उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

1-6] . MERGING OF THE MIND 105 सदा च भूतेषु समोऽस्मि केवलो यथा च खं सर्वगमक्षरं शिवम् । निरन्तरं निष्कलमक्रियं परं ततो न मेऽस्तीह फलं तवेहितैः ॥ ३ ॥ 3. The supreme Brahman, the same¹ in all beings and free from all attributes I am all-pervading like the ether, imperishable, auspicious, homogeneous, partless and actionless. I, therefore, have no benefit to be derived from your efforts. अहं ममैको न तदन्यदिष्यते तथा न कस्याप्यहमस्म्यसंगतः । असङ्गरूपोऽहमतो न मे त्वया कृतेन कार्यं तव चाद्वयत्वतः ॥४॥ 4. No one different from Me can belong to Me who am one only. Nor can I who am unattached belong to anybody. I have, therefore, no benefit to be derived from anything done by you. As you² are not other than Myself you can have no effort nor its results. फले च हेतौ च जनो विषक्तवानिति प्रचिन्त्याहमतो विमोक्षणे । जनस्य संवादमिमं प्रक्लृप्तवान्स्वरूपतत्त्वार्थविबोधकारणम् ॥५॥ 5. Considering that people are attached to the ideas of cause and effect,³ I have composed this dialogue (between the mind and the Self) leading to the under- standing of the real nature of the Self in order that they might get freed from this (bondage). संवादमेतं यदि चिन्तयेन्नरो विमुच्यतेऽज्ञानमहाभयागमात् । विमुक्तकामश्च तथा जनः सदा चरत्यशोकः सम आत्मवित्सुखी ॥ ¹ Because the Self of all. ² You are non-conscious and have no separate existence from Brahman. ³ G. K., 4. 14-28.