उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

59-67] ' THOU ART THAT ' 237 यत्र यस्यावभासस्तु तयोरेवाविवेकतः । जानातीति क्रियां सर्वो लोको वक्ति स्वभावतः ॥ ६४ ॥ 63, 64. (Reply). As the reflection appears like the face people accept its oneness with its reflection in a mirror. All people, therefore, naturally use the verbs 'knows' etc. owing to the indiscrimination between that¹ in which there is the reflection and that² which is reflected. बुद्धेः कर्तृत्वमध्यास्य जानातीति ज्ञ उच्यते । तथा चैतन्यमध्यास्य ज्ञातृत्वं बुद्धेरिहोच्यते ॥ ६५ ॥ 65. The Self is said to be knowing³ things on account of the superimposition of the agency of the intellect on It. Similarly the intellect is called a knower owing to the superimposition of Consciousness on it.⁴ स्वरूपं चात्मनो ज्ञानं नित्यं ज्योतिःश्रुतेर्यतः । न बुद्ध्या क्रियते तस्मान्नात्मनान्येन वा सदा ॥ ६६ ॥ 66. Being Eternal, Knowledge which is the nature of the Self described by the Srutis⁵ as the Light (of Consciousness) is never created by the intellect, by Itself or by anything⁶ else. देहेऽहंप्रत्ययो यद्वज्जानातीति च लौकिकाः । वदन्ति, ज्ञानकर्तृत्वं तद्वद्बुद्धेस्तथात्मनः ॥ ६७ ॥ ¹ The intellect. ² The Self. ³ To be the agent of knowing. ⁴ See verse 54. ⁵ Mu. U., 2. 2. 9 and Br. U., 4. 3. 6. ⁶ By the eye etc.