उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

112 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. X अजोऽमरश्चैव तथाऽजरोऽमृतः स्वयंप्रभः सर्वगतोऽहमद्वयः । न कारणं कार्यमतीव निर्मलः सदैकतृप्तश्च ततो विमुक्तॐ ॥ ३ ॥ 3. I am unborn, deathless, devoid of old age, im- mortal, self-effulgent, all-pervading and non-dual. Per- fectly pure, having neither cause nor effect and contented with the one Bliss ¹ I am free. Yes.² सुषुप्तजाग्रत्स्वपतश्च दर्शनं न मेऽस्ति किंचित्स्वमिवेह मोहनम् । स्वतश्च तेषां परतोऽप्यसत्त्वतस्तुरीय एवास्मि सदादृगद्वयः ॥४॥ 4. No perception whatever in waking, dream or deep sleep belongs to Me but it is due to delusion. For these states have no independent existence nor an existence depending³ on the Self. I am, therefore, the Fourth⁴ which is the Seer of all the three states and without a second. शरीरबुद्धीन्द्रियदुःखसंततिर्न मे न चाहं मम निर्विकारतः । असत्त्वहेतोश्च तथैव संततेरसत्त्वमस्याः स्वपतो हि दृश्यवत् ॥५॥ 5. As I am changeless the series producing pain viz., the body, the intellect and the senses are not Myself nor Mine. Moreover they are unreal⁵ like dream-objects, there being a reason for inference that they are so. ¹ I.e., the Bliss of the Self. ² The word in the Text indicates assent. The disciple accepts Brahman as the Self. ³ For they cannot have an existence dependent on the Self which is contrary to them in nature i.e., the Self is conscious while they are not so. ⁴ Fourth, because the Self is beyond the three states of waking, dream and deep sleep which are superimposed on It. ⁵ The argument is this : the series is not real as they are objects of knowledge like dream-objects which are known to be unreal.