उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

29-34] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 201 [So, it is the ignorant only that wrongly believe that Brahman is the wielder of Mâyâ which is equally non- existent both for men of Knowledge and for Brahman.] साक्षाद्देवः स विज्ञेयः साक्षादात्मेति च श्रुतेः । भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिर्न चेदित्यादितः श्रुतेः ॥ ३२ ॥ 32. The Self should be regarded as Brahman Itself in accordance with the Srutis, 'The Self¹ is immediate,' ⁴All² knots of the heart are torn asunder,' 'If³ not' and so on. अशब्दादित्वतो नास्य ग्रहणं चेन्द्रियैर्भवेत् । सुखादिभ्यस्तथान्यत्वाद्बुद्ध्या वापि कथं भवेत् ॥ ३३ ॥ 33. (Objection.) It is not perceived by the senses as It is devoid of sound etc. Again how can It be perceived by the intellect as It is different from pleasure and so on ? अदृश्योऽपि यथा राहुश्चन्द्रे बिम्बं यथाम्भसि । सर्वगोऽपि तथैवात्मा बुद्धावेव स गृह्यते ॥ ३४ ॥ 34. (Reply.) Just as Râhu,⁴ though invisible, is seen in the moon (during an eclipse) and the reflections (of the moon etc.) are seen in water, so, the Self, though omnipresent, is perceived in the intellect. ¹ Br. U., 3. 4. 1, 2 and 3. 5. 1. ² Mu. U., 2. 2. 8. ³ Ke. U., 1. 5. ⁴ The name of a daitya or demon who is supposed to seize the sun and moon and thus cause eclipses. Or the shadow of the earth and that of the moon falling on the moon and on the sun respectively during lunar and solar eclipses is what is known to be Râhu. See verse 40, chapter 18.