उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

बुद्ध्यारूढप्रकरणम् ॥ ७ ॥ CHAPTER VII KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE INTELLECT बुद्ध्यारूढं सदा सर्वं दृश्यते यत्र तत्र वा । मया तस्मात्परं ब्रह्म सर्वज्ञश्चास्मि सर्वगः ॥ १ ॥

1. I am the supreme Brahman all-knowing and all-pervading, as pervaded¹ by the intellect all things² in all conditions are always illumined by me.³ यथात्मबुद्धिचाराणां साक्षी तद्वत्परेष्वपि । नैवापोढुं न वादातुं शक्यस्तस्मात्परो ह्यहम् ॥ २ ॥
2. Just as I am the witness of all the objects of my intellect, so, I am that⁴ of the objects of other ¹ For the word आरूढ in the Text see verse 156, Chap. 18. ² In waking or dream ; either in this world or in the next ; known either through the senses or inference or from the scriptures etc. ³ Just as a lamp is different from the objects it illumines, so, I am different from all objects illumined by me, Pure Consciousness. ⁴ Being witnessed difference cannot pertain to the witness. So there cannot be more than one witness.