उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

7-14] DREAM AND MEMORY 139 interior¹ and exterior,¹ is pure and of the nature of homogeneous Consciousness ? य आत्मा नेतिनेतीति परापोहेन शेषितः । स चेद्ब्रह्मविदात्मेष्टो यतेतातः परं कथम् ॥ ११ ॥ 11. Why should a knower of Brahman make any- more effort if the Self which is left over by negating the non-Self according to the Sruti, 'Not this, not this' is considered to be his Self ? अशनायाद्यतिक्रान्तं ब्रह्मैवास्मि निरन्तरम् । कार्यवान्स्यां कथं चाहं विमृशेदेवमञ्जसा ॥ १२ ॥ 12. One should rightly think thus : I am all-pervad- ing Brahman beyond hunger etc. ; how can I have actions ? पारगस्तु यथा नद्यास्तत्स्थः पारं यियासति । आत्मज्ञश्चेत्तथा कार्यं कर्तुमन्यदिहेच्छति ॥ १३ ॥ 13. A knower of the Self will wish to perform actions if one who has reached the other bank of a river wish to reach that bank while there. आत्मज्ञस्यापि यस्य स्याद्धानोपादानता यदि । न मोक्षार्हः स विज्ञेयो वान्तोऽसौ ब्रह्मणा ध्रुवम् ॥ १४ ॥ 14. A (so-called) knower of the Self having the ideas of acceptance and rejection should be regarded as ¹ See footnote 1, verse 43, Chapter 17 and Mu. U., 2. 1. 2.