उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

70-77] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 213 अहमेव सदात्मज्ञः शून्यस्त्वन्यैर्यथाम्बरम् । इत्येवं सत्यसंधत्वादसद्घाता न बध्यते ॥ ७४ ॥ 74. The Truthful man ¹ who has renounced every- thing unreal ² does not get bound again when he knows that he is always Consciousness, the eternally existing Self devoid of everything like the ether. कृपणास्तेऽन्यथैवातो विदुर्ब्रह्म परं हि ये । स्वराड्योऽनन्यदृक् स्वस्थस्तस्य देवा असन्वशे ॥ ७५ ॥ 75. Those are to be pitied who know the supreme Brahman to be otherwise.³ Those, on the other hand, who know It to be not different from themselves are established in the Self and are their own masters.⁴ They have all the gods under their control. हित्वा जात्यादिसंबन्धान्वाचोऽन्याः सह कर्मभिः । ओमित्येवं सदात्मानं सर्वं शुद्धं प्रपद्यथ ॥ ७६ ॥ सेतुं सर्वव्यवस्थानामहोरात्रादिवर्जितम् । तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधः सर्वं सकृज्ज्योतिरनामयम् ॥ ७७ ॥ 76, 77. Give up all connection with caste etc., all actions and all talk regarding the non-Self. Always meditate on the pure Self, the all-comprehensive Principle as Aum⁵—The Self which like a causeway⁶ ¹ Chh. U., 6. 16. 1—3. ² Chh. U., 6. 1. 4. ³ I.e., to be other than the Self. ⁴ Not subordinate to anyone else. See Chh. U., 7. 25. 2. ⁵ The sound ‘Aum’ is the name and symbol of Brahman. See Kath. U., 1. 2. 16, 17. ⁶ A causeway protects cornfields etc. by preventing water from entering into them.