उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

120 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XI unreal ¹), so, the two forms,² (the visible and the in- visible) with the mental impressions,³ are also super- imposed on Me (and are similarly unreal ⁴). देहलिङ्गात्मना कार्या वासनासरूपिणा क्रियाः । नेतिनेत्यात्मरूपत्वान्न मे कार्या क्रिया क्वचित् ॥ १४ ॥ 14. All actions are performed by the Self ⁵ which has identified Itself with the gross and the subtle bodies and which has the nature of accumulating ⁶ impressions. As I am of the nature ⁷ indicated by the Sruti, ‘Not this, not this,’ actions are nowhere ⁸ to be done by Me. न ततोऽमृतताशास्ति कर्मणोऽज्ञानहेतुतः । मोक्षस्य ज्ञानहेतुत्वान्न तदन्यदपेक्षते ॥ १५ ॥ 15. As actions have Ignorance for their cause there is no hope from them of immortality. As liberation is caused by right Knowledge (alone) it does not depend on anything else.⁹ अमृतं चाभयं नार्तं नेतीत्यात्मा प्रियो मम । विपरीतमतोऽन्यद्यत्त्यजेत्तत्सक्रियं ततः ॥ १६ ॥ 16. But Immortality ¹⁰ is free ¹¹ from fear and des- truction. The individual Self (signified by the words) ¹ Br. U., 4. 3. 10. ² Br. U., 2. 3. 1. ³ Br. U., 2. 3. 6 ⁴ For they are objects of Knowledge. ⁵ The individualized Self. ⁶ Owing to continual performance of actions. As a matter of fact the subtle body is the seat of mental impressions. ⁷ I.e., Pure Consciousness. ⁸ Neither in waking nor in dream ; and also neither by nature nor by Vedic injunctions. ⁹ Actions etc. ¹⁰ Brahman. ¹¹ If it were not so it would be capable of being produced by actions.