उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

16-22] " CONSISTING OF EARTH " 173 remains in it. One should, therefore, give up ¹ all these three states. आत्मबुद्धिमनश्चक्षुरालोकार्थादिसंगतात् । भ्रान्तिः स्यादात्मधर्मेति क्रियाणां संनिपाततः ॥ १९ ॥ निमीलोन्मीलने स्थाने वायव्ये तेन चक्षुषः । प्रकाशत्वान्मनस्येवं बुद्धौ न स्तः प्रकाशतः ॥ २० ॥ 19, 20. Just as the closing and opening of the eye- lids, connected with the vital force and not with the eye, are mistaken for the properties of the eye which is of the nature of light, and just as motion, not a property of the mind and the intellect, is wrongly attributed to them which are also of the same nature ² ; so, the Self, (though really not an agent,) is mistaken for one because actions arise when the body, the intellect, the mind, the eye, light, objects, etc. coexist with It. संकल्पाध्यवसायौ तु मनोबुद्धयोर्यथा क्रमात् । नेतरेतरधर्मत्वं सर्वं चात्मनि कल्पितम् ॥ २१ ॥ 21. The peculiar characteristic of the mind is reflec- tion and that of the intellect is determination, and not vice versa. Everything is superimposed on the Self. स्थानावच्छेददृष्टिः स्यादिन्द्रियाणां तदात्मनाम् । गता धीस्तां हि पश्यञ्ज्ञो देहमात्र इवेक्ष्यते ॥ २२ ॥ ¹ I.e., one should know that they do not exist in the Self or anywhere else like a snake in a rope-snake when the rope is known. ² For they are instruments of knowledge.