उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

148 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XIV अहंक्रियाद्या हि समस्तविक्रिया सकर्तृका कर्मफलेन संहता । चितिस्वरूपेण समन्ततोऽर्कवत्प्रकाशयमानाऽसिततात्मनो ह्यतः ॥ 43. All the change such as, egoism etc. have an agent and are connected with the results of actions. They are illumined completely by Pure Consciousness like the sun. The Self, therefore, is free from bondage. दृशिस्वरूपेण हि सर्वदेहिनां वियद्यथा व्याप्य मनांस्यवस्थितः । अतो न तस्मादपरोऽस्ति वेदिता परोऽपि तस्मादत एक ईश्वरः ॥ 44. As the minds of all embodied beings are per- vaded by the Self as Consciousness which is Its nature like the ether ¹ there is neither a lower ² nor a higher ³ knower other than Itself. So, there is one non-dual universal Self ⁴ only. शरीरबुद्ध्योर्यदि चान्यदृश्यता निरात्मवादाः सुनिराकृता मया । परश्च शुद्धो ह्यविशुद्धिकर्मतः सुनिर्मलः सर्वगतोऽसितोऽद्वयः ॥ 45. The doctrine ⁵ that there is no Self has been well refuted by me as the gross and the subtle bodies are illumined by one ⁶ different from them. It ⁶ is un- alloyed with actions ⁷ that cause impurity and beyond them. It is very pure, all-pervading, free from bondage and without a second. घटादिरूपं यदि तेन गृह्यते मनः प्रवृत्तं बहुधा स्ववृत्तिभिः । अशुद्धयचिद्रूपविकारदोषता मतेर्यथा वारयितुं न पार्यते ॥ ४६ ॥ ¹ Which pervades jars etc. ² The individual Self. ³ Iswara the creator, preserver and the destroyer of the universe. ⁴ Pure Con- sciousness. ⁵ It stands for the doctrines that the Self is a void, that It is momentary and so on. ⁶ The Self. ⁷ I.e., sin and virtue.