उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

1-4] SELF-BRAHMAN 91 मिथ्याध्यासनिषेधार्थं ततोऽस्थूलादि गृह्यताम् । परत्र चेन्निषेधार्थं शून्यतावर्णनं हि तत् ॥ ३ ॥ 3. Know, therefore, that the Sruti, ‘not large’ etc. is meant to negate the false superimposition (of largeness, smallness, etc. on the Self) as it would be a description of a void if it were meant to negate those qualities from one other than the Self. बुभुत्सोर्यदि चान्यत्र प्रत्यगात्मन इष्यते । अप्राणो ह्यमनाः शुभ्र इति चानर्थकं वचः ॥ ४ ॥ 4. Moreover, the saying,¹ ‘devoid of the vital force, devoid of the mind and pure’ would be unmeaning if these qualities were meant to be negated from one other² than the individual Self, the aspirant. ¹ Mu. U., 2. 1. 2. ² For the vital force and the mind are possessed by none other than the individual Self. It possesses them owing to Ignorance which is removed by this negation.