उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

190 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVI परस्य देहे न यथाभिमानिता परस्य तद्वत्परमार्थमीक्ष्य च । इदं हि विज्ञानमतीव निर्मलं संप्राप्य मुक्तोऽथ भवेच्च सर्वतः ॥ 73. Just as one is free from the ideas of 'me' and 'mine' in respect of others' bodies, so, one becomes free from those ideas (in respect of one's own body) when one knows the supreme Truth. One becomes im- mediately liberated in all respects on attaining this very pure Knowledge. नहीह लाभोऽभ्यधिकोऽस्ति कश्चन • स्वरूपलाभात्स इतो हि नान्यतः । न देयमैन्द्रादपि राज्यतोऽधिकं स्वरूपलाभं त्वपरीक्ष्य यत्नतः ॥ ७४ ॥ 74. There is no attainment higher than that of Self- knowledge in the worlds of men and gods. It arises from nothing but the Vedantas. This Knowledge of the Self, superior even to the kingdom of Indra, should, therefore, not be imparted to any person without examining$^1$ him carefully. $^1$ See para II, chapter I, prose portion.