उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

154 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XV 9. The one and the same Self is in all beings and they are in It just as all beings are in the ether. As by the ether, everything is pervaded by the Self which is considered to be pure and consisting of the Light of Pure Consciousness. व्रणस्नाव्योरभावेन स्थूलं देहं निवारयेत् । शुद्धापापतयालेपं लिङ्गं चाकायमित्युत ॥ १० ॥ 10. By negating wounds and sinews the Sruti¹ negates the gross body (from the Self). Being pure and free from sin and virtue the Self is free (from all the impressions of pain and pleasure). The Sruti¹ again discards the subtle body by calling the Self bodiless. वासुदेवो यथाश्वत्थे स्वदेहे चाब्रवीत्समम् । तद्वद्वेत्ति य आत्मानं समं स ब्रह्मवित्तमः ॥ ११ ॥ 11. One Knowing the Self to be the same (every- where) like Vâsudeva² who speaks of the same Self residing in a pipal³ tree and in his own body is the best of the knowers of Brahman. यथा ह्यन्यशरीरेषु ममाहन्ता न चेष्यते । अस्मिंश्चापि तथा देहे धीसाक्षित्वाविशेषतः ॥ १२ ॥ 12. Just as the ideas of 'me' and 'mine' are not thought to exist in other bodies, so, also they do not exist in one's own. For the Self is the common witness of all intellects. ¹ Îsh. U., 8. ² Sri Krishna. ³ Bh. Gîtâ, 10. 26.