedanta) is their (emblematic-)staff. The vision of Brahman (as non-different from the Self) is their yoga-cloth. Sandals (consist in avoiding contact with worldly) wealth. Activity (for bare living) at the behest of others. Their bondage (is only in the desire to direct) the Kundalini (into the Susumna). Liberated while alive, as they are freed from denial of the highest (Brahman). The oneness with Siva is their sleep. True knowledge (by denying joy in Avidya) or the Khechari-mudra is their supreme bliss. 26. The (bliss of) Brahman is free from the (three) qualities (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas). 27. (Brahman) is realized by discrimination (of the real from the unreal) (and) it is beyond the reach of the mind and speech. 28. The phenomenal world is impermanent as it is produced (from Brahman which alone is real); it is similar to a world seen in a dream and an elephant in the sky (i.e. illusory): similarly the cluster of things such as the body is perceived by a network of a multitude of delusions and it is fancied to exist as a serpent in a rope (due to imperfect knowledge). 29. The (worship of) gods named Vishnu, Brahma and a hundred others culminates (in Brahman). 30. The goad is the path. 31. (The path) is not void, only conventional. 32. The strength of the supreme Lord (is the support to the aerial path). 33. The Yoga accomplished by truth is the monastery. 34. The position (heaven) of gods does not constitute its real nature. 35. The prime source Brahman is self-realization. 36. (The ascetic) shall meditate on the absence of distinction, based on the Gayatri through the Ajapa Mantra. 37. Restraint on the mind is the patched garment. 38. By Yoga (there is) the vision (experience) of the nature of everlasting bliss. 39. Bliss is the alms that he enjoys. 40. Residence even in the great cemetery is as in a pleasure garden. 41. A solitary place is the monastery. 42. Complete quiescence of the mind is the practice of Brahmavidya. 43. His movement is to unmani state. 44. His pure body is the propless seat of dignity. 45. His activity is the bliss of the waves of immortality. 46. The ether of consciousness is the great established conclusion. 47. Instruction in the emancipating mantra results in efficiency of bodily limbs and mind for possessing divine power in practising tranquillity, self-restraint, etc., and in the realization of the oneness of the (so-called) higher and lower Self. 48. The presiding deity (of the Taraka) is the everlasting bliss of non-duality. 49. The voluntary religious observance is the restraint of the inner senses. 50. Renouncing (tyaga) is the giving up of fear, delusion, sorrow and anger. 51. (Renouncing results is) the enjoyment of bliss in the identity of the higher and lower (self). 52. Unrestrainedness is pure power. 53. When the reality of Brahman shines in the self there is the annihilation of the phenomenal world which is enveloped by the power of Shiva (Maya); similarly the burning of the existence or non-existence of the aggregate of the causal, subtle and gross bodies. 54. He realizes Brahman as the prop of the ether. 55. The auspicious fourth state is the sacred thread; the tuft (too) consists of that. 56. (To him) the created world consists of consciousness; (so also) the immovable and the group of various beings. 57. Uprooting (the effect of) karman is (mere) talk; in the cemetery (Self-Brahman), illusion, ‘mine-ness’ and ego have been burnt. 58. (The realized Parivrajaka) has his body intact. 59. Meditation on the true form which is beyond the three attributes (of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas); (even this) condition (of distinction ‘I am Brahman’) is a delusion which shall be annihilated The burning of the attitude of passion, etc., (ought to be done). The loin cloth ought to be rough and tight (so that the vital energy moves upward in perpetual celibacy). Deer-skin garment for long (and later to be unclad). The unstruck mantra (the Om in the fourth state turiya) is practised by refraining from (worldly) action. Conducting himself freely (as he has reached a stage which is beyond good and bad, he realizes) his true nature which is liberation. 60. His conduct (of serving a primary Avadhuta) as a ship (to cross the ocean of worldly life and) reach the transcendent Brahman; practising celibacy till tranquillity is attained; getting instruction in the stage of a celibate student, or learning (the truth) in the stage of a dweller in the forest (Vanaprastha) he (embraces) renunciation wherein all (true) knowledge is established; at the end he becomes of the form of the indivisible Brahman, the eternal, the annihilator of all doubts. 61. This Nirvanopanishad (the secret doctrine leading to final beatitude) shall not be imparted to one other than a disciple or a son. Thus (ends) the Upanishad. Om ! May my speech be based on (i.e. accord with) the mind; May my mind be based on speech. O Self-effulgent One, reveal Thyself to me. May you both (speech and mind) be the carriers of the Veda to me. May not all that I have heard depart from me. I shall join together (i.e. obliterate the difference of) day And night through this study. I shall utter what is verbally true; I shall utter what is mentally true. May that (Brahman) protect me; May That protect the speaker (i.e. the teacher), may That protect me; May that protect the speaker – may That protect the speaker. Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace in my environment ! Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me ! Here ends the Nirvanopanishad, as contained in the Rig-Veda.
(ṛgvedīya saṃnyāsopaniṣat) nirvāṇopaniṣadvedyaṃ nirvāṇānandatundilam । traipadānandasāmrājyaṃ svamātramiti cintayet ॥ oṃ vāṅme manasi pratiṣṭhitā । mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitam । āvirāvīrma edhi । vedasya mā āṇīsthaḥ । śrutaṃ me mā prahāsīḥ । anenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmi । ṛtaṃ vadiṣyāmi । satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi । tanmāmavatu । tadvaktāramavatu । avatu māmavatu vaktāram । oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥ atha nirvāṇopaniṣadaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ । paramahaṃsaḥ so'ham । parivrājakāḥ paścimaliṅgāḥ । manmatha kṣetrapālāḥ । gaganasiddhāntaḥ amṛtakallolanadī । akṣayaṃ nirañjanam । niḥsaṃśaya ṛṣiḥ । nirvāṇodevatā । niṣkulapravṛttiḥ । niṣkevalajñānam । ūrdhvāmnāyaḥ । nirālamba pīṭhaḥ । saṃyogadīkṣā । viyogopadeśaḥ । dīkṣāsantoṣapānaṃ ca । dvādaśāvadityāvalokanam । vivekarakṣā । karuṇaiva keliḥ । ānandamālā । ekāntaguhāyāṃ muktāsanasukhagoṣṭī । akalpitabhikṣāśī । haṃsācāraḥ ।sarvabhūtāntarvartī haṃsa iti pratipādanam । dhairyakanthā । udāsīna kaupīnam । vicāradaṇḍaḥ । brahmāvalokayogapaṭṭaḥ ।śriyāṃ pādukā । parecchācaraṇam । kuṇḍalinībandhaḥ । parāpavādamukto jīvanmuktaḥ । śivayoganidrā ca । khecarīmudrā ca । paramānandī । nirgataguṇatrayam । vivekalabhyaṃ manovāgagocaram । anityaṃ jagadyajjanitaṃ svapnajagadabhragajāditulyam । tathā dehādisaṅghātaṃ mohaguṇajālakalitaṃ tadrajjusarpavatkalpitam । viṣṇuvidhyādiśatābhidhānalakṣyam । aṅkuśo mārgaḥ । śūnyaṃ na saṅketaḥ । parameśvarasattā । satyasiddhayogo maṭhaḥ । amarapadaṃ tatsvarūpam । ādibrahmasvasaṃvit । ajapā gāyatrī । vikāradaṇḍo dhyeyaḥ । manonirodhinī kanthā । yogena sadānandasvarūpadarśanam । ānanda bhikṣāśī । mahāśmaśāne'pyānandavane vāsaḥ । ekāntasthānam । ānandamaṭham । unmanyavasthā । śāradā ceṣṭā । unmanī gatiḥ । nirmalagātram । nirālambapīṭham । amṛtakallolānandakriyā । pāṇḍaragaganam । mahāsiddhāntaḥ । śamadamādidivyaśaktyācaraṇe kṣetrapātrapaṭutā । parāvarasaṃyogaḥ । tārakopadeśāḥ । advaitasadānando devatā । niyamaḥ svātarindriyanigrahaḥ । bhayamohaśokakrodhatyāgastyāgaḥ । aniyāmakatvanirmalaśaktiḥ । svaprakāśabrahmatattve śivaśaktisampuṭita prapañcacchedanam । tathā patrākṣākṣikamaṇḍaluḥ । bhavābhāvadahanam । bibhratyākāśādhāram । śivaṃ turīyaṃ yajñopavītam । tanmayā śikhā । cinmayaṃ cotsṛṣṭidaṇḍam । santatākṣikamaṇḍalum । karmanirmūlanaṃ kanthā । māyāmamatāhaṅkāradahanam । spraśāne anāhatāṅgī । nistraiguṇyasvarūpānusandhānaṃ samayam । bhrāntiharaṇam । kāmādivṛttidahanam । kāṭhinyadṛḍhakaupīnam । cīrājinavāsaḥ । anāhatamantraḥ । akriyayaiva juṣṭam । svecchācārasvasvabhāvo mokṣaḥ paraṃ brahma । plavavadācaraṇam । brahmacaryaśāntisaṃgrahaṇam । brahmacaryāśrame'dhītya sasarvasaṃvinnyāsaṃ saṃnyāsam । ante brahmākhaṇḍākāram । nityaṃ sarvasandehanāśanam । etannirvāṇadarśanam । śiṣyaṃ putraṃ vinā na deyamityupaniṣat । oṃ vāṅme manasīti śāntiḥ ॥ iti nirvāṇopaniṣatsamāptā ।