उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

87-94] 'THOU ART THAT' 245 ममेदंप्रत्ययौ ज्ञेयौ युष्मद्येव न संशयः । अहमित्यस्मदीष्टः स्यादयमस्मीति चोभयोः ॥ ९१ ॥ 91. 'Mine' and 'it' are ideas predicated of the non-Self and the idea 'I' of the ego.¹ The ideas such as, 'I am a man' are predicated of both the Self² and the non-Self. अन्योन्यापेक्षया तेषां प्रधानगुणतेष्यते । विशेषणविशेष्यत्वं तथा ग्राह्यं हि युक्तितः ॥ ९२ ॥ 92. They³ should be regarded as principal and subordinate with relation to one another and be taken as the qualified or qualifying according to reason. ममेदं द्वयमप्येतन्मध्यमस्य विशेषणम् । धनी गोमान्यथा तद्वद्देहोऽहंकर्तुरेव च ॥ ९३ ॥ 93. Both the ideas 'mine' and 'it' are qualifications⁴ of the ego,⁵ as for example, 'a man having wealth' and 'a man having a cow⁵'; similarly, the gross body is the qualification of the ego.⁶ बुद्ध्यारूढं सदा सर्वं साहंकर्त्रा च साक्षिणः । तस्मात्सर्वावभासो ज्ञः किंचिदप्यस्पृशन्सदा ॥ ९४ ॥ ¹ Which appears like the Self through the reflection. ² The empirical Self, the ego. ³ The ideas about the empirical Self and the non-Self. ⁴ In relation to the idea, 'I am a man'. Wealth or a cow des- cribed as 'it' is described as 'mine' in relation to One's gross body. ⁵ Spoken of in the middle of verse 91. ⁶ The empirical Self described as my Self. The ego again is the qualification of the innermost Self when one says 'I am the Witness.'