उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

28-36] DREAM AND MEMORY 145 प्रज्ञाप्राणानुकार्यात्मा छायेवाक्षादिगोचरः । ध्यायतीवेति चोक्तो हि शुद्धो मुक्तः स्वतो हि सः ॥ ३३ ॥ 33. The Self which has for Its adjuncts the intellect and the vital force is reflected in the modifications of the intellect and in the senses like the sun reflected in water (for example). The Self is free and pure by nature (even in that condition) as it is said in the Sruti,¹ “ It is at rest as it were.” [The real sun in the sky never moves with the move- ment of the water in which it is reflected though the reflection does so. So, the Self does not change with the changes in the intellect in which It is reflected. The meaning of the Sruti quoted is that the Self, in no condition, has either rest or motion ; It is always pure. Rest and motion are in the intellect.] अप्राणस्यामनस्कस्य तथाऽसंसर्गिणो दृशेः । व्योमवद्व्यापिनो ह्यस्य कथं कार्यं भवेन्मम ॥ ३४ ॥ 34. How can I have actions who am Pure Con- sciousness devoid of the vital force and the mind, un- attached and all-pervading like the ether ? असमाधिं न पश्यामि निर्विकारस्य सर्वदा । ब्रह्मणो मे विशुद्धस्य शोध्यं नान्यद्विपाप्मनः ॥ ३५ ॥ गन्तव्यं च तथा नैव सर्वगस्याचलस्य च । नोर्ध्वं नाधस्तिरो वापि निष्कलस्यागुणत्वतः ॥ ३६ ॥ 35, 36. As I am Brahman, always changeless and pure, I never see the absence of concentration in Me ; . ¹ Br. U., 4. 3. 7. 10