उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

22-28] DREAM AND MEMORY 143 owing to the fact that It is not¹ known to be a non- agent. दृष्टिः श्रुतिर्मतिर्ज्ञातिः स्वप्ने दृष्टा जनैः सदा । तासामात्मस्वरूपत्वादतः प्रत्यक्षतात्मनः ॥ २६ ॥ 26. Seeing,² hearing, thinking and knowing are always experienced by people in dream. Moreover, as they are essentially the Self It is directly Known. [The meaning is this : The mind merges in the Self as Primeval Ignorance during deep sleep but the Self then, as always, exists in its nature of Pure Conscious- ness. Therefore it is clear that the Self is different from the mind and exists as the witness of this pheno- menon ; that is what is meant by saying in the verse that the Self is directly known.] परलोकभयं यस्य नास्ति मृत्युभयं तथा । तस्यात्मज्ञस्य शोच्याः स्युः सब्रह्मेन्द्रा अपीश्वराः ॥ २७ ॥ 27. Even powerful beings including Brahmâ³ and Indra⁴ are objects of pity to that knower of the Self who has no fear about the next world nor is afraid of death. ईश्वरत्वेन किं तस्य ब्रह्मेन्द्रत्वेन वा पुनः । तृष्णा चेत्सर्वतश्छिन्ना सर्वदैन्योद्भवाऽशुभा ॥ २८ ॥ ¹ I. e., The Self is not discriminated from the subtle body. ² These are mental modifications through the instrumentality of various organs. As the mind with these modifications is witnessed by the Self in dream It must be different from them. ³ See footnote 3, verse 4, Chapter 9 of this book. ⁴ The king of gods in heaven.