उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

118 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XI नामरूपक्रियाभ्योऽन्यो नित्यमुक्तस्वरूपवान् । अहमात्मा परं ब्रह्म चिन्मात्रोऽहं सदाद्वयः ॥ ७ ॥ 7. Ever free and different from names, forms and actions I am the supreme Brahman, the Self, consisting of pure Consciousness and always without a second. अहं ब्रह्मास्मि कर्ता च भोक्ता चास्मीति ये विदुः । ते नष्टा ज्ञानकर्मभ्यां नास्तिकाः स्युर्न संशयः ॥ ८ ॥ 8. Those who think themselves to be one with Brahman and at the same time to be doers and experi- encers should be regarded as fallen from both Know- ledge and duties. They are, no doubt, unbelievers (in the Vedas). धर्माधर्मफलैर्योग इष्टोऽदृष्टो यथात्मनः । शास्त्राद्ब्रह्मत्वमप्यस्य मोक्षो ज्ञानात्तथेष्यताम् ॥ ९ ॥ 9. It must be accepted on the strength of the scriptures that the Self is Brahman, and that liberation accrues from Right Knowledge only, like the connection with the Self$^1$ of the results of sin and virtue, which, though unseen is admitted (on the same authority). या माहारजनाद्यास्ता वासनाः स्वप्नदर्शिभिः । अनुभूयन्त एवेह ततोऽन्यः केवलो दृशिः ॥ १० ॥ 10. What are called (in the Sruti$^2$) clothes coloured with turmeric etc. are nothing but mental impressions $^1$ The individual Self. $^2$ Br. U., 2. 3. 6.