उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

3-9] " CONSISTING OF EARTH " 169 स्थितो दीपो यथायत्नः प्राप्तं सर्वं प्रकाशयेत् । शब्दाद्याकारबुद्धींज्ञः प्राप्तास्तद्वत्प्रपश्यति ॥ ६ ॥ 6. The Self illumines the intellect in the forms of sound etc. present before It like a stationary lamp devoid of any effort and illuminating everything within its reach. शरीरेन्द्रियसंधात आत्मत्वेन गतां धियम् । नित्यात्मज्योतिषा दीप्तां विशिषन्ति सुखादयः ॥ ७ ॥ 7. Pleasure etc. qualify the intellect identifying itself with the combination of the body and the senses and getting illumined by the eternal Light of the Self. शिरोदुःखादिनात्मानं दुःख्यस्मीति हि पश्यति । द्रष्टान्यो दुःखिनो दृश्याद्द्रष्टृत्वाच्च न दुःख्यसौ ॥ ८ ॥ 8. For one considers oneself to be distressed by pain in the head etc. The Seer is different from the seen¹ which feels pain. The Self is free from pain as It is the Seer (of the pain). दुःखी स्याद्दुःख्यहंमानाद्दुःखिनो दर्शनान्न वा । संहतेऽङ्गादिभिर्द्रष्टा दुःखी दुःखस्य नैव सः ॥ ९ ॥ 9. One becomes unhappy when one identifies one- self with something¹ which has assumed the form of unhappiness but not by merely seeing it. The Witness² of the pain in the body which is a combination of the limbs etc. does not feel pain. ¹ The intellect. ² The Self.