उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

160 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XV (7) bound, (8) free, (9) one, (10) many, (11) pure, (12) not pure and so on. अप्राप्यैव निवर्तन्ते वाचो धीभिः सहैव तु । निर्गुणत्वात्क्रियाभावाद्विशेषणामभावतः ॥ ३१ ॥ 31. Words with the mind turn back without reaching It as It is without qualities, without actions and without attributes. व्यापकं सर्वतो व्योम मूर्तैः सर्वैर्वियोजितम् । यथा, तद्वदिहात्मानं विद्याच्छुद्धं परं पदम् ॥ ३२ ॥ 32. One should know the Self, comparable to the ether which is all-pervading and free from all objects having forms, to be the pure and supreme Goal¹ in the Vedântas. दृष्टं हित्वा स्मृतिं तस्मिन्सर्वग्रञ्च तमस्त्यजेत् । सर्वदृग्ज्योतिषा युक्तो दिनकृच्छावरं यथा ॥ ३३ ॥ 33. One should give up² the waking state, its im- pressions (i.e., dream) and deep sleep which causes everything to merge in itself. The Self, the witness of them all is then in the nature of Pure Consciousness³ like the sun which has dispelled the darkness of the night. रूपस्मृत्यन्धकारार्थाः प्रत्यया यस्य गोचराः । स एवात्मा समो द्रष्टा सर्वभूतेषु सर्वगः ॥ ३४ ॥ ¹ Brahman. ² I.e., one should give up one's identification with them. ³ Brahman.