उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

45-51] IMPOSSIBILITY OF ONE BEING ANOTHER 165 ज्ञाताऽयत्नोऽपि तद्वज्ज्ञः कर्ता भ्रामकवद्भवेत् । स्वरूपेण स्वयं नात्मा ज्ञेयोऽज्ञेयोऽथवा ततः ॥ ४८ ॥ विदिताविदिताभ्यां तदन्यदेवेति शासनात् । बन्धमोक्षादयो भावास्तद्वद्वात्मनि कल्पिताः ॥ ४९ ॥ 48, 49. Just as the Self, though devoid of effort, is called a knower, so, It is called an agent, (though devoid of effort,) like the loadstone. In Its own nature, therefore, It is neither capable of being known¹ nor unknown² as it is taught (in the Sruti²) that the Self is different from both the known and the unknown. The ideas such as, bondage, liberation, etc. are likewise³ superimposed on the Self. नाहोरात्रे यथा सूर्ये प्रभारूपाविशेषतः । बोधरूपाविशेषान्न बोधाबोधौ तथात्मनि ॥ ५० ॥ 50. Just as there is no day or night in the sun as it is of the nature of light only, so, there is no knowledge⁴ or ignorance⁵ in the Self which is of the nature of Pure Consciousness only. यथोक्तं ब्रह्म यो वेद हानोपादानवर्जितम् । यथोक्तेन विधानेन स सत्यं नैव जायते ॥ ५१ ॥ . ¹ See verses 39 and 40 above. In the proximity of agents etc. the Self is called an agent and as It is actionless It is called a non-agent. ² Ke. U., 1. 4. ³ Like agency and knowingness. See verses 45, 47 and 48 above. ⁴ Therefore no liberation. ⁵ Therefore no bondage.