उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

178 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVI is One without a second as there cannot be a cause of diversity (before there is any superimposition on It). It must be eternal and different from what is superimposed. विकल्पोद्भवतोऽसत्त्वं स्वप्नदृश्यवदिष्यताम् । द्वैतस्य प्रागसत्त्वाच्च सदसत्त्वादिकल्पनात् ॥ ३४ ॥ 34. Accept duality as unreal. For it comes to exist by way of superimposition like dream objects and does ¹ not exist before ² the deliberation about its existence, non-existence, etc. वाचारम्भणशास्त्राच्च विकाराणां ह्यभावता । मृत्योः स मृत्युमित्यादेर्मम मायेति च स्मृतेः ॥ ३५ ॥ 35. All the modifications (of the Primeval Cause) are known to be unreal according to the scriptures which say that they have ‘ words ³ only for their support ’ and that ‘ he ⁴ dies again and again ’ and so on. The Smriti also says ‘ My ⁵ Mâyâ (is difficult to be get rid of ’). विशुद्धिश्चात एवास्य विकल्पाच्च विलक्षणः । उपादेयो न हेयोऽत आत्मा नान्यैरकल्पितः ॥ ३६ ॥ 36, The Self is, therefore,⁶ pure and is of a nature contrary to that of what is superimposed. Hence It can neither be accepted nor rejected. It is ⁷ not superim- posed on anything else. ¹ There is no evidence that duality exists when unknown. See Pra. U., 4. 7. 8. ² E.g., in deep Sleep. ³ Chh. U., 6. 1. 4—6. ⁴ Br. U., 4. 4. 19. ⁵ Bh. Gîtâ, 7. 14. ⁶ As all duality is unreal. ⁷ Because It is the ultimate substratum of all superimposition.