उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

34-41] " CONSISTING OF EARTH " 179 अप्रकाशो यथाऽऽदित्ये नास्ति ज्योतिःस्वभावतः । नित्यबोधस्वरूपत्वान्नाज्ञानं तद्वदात्मनि ॥ ३७ ॥ 37. Just as there is no darkness in the sun as it is of the nature of light only, so, there is no Ignorance in the Self as It is of the nature of eternal Knowledge. तथाऽविक्रियरूपत्वान्नावस्थान्तरमात्मनः । अवस्थान्तरवत्त्वे हि नाशोऽस्य स्यान्न संशयः ॥ ३८ ॥ 38. Similarly, the Self has no change of states as It is of a changeless nature. It would, no doubt, be destructible if It underwent any change. मोक्षोऽवस्थान्तरं यस्य कृतकः स चलो ह्यतः । न संयोगो वियोगो वा मोक्षो युक्तः कथंचन ॥ ३९ ॥ संयोगस्याप्यनित्यत्वाद्वियोगस्य तथैव च । गमनागमने चैव स्वरूपं तु न हीयते ॥ ४० ॥ स्वरूपस्यानिमित्तत्वात्सनिमित्ता हि चापरे । अनुपात्तं स्वरूपं हि स्वेनात्यक्तं तथैव च ॥ ४१ ॥ 39—41. Liberation becomes artificial and therefore transitory according to the philosopher who holds that it is a change of one state into another (on the part of the Self). Again it is not reasonable that it is a union (with Brahman) or a separation (from Nature). As both union and separation are transitory Liberation cannot consist of the individual Self going to Brahman or of Brahman coming to it. But the Self,¹ one's own ¹ That the Self Itself is Liberation is the conclusion.