उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

264 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII is different from them, so, the Knower is different from things known. अध्यक्षस्य दृशेः कीदृक्संबन्धः संभविष्यति । अध्यक्षेग¹ तु दृश्येन मुक्त्वान्यो द्रष्टृदृश्यताम् ॥ १५३ ॥ अध्यक्षेण कृता दृष्टिर्दृश्यं व्याप्नोत्यथापि वा । नित्याध्यक्षकृतः कश्चिदुपकारो भवेद्धियाम् ॥ १५४ ॥ 153, 154. What other relation except that of the seer and the seen can there be between the Self, the Witness and the modifications of the intellect witnessed by It ? (Question :) Does the consciousness of the Self pervade the modifications (really² or apparently) ? (Answer). If apparently, the eternal Self must be of some utility³ to the intellect. स चोक्तस्तन्निभत्वं प्राक्संव्याप्तिश्च घटादिषु । यथालोकादिसंव्याप्तिर्व्यञ्जकत्वाद्धियस्तथा ॥ १५५ ॥ 155. It has been said before⁴ that the benefit derived from (the proximity of) the Self by the intellect is that it appears conscious like the former. Being a revealer the intellect⁵ pervading objects like light and so on pervading jars etc. आलोकस्थो घटो यद्वद्बुद्ध्यारूढो भवेत्तथा । धीव्याप्तिः स्याद्घटारोहो धियो व्याप्तौ क्रमो भवेत् ॥ १५६ ॥ ¹ The reading should perhaps be अध्यक्षेण. ² Real pervasion is impossible as the Self is changeless. ³ See the following verse. ⁴ Verse 87 above. ⁵ The Self is thus related to external objects through Its reflection.