उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

A METHOD OF ENLIGHTENING THE DISCIPLE 7 unborn Self ", " Without ¹ the vital force and the mind," " Unborn ², comprising the interior and exterior ", " Con- sisting ³ of knowledge only ", " Without ⁴ interior or exte- rior ", " It ⁵ is verily beyond what is known as also what is unknown " and " Called ⁶ Âkâsha (the self-effulgent One) ", and also through such Smriti texts as the follow- ing : " It is ⁷ neither born nor dies," " It is ⁸ not affected by anybody's sins," " Just ⁹ as air is always in the ether," " 'The individual ¹⁰ Self should be regarded as the univer- sal one,' " " It is ¹¹ called neither existent nor non-existent," " As ¹² the Self is beginningless and devoid of qualities," " The ¹³ same in all beings " and " The Supreme ¹⁴ Being is different ; "—all these support the definition given by the Srutis and prove that the innermost Self is beyond transmigratory existence and that it is not different from Brahman, the all-comprehensive principle. एवं श्रुतिस्मृतिभिः गृहीतपरमात्मलक्षणं शिष्यं संसारसागरा- दुत्तितीर्षुं पृच्छेत्—कस्त्वमसि सोम्येति ॥ ९ ॥ 9. The disciple who has thus learnt the definition of the inner Self from the Srutis and the Smritis and is eager to cross the ocean of transmigratory existence is asked, " who are you, my child ? " स यदि ब्रूयात्—ब्राह्मणपुत्रः अदोन्वयः ब्रह्मचार्यासिम् , गृहस्थो वा, इदानीमस्मि परमहंसपरिव्राट् संसारसागरात् जन्म- मृत्युमहाग्राहात् उत्तितीर्षुरिति ॥ १० ॥ ¹ Mu. U., 2. 1. 2. ² Mu. U., 2. 1. 2. ³ Br. U., 2. 4. 12. ⁴ Br. U., 2. 5. 19. ⁵ Ke. U., 1. 3. ⁶ Chh. U., 8. 14. 1. ⁷ Bh. Gîtâ, 2. 20. ⁸ Bh. Gîtâ, 5. 15. ⁹ Bh. Gîtâ, 9. 6. ¹⁰ Bh. Gîtâ, 13, 2. ¹¹ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 12. ¹² Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 31. ¹³ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 27. ¹⁴ Bh. Gîtâ, 15. 17.