उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

31-38] IMPOSSIBILITY OF ONE BEING ANOTHER 161 34. Illumining the modifications which have for their objects waking,¹ dream ¹ and deep sleep ² the all-per- vading Self is the same in all beings and the witness of them all. आत्मबुद्धिमनश्चक्षुर्विषयालोकसंगमात् । विचित्रो जायते बुद्धेः प्रत्ययोऽज्ञानलक्षणः ॥ ३५ ॥ 35. Caused by Ignorance³ the diverse functions of the intellect (called knowledge) come to exist when the body, the intellect, the mind, the eye, objects and light happen to co-exist (with the Self). विविच्यास्मात्स्वमात्मानं विद्याच्छुद्धं परं पदम् । द्रष्टारं सर्वभूतस्थं समं सर्वभयातिगम् ॥ ३६ ॥ समस्तं सर्वगं शान्तं विमलं व्योमवत्स्थितम् । निष्कलं निष्क्रियं सर्वं नित्यं द्वन्द्वैर्विवर्जितम् ॥ ३७ ॥ 36, 37. One should discriminate from these⁴ the Self which is the witness, free from all fear, free from all adjuncts, free from impurity, firm like the ether, without parts and without actions, and know It to be the pure, supreme Brahman, the same in all beings, the all- pervading whole, the all-comprehensive Principle which is eternally free from all duality. सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षी ज्ञः कथं ज्ञेयो मयेत्युत । विमृश्यैवं विजानीयाज्ज्ञानकर्म न वेति वा ॥ ३८ ॥ ¹ Waking and dream are the objects of the modifications of the mind. ² It is the object of the modification of Ignorance. ³ Superimposed on the Self. ⁴ The body, the intellect, etc. (See the previous verse). 11