उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

2 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS तदिदं मोक्षसाधनं ज्ञानं साधनसाध्यादनित्यात्सर्वस्माद्विर- क्ताय त्यक्तपुत्रवित्तलोकैषणाय प्रतिपन्नपरमहंसपारिव्राज्याय शम- दमदयादियुक्ताय शास्त्रप्रसिद्धशिष्यगुणसम्पन्नाय शुचये ब्राह्मणाय विधिवदुपसन्नाय शिष्याय जातिकर्मवृत्तविद्याभिजनैः परीक्ष्रि- ताय ब्रूयात् पुनःपुनः यावद्ग्रहणं दृढीभवति ॥ २ ॥ 2. That means to liberation, viz. Knowledge, should be explained again and again until it is firmly grasped, to a pure Brâhmana disciple who is indifferent to everything that is transitory and achievable through certain means, who has given up the desire for a son, for wealth and for this world ¹ and the next,² who has adopted the life of a wandering monk and is endowed with control over the mind and senses, with compassion etc., as well as with the qualities of a disciple well- known in the scriptures, and who has approached the teacher in the prescribed manner, and been examined in respect of his caste, profession, conduct, learning and parentage. श्रुतिश्च—'परीक्ष्य लोकान् ... तत्त्वतो ब्रह्मविद्याम्' इति । दृढगृहीता हि विद्या आत्मनः श्रेयसे सन्तत्यै च भवति । विद्यासन्ततिश्च प्राण्‍यनुग्रहाय भवति नौरिव नदीं तितीर्षोः । शास्त्रं च—'यद्यप्यस्मा इमामद्भिः परिगृहीतां धनस्य पूर्णां दद्यात् एतदेव ततो भूयः' इति । अन्यथा च ज्ञानप्राप्त्य- भावात्—'आचार्यवान् पुरुषो वेद', 'आचार्याद्धैव विद्या ¹ Attainable through the birth of a son. Br. U., 1. 5. 16 and Br. U., 6. 4. 1. Sankara's Commentary. ² The region of the fathers, the result of Vedic actions, and that of the gods, the result of meditation. Br. U., 1. 5. 16.