उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

96 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. V 2. The Self seems to be moving when the intellect moves and It seems to be at rest when it is at rest on account of Its identification ¹ with the intellect like trees appearing to move in the eyes of those who are in a moving boat. Similar is the misconception ² about transmigratory existence. नौस्थस्य प्रातिलोम्येन नगानां गमनं यथा । आत्मनः संसृतिस्तद्वद्ध्यायतीवेति हि श्रुतिः ॥ ३ ॥ 3. Just as trees are thought to be moving in a direction opposite to that of a moving boat by a man in it, so, transmigratory existence is (wrongly) thought to belong to the Self (by a man who has identified himself with the intellect). For there is the passage in the Sruti, ‘ as ³ if at rest.’ चैतन्यप्रतिबिम्बेन व्याप्तो बोधो हि जायते । बुद्धेः शब्दादिभिर्भासस्तेन मोमुह्यते जगत् ॥ ४ ॥ 4. The modifications of the intellect are pervaded by the reflection of Consciousness when they come to exist. So the Self appears to be identified with sound ⁴ etc. This is the reason why people are deluded.⁵ चैतन्यभास्यताहमस्तादर्थ्यं च तदस्य यत् । इदमंशप्रहाणेन परः सोऽनुभवो भवेत् ॥ ५ ॥ ¹ Due to ignorance. ² For people make the mistake of believ- ing that transmigratory existence belongs to the Self instead of to the intellect. ³ Br. U., 4. 3. 7. ⁴ The objects of the modifica- tions of the intellect i.e., the body etc. ⁵ For unable to distin- guish between the Self and its reflection people attribute the pro- perties of the intellect to the Self.