उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

7-13] NATURE OF THE WITNESS 119 perceived by people in dream. (The Self, their ¹ illumi- nator, must, therefore, be different from them and from the subtle body in which they lie.) So the Self, pure Consciousness, (the perceiver of doership etc.,) must be different from them ² (in the waking state also). कोशादिव विनिष्कृष्टः कार्यकारणवर्जितः । यथासिर्दृश्यते स्वप्ने तद्वद्बोद्धा स्वयंप्रभः ॥ ११ ॥ 11. Just as a sword taken out of its sheath is seen as it is, so, the Knower, the Self, is seen ³ in dream in Its real and self-effulgent nature free from cause ⁴ and effect.⁴ आपेषात्प्रतिबुद्धस्य ज्ञस्य स्वाभाविकं पदम् । उक्तं नेत्यादिवाक्येन कल्पितस्यापनेतृणा ॥ १२ ॥ 12. The real nature ⁵ of the individual (Self) who was pushed and awakened ⁶ has been described by the saying, “Not this,⁷ not this” which negates all super- imposition. महाराजादयो लोका मयि यद्वत्प्रकल्पिताः । स्वप्ने तद्वद्द्वयं विद्याद्रूपं वासनया सह ॥ १३ ॥ 13. Just as objects of enjoyment like a great King- ship ⁸ etc. are superimposed on Me in dream (and are ¹ The Knower, Knowing and the Known in dream. ² I.e., from the subtle body and the impressions in it. ³ Not as an object. ⁴ I.e., the mind which assumes the forms of causes and effects in dream. ⁵ Brahman Itself. ⁶ Br. U., 2. 1. 15. ⁷ Br. U., 2. 3. 6. ⁸ Br. U., 2. 1. 18.