उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

56-61] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 209 58. Having thus renounced ¹ the three states of the undifferentiated ² etc. one gets across the great ocean of Ignorance, for one is by nature established in the Self without qualities, pure, awakened and free. अजोऽहं चामरोऽमृत्युरजरोऽभय एव च । सर्वज्ञः सर्वदृक् शुद्ध इति बुद्धो न जायते ॥ ५९ ॥ 59. One is not born again when one knows that one is unborn, deathless, devoid of old age, free from fear, pure and all-knowing (i.e. knowing all particular things and things in general). पूर्वोक्तं यत्तमोबीजं तन्नास्तीति विनिश्चयः । तदभावे कुतो जन्म ब्रह्मैकत्वं विजानतः ॥ ६० ॥ 60. How can one be born again who has known the oneness of the Self and Brahman and is sure of the non-existence of the seed, called Ignorance, stated before ³ ? क्षीरात्सर्पिर्यथोद्धृत्य क्षिप्तं तस्मिन्नपूर्ववत् । बुद्ध्यादेर्ज्ञस्तथाऽसत्यान्न देही पूर्ववद्भवेत् ॥ ६१ ॥ 61. When the Witness is discriminated from the intellect etc. which are unreal It does not identify Itself again with the (gross or the subtle) body as before, just as butter raised from milk and thrown into it does not get mixed with it again. ¹ I.e., one's identity with the three states. ² Deep sleep. ³ Verse 26 above. 14