उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

108 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. IX without exception, known to be the same ¹ according to evidences.² [When all the elements either external or pertaining to bodies are ascertained to be pervaded by the Self no distinction is known to exist between the external elements and those pertaining to bodies as the Self only then exists. See Br. Sû., 2. 1. 14.] वाय्वादीनां यथोत्पत्तेः पूर्वं खं सर्वगं तथा । अहमेकः सदा सर्वश्चिन्मात्रः सर्वगोऽद्वयः ॥ ३ ॥ 3. Always Pure Consciousness I am one without a second, all and all-pervading like the ether before the creation of air and other elements. ब्रह्माद्याः स्थावरान्ता ये प्राणिनो मम पूः स्मृताः । कामक्रोधादयो दोषा जायेरन्मे कुतोऽन्यतः ॥ ४ ॥ 4. It has been ascertained that all the beings from Brahmâ³ down to the immovable creation are My bodies. From what other source will blemishes like lust, anger, etc. come into Me ? ⁴ भूतदोषैः सदाऽस्पृष्टं सर्वभूतस्थमीश्वरम् । नीलं व्योम यथा बालो दुष्टं मां वीक्षते जनः ॥ ५ ॥ 5. People look upon Me, the Lord ⁵ residing in all beings and always untouched by their defects, as tainted ¹ As those pertaining to the bodies. ² Measure—Ram Tirtha. ³ The soul invested with the aggregate of subtle bodies. ⁴ They do not by nature belong to me as they come and go ; nor can they come to Me from anywhere else as there exists nothing else except Me. ⁵ I.e., the cause, and the cause is never touched by any of the properties of its effects.