उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

200 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVII undifferentiated,¹ dream, etc., so, the Self appears to be different in waking and dream bodies, (both individual and aggregate²) like reflections of the moon in water. मायाहस्तिनमारुह्य मायाव्येको यथा व्रजेत् । आगच्छंस्तद्वदेवात्मा प्राणस्वप्नादिगोऽचलः ॥ २९ ॥ 29. Just as a magician comes and goes on an elephant (created by his own magic), so, the Self, though devoid of all motion, appears to be undergoing conditions such as, the undifferentiated, dream, etc. न हस्ती न तदारूढो मायाव्यन्यो यथास्थितः । न प्राणादि न तद्द्रष्टा तथा ज्ञोऽन्यः सदादृशिः ॥ ३० ॥ 30. Just as (in the above example) there is no elephant nor its driver, but there stands the magician different from them, so, there are no undifferentiated etc. nor their knower. The Witness which is always of the nature of Pure Consciousness is different from them. अबद्धचक्षुषो नास्ति माया मायाविनोऽपि वा । बद्धाक्षस्यैव सा मायाऽमायाव्येव ततो भवेत् ॥ ३१ ॥ 31. There is no magic for the people of right vision nor for the magician himself. It is only for the people of clouded vision that magic exists. Hence one, not really a magician, (wrongly) appears to be so. ¹ Hiranyagarbha or the aggregate vital force before it is manifested. ² Just as the sea may be regarded as the aggregate of waves.