उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

68-72] " CONSISTING OF EARTH " 189 इदं रहस्यं परमं परायणं व्यपेतदोषैरभिमानवर्जितैः । समीक्ष्य कार्या मतिरार्जवे सदा न तत्त्वदृक्स्वान्यमतिर्हि कश्चन ॥ 70. Having a firm grasp of this secret Knowledge,¹ the Supreme Goal, and being free from defects and vanity people should always fix their minds on Brahman which is always the same. For no man who knows Brahman to be different from himself is a knower of Truth. अनेकजन्मान्तरसंचितैर्नरो विमुच्यतेऽज्ञाननिमित्तपातकैः । इदं विदित्वा परमं हि पावनं न लिप्यते व्योम इवेह कर्मभिः ॥ 71. When he acquires this Knowledge, the supreme purifier a man becomes free from all merit and demerit produced by Ignorance and accumulated in many other lives. He, like the ether, does not get attached to actions in this world. प्रशान्तचित्ताय जितेन्द्रियाय च प्रहीणदोषाय यथोक्तकारिणे । गुणान्वितायानुगताय सर्वदा प्रदेयमेतत्सततं मुमुक्षवे ॥ ७२ ॥ 72. This (Knowledge) should be imparted only to him whose mind has been pacified, who has controlled his senses and is freed² from all defects, who has practised the duties (enjoined by the scriptures) and is possessed of good qualities,³ who is always obedient (to the teacher) and aspires after liberation only. ¹ That the Self is Brahman. ² By the performance of Vedic actions without a desire for their results. ³ Such as, learning, humility and truth.