उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

37-42] DREAM AND MEMORY 147 यस्मिन्देवाश्च वेदाश्च पवित्रं कृत्स्नमेकताम् । व्रजेत्तन्मानसं तीर्थं यस्मिन्स्नात्वाऽमृतो भवेत् ॥ ४० ॥ 40. The mind¹ is the place of pilgrimage² where the devas,³ the _Vedas_⁴ and all other purifying agencies⁵ become one.⁶ A bath⁷ in that place of pilgrimage makes one immortal. न चास्ति शब्दादिरनन्यवेदनः परस्परेणापि न चैव दृश्यते । परेण दृश्यास्तु यथा रसाद्यस्तथैव दृश्यत्वत एव दैहिकाः ॥ ४१ ॥ 41. (Non-conscious objects of Knowledge like) sound etc.⁸ cannot illumine themselves nor one another. Therefore taste etc.⁸ are illumined by one⁹ other than themselves. They pertain to the body as they are objects of knowledge. अहंममेत्येषणयत्नविक्रियासुखादयस्तद्वदिह प्रदृश्यतः । दृश्यत्वयोगाच्च परस्परेण ते न दृश्यतां यान्ति ततः परो भवान् ॥ 42. The objects of knowledge, the ego and other changes described as 'mine', such as, desires, efforts, pleasure etc. cannot, similarly,¹⁰ illumine themselves. They cannot illumine one another for the same reason.¹¹ You, the Self, are, therefore, different from them. ¹ The consciousness 'I am Brahman'. ² Because it makes a man free from Ignorance, the root of all sins and virtues. ³ The presid- ing deities of places of pilgrimage. ⁴ The study etc. of the Vedas. ⁵ The uttering of sacred names etc. ⁶ Because of the appearance of the all-pervading Brahman in the mind. ⁷ Merging in Brahman, just as a man merges into water while bathing. ⁸ Sound, touch, sight, taste and smell. ⁹ The Self. ¹⁰ Like sound, touch, etc.; see the above verse. ¹¹ As they are objects of knowledge.