उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

10-15] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 195 So the whole of the universe exists only for a deluded intellect. असदेतत्ततो युक्तं सच्चिन्मात्रं न कल्पितम् । वेदश्चापि स एवाद्यो वेद्यं चान्यत्तु कल्पितम् ॥ १३ ॥ 13. It is, therefore, reasonable that these three are unreal. Existence-Knowledge only is real. (Existing prior to everything) It is both the knower¹ and the known. It is the other things (i.e. name, form and action) only that are unreal. येन वेत्ति स वेदः स्यात्स्वप्ने सर्वं तु मायया । येन पश्यति तच्चक्षुः शृणोति श्रोत्रमुच्यते ॥ १४ ॥ येन स्वप्नगतो वक्ति सा वाग्घ्राणं तथैव च । रसनस्पर्शने चैव मनश्चान्यत्तथेन्द्रियम् ॥ १५ ॥ 14, 15. Existence-Knowledge² through which all things in dream are known is the knower.³ It is the same entity that is the known⁴ in dream by Maya. It is the same Consciousness through which one sees, hears, speaks, smells, tastes, touches and thinks in that state is respectively called⁵ the eye, the ear, the larynx, the auditive organ, the tongue, the organ of touch and the mind. Similary, It is the same Consciousness that becomes in dream the other organs⁶ also functioning variously. ¹ How It is both the knower and the known is explained in the next two verses. ² See Br. U., 4. 3. 6. ³ For there is no other illuminator there. ⁴ For there are no objects of knowledge in dream. See Br. U., 4. 3. 10. ⁵ See verse 54 of this chapter. ⁶ See the next verse and note 1 on it.