उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

1-6] NEGATION OF ATTRIBUTES 99 3. It is reasonable that, like ornaments,¹ all these ² are qualifications (of the Self) owing to superimposition through Ignorance. When the Self is known they prove to be unreal. ज्ञातैवात्मा सदा ग्राह्यो ज्ञेयमुत्सृज्य केवलः । अहमित्यपि यद्ग्राह्यं व्यपेताङ्गसमं हि तत् ॥ ४ ॥ 4. After rejecting the object portion ³ one should accept the Self as the knower ⁴ free from all qualifica- tions. The ego,⁵ the object portion, is also like the part of the body cut off.⁶ यावान्स्यादिदमंशो यः स स्वतोऽन्यो विशेषणम् । विशेषप्रक्षयो यत्र सिद्धो ज्ञश्चित्रगुर्यथा ॥ ५ ॥ 5. The Self of which the whole of the object portion ⁷ is the qualification is different from it. Bereft of all qualifications It has an independent existence like that of a man ⁸ possessing a variegated cow. इदमंशोऽहमित्यत्र त्याज्यो नात्मेति पण्डितैः । अहं ब्रह्मेति शिष्टांशो भूतपूर्वगतेर्भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥ 6. As it is not the Self the object portion in the consciousness ‘I’ should be renounced ⁹ by the wise. ¹ Falsely appearing to be the qualifications of the wearer. ² See footnote 1, verse 1 above. ³ See foot note 7, verse 5. ⁴ Pure Consciousness, the witness. ⁵ Though to the ignorant it appears to be Self. ⁶ See verse 1 of this Chapter. ⁷ In the consciousness ‘I’. ⁸ The man has an existence in- dependent of the cow, so has the Self an existence independent of the ego etc., Its qualifications, It having no connection with them. ⁹ See footnote 13, verse 2, Chapter 2.