उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

238 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII 67. Just as people regard their bodies as themselves and say that they (bodies) know things, so, they speak of the intellect having the agency in producing know- ledge, and of the Self (as being its seat). बौद्धैस्तु प्रत्ययैरेवं क्रियमाणैश्च चिन्निभैः । मोहिताः क्रियते ज्ञानमित्याहुस्तार्किका जनाः ॥ ६८ ॥ 68. Deluded thus by the modifications of the intel- lect which appear¹ to be conscious and are created the argumentative philosophers say that knowledge is produced. तस्माज्ज्ञाभासबुद्धीनामविवेकात्प्रवर्तिताः । जानातीत्यादि शब्दश्च प्रत्ययो या च तत्स्मृतिः ॥ ६९ ॥ 69. Therefore the words 'knows' etc., the corres- ponding modifications of the mind and their memory are possible on account of the indiscrimination regard- ing the Self, the intellect and the reflection of the Self in it. आदर्शनुविधायित्वं छायाया अस्यते मुखम् । बुद्धिधर्मानुकारित्वं ज्ञभासस्य तथेष्यते ॥ ७० ॥ 70. Just as the properties² of a mirror assumed by the reflection of the face in it are attributed to the face, so, the properties³ of the intellect assumed by the reflection of the Self are superimposed on the Self. ¹ Owing to the mutual superimposition of the Self and the intellect. ² Dark spots etc. ³ Agency etc.