उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

214 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVII protects everything established (such as, castes, orders of life etc.) and which, untouched by day and night, is all directions, horizontal, upward and downward and which, free from unhappiness, is of the nature of eternal Consciousness. धर्माधर्मविनिर्मुक्तं भूतभव्यात्कृताकृतात् । स्वमात्मानं परं विद्याद्विमुक्तं सर्वबन्धनैः ॥ ७८ ॥ 78. One should know oneself to be the Supreme Brahman free from all bondage—merit, demerit, past, future, cause and effect. अकुर्वन्सर्वकृच्छुद्धस्तिष्ठन्नत्येति धावतः । मायया सर्वशक्तित्वादजः सन्बहुधा मतः ॥ ७९ ॥ 79. The Self is the doer of everything though It is a non-doer. It is pure. It runs ahead of those that run though It does not move at all. It appears to be many though unborn. For It possesses all powers by Mâyâ. राजवत्साक्षिमात्रत्वात्सांनिध्याद्भ्रामको यथा । भ्रामयञ्जगदात्माहं निष्क्रियोऽकारकोऽद्वयः ॥ ८० ॥ 80. Without action, a non-agent and one without a second I, the universal Self, make the world go round like a king who is only a witness or like the loadstone which moves iron by its proximity only. निर्गुणं निष्क्रयं नित्यं निर्द्वन्द्वं यन्निरामयम् । शुद्धं बुद्धं तथा मुक्तं तद्ब्रह्मास्मीति धारयेत् ॥ ८१ ॥