उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

पद्यबन्धः द्वितीयो भागः Part II (Metrical) उपोद्घातप्रकरणम् ॥ १ ॥ CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION चैतन्यं सर्वगं सर्वं सर्वभूतगुहाशयम् । यत्सर्वविषयातीतं तस्मै सर्वविदे नमः ॥ १ ॥

1. I bow down to that all-knowing ¹ One which is pure Consciousness, all-pervading, ² all, ³ residing in the hearts ⁴ of all beings and beyond all objects ⁵ of know- ledge. समापय्य क्रियाः सर्वा दाराग्न्याधानपूर्विकाः । ब्रह्मविद्यामथेदानीं वक्तुं वेदः प्रचक्रमे ॥ २ ॥ ¹ Brahman, the all comprehensive Principle. It, like the sun, illumines everything without being an agent. ² Just as a rope pervades the snake in a rope-snake. ³ Because It is the material cause of everything. ⁴ The Sanskrit word literally means a cave. Here it stands for the intellect of which the Self is the witness. ⁵ Primeval Ignorance and all its modifications.