उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

254 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII 118, 119. Pervaded by Consciousness mental modi- fications in the forms of objects come into existence. External objects are what impart their forms to these modifications. The most desirable of all things (on the part of the agent), these external objects are called objects of his action. One having such a desire is enjoined to perform actions. The mental modifications in which the forms of external objects are present are called the instruments of his knowledge of objects.¹ यदाभासेन संव्याप्तः संज्ञातेति निगद्यते । त्रयमेतद्विविच्यैवात्र यो जानाति स आत्मवित् ॥ १२० ॥ 120. The ego which is pervaded by the reflection of Consciousness is called the knower or the agent of the action of knowing. One who knows oneself, the witness to be distinct from all these three² is a (real) knower of the Self. सम्यक्संशयमिथ्योक्ताः प्रत्यया व्यभिचारिणः । एकैवावगतिस्तेषु भेदस्तु प्रत्ययार्पितः ॥ १२१ ॥ 121. The modifications of the intellect, called 'right knowledge,' 'doubtful knowledge' and 'false knowl- edge,' deviate from their existence. There is one and the same Consciousness³ in all of them. The diffe- rences are due to the modifications. ¹ In verses 118—122 the Self is shown in the waking state to be distinct from the intellect as It is shown to be so in dream in verse 117. ² The agent, the object and the instrument. ³ Pure Consciousness, the Self.