उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

184 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVI 53. As other qualities also are different from one another (like knowledge and pleasure) they cannot be produced at the same time. If it be contended that the knowledge of the qualities is nothing but their coming in contact with one and the same self, we say ‘No’; for they are qualified ¹ by knowledge. ज्ञानेनैव विशेषत्वाज्ज्ञानाप्यत्वं स्मृतेस्तथा । सुखं ज्ञातं मयेत्येवं तवाज्ञानात्मकत्वतः ॥ ५४ ॥ 54. Pleasure etc. are surely objects of knowledge because they are qualified by it and also on account of the memory, ‘pleasure was known by me.’ (Moreover, they cannot be known by being connected with the self only and not with knowledge.) For the self is non-conscious ² as it is different from knowledge according to you. सुखादेर्नात्मधर्मत्वमात्मनस्तेऽविकारतः । भेदादन्यस्य कस्मान्न मनसो वाऽविशेषतः ॥ ५५ ॥ 55. Pleasure etc. cannot be the qualities of the soul as it is changeless ³ according to you. Moreover, why should pleasure etc. of one soul not be there in other souls and also in the mind as difference is common ⁴ ? ¹ E.g., we say ‘known pleasure’, ‘known pain’, etc. ² Whatever is different from knowledge must be non-conscious. And non-conscious pleasure, pain, etc. cannot be known when in contact with a non-conscious Self. ³ For souls, according to them, are all of an infinitely extended nature and are, therefore, changeless. ⁴ Just as pleasure etc. are different from one soul they are so from other souls and from the mind.