उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

9-14] THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS 115 यदद्वयं ज्ञानमतीव निर्मलं महात्मनां तत्र न शोकमोहता । तयोरभावे न हि कर्म जन्म वा भवेद्वयं वेदविदां विनिश्चयः ॥ १२ ॥ 12. All grief and delusion are removed from those great souls when there arises the very pure ¹ knowledge of the non-dual Self. It is the conclusion of those who know the meaning of the Vedas that there cannot be any action or birth in the absence of grief ² and delusion.² सुषुप्तवज्जाग्रति यो न पश्यति द्वयं तु पश्यन्नपि चाद्वयत्वतः । तथा च कुर्वन्नपि निष्क्रियश्च यः स आत्मविन्नान्य इतीह निश्चयः ॥ 13. It is the conclusion here (in the Vedântas) that one who, though perceiving ³ the world of duality in the waking state, does not,⁴ as a man in deep sleep does not,⁵ perceive it owing to duality being negated and who is (really) actionless even when (apparently) acting, is a man of Self-knowledge ; but no one else is so. इतीदमुक्तं परमार्थदर्शनं मया हि वेदान्तविनिश्चितं परम् । विमुच्यतेऽस्मिन्यदि निश्चितो भवेन्न लिप्यते व्योम इवेह कर्मभिः ॥ 14. This Right knowledge described by me is the highest because it is ascertained in the Vedântas. One becomes liberated and unattached (to actions) like the ether if one is perfectly convinced of this Truth. ¹ I.e., free from all doubts. ² Ignorance implied by them. ³ Apparently. ⁴ I.e., does not perceive it to be real. ⁵ Duality gets merged in Ignorance in the case of deep sleep but in the case of Self-knowledge it gets negated in all the states.