उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

168 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVI बुद्धयर्थान्याहुरेतानि वाक्पाण्यादीनि कर्मणे । तद्विकल्पार्थमन्तस्थं मन एकादशं भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥ 3. These¹ are called the organs of knowledge ; the larynx and the hand etc. are called the organs of action ; and the mind, the eleventh which is within the body is for the purpose of knowing different objects one after another (as they tend to present themselves at the same time). निश्चयार्था भवेद्बुद्धिस्तां सर्वार्थानुभाविनीम् । ज्ञाताऽऽत्मोक्तः स्वरूपेण ज्योतिषा व्यञ्जयन्सदा ॥ ४ ॥ 4. The intellect is for determining objects. Always illuminating the all-pervasive² intellect by Its light,³ Its own nature the Self is called the Knower. [The purport of the above four verses is that the Self is different from the body, the senses, the mind and the intellect.] व्यञ्जकस्तु यथाऽऽलोको व्यङ्ग्यस्याकारतां गतः । व्यतिकीर्णोऽप्यसंकीर्णस्तद्वज्ज्ञः प्रत्ययैः सदा ॥ ५ ॥ 5. Just as light assumes the forms of objects reveal- ed by it but is really different from, though (apparently) mixed up with, them, so, the Self is different from the mental modifications (whose forms It assumes⁴ while revealing them). ¹ Smell etc. See the previous verse. ² Pervading objects one after another. ³ Consciousness. ⁴ Through Its reflection.