उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

42-48] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 205 45. Caste ¹ etc. given up with the giving up of the previous body do belong to the body only (and not to the Self). For the very same reason (of being perish- able) the body is also not the Self. ममाहं चेत्यतोऽविद्या शरीरादिष्वनात्मसु । आत्मज्ञानेन हेया स्यादसुराणामिति श्रुतेः ॥ ४६ ॥ 46. The conceptions of ‘ me ’ and ‘ mine ’ with regard to the non-Self, the body etc., are due to Ignorance and should be renounced by means of Self-knowledge as there is the Sruti,² ‘ of the Asuras.’ ³ दशाहाशौचकार्याणां पारिव्राज्ये निवर्तनम् । यथा, ज्ञानस्य संप्राप्तौ तद्वज्जात्यादिकर्मणाम् ॥ ४७ ॥ 47. Just as the duty of observing defilement for ten days (following child birth or the death of a kinsman) is refrained from when one becomes a wandering religious mendicant ; so, the duties belonging to parti- cular castes etc. come to an end when right Knowledge is achieved. यत्कामस्तत्क्रतुर्भूत्वा कृतं त्वज्ञः प्रपद्यते । यदा स्वात्मदृशः कामाः प्रमुच्यन्तेऽमृतस्तदा ॥ ४८ ॥ 48. A man of Ignorance reaps ⁴ the results of those actions done according to particular desires followed by ¹ See verse 5, chapter 15. ² Chh. U., 8. 8. 4, 5. ³ Opponents of gods. ⁴ See verse 19 of this chapter.