उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

2-5] ERROR IN UNDERSTANDING 97 5. As it is the object of pure Consciousness and exists¹ for It (the ego² is not the Self). Pure Conscious- ness is the universal Self³ when the object portion⁴ is rejected.⁵ ¹ For the agency and experience of the Self is due to the superimposition of the ego on It. ² See footnote 3, verse 2, Chapter 2. ³ What appears to be the individual Self owing to the proxi- mity of the ego before the attaiment of right knowledge is known to be no other than the universal Self when the discrimination of the Self from the ego has been accomplished. ⁴ The object portion of the consciousness 'I', i.e., the ego. ⁵ I.e., when the identification of the Self with the ego is known to be due to a wrong conception. 7