उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

270 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII नवसङ्ख्यापहाराद्धि स्वात्मानं दशपूरणम् । अपश्यञ्ज्ञातुमेवेच्छेत्स्वमात्मानं जनस्तथा ॥ १७४ ॥ अविद्याबद्धचक्षुष्ट्वात्कामापहृतधीः सदा । विविक्तं दृशिमात्मानं नेक्षते दशमं यथा ॥ १७५ ॥ 174, 175. Just as misled by the number nine the boy¹ did not know the truth i.e., himself and wanted to know himself, so, one does not see one's own Self, the Witness, though detached from the non- Self and self-evident, on account of one's eyes be- ing covered by Ignorance and intellect captivated by desires. दशमस्त्वमसीत्येवं तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यतः । स्वमात्मानं विजानाति कृत्स्नान्तःकरणेक्षणम् ॥ १७६ ॥ 176. One knows one's own Self, the witness of the intellect² and all its modifications, from sentences such as, ‘Thou art That’ like the boy who knew himself from the sentence, ‘You are the tenth.’ इदं पूर्वमिदं पश्चात्पदं वाक्यं भवेदिति । अन्वयव्यतिरेकाभ्यां ततो वाक्यार्थबोधनम् ॥ १७७ ॥ वाक्ये हि श्रूयमाणानां पदानामर्थसंस्मृतिः । नियमो नैव वेदेऽस्ति पदसांगत्यमर्थतः ॥ १७८ ॥ 177, 178. The understanding of sentences ¹ is possible (on the knowledge of the implied meanings of the words) after it has been ascertained by the method of ¹ See foot-note 2, verse 3, chapter 12. ² Including the ego. ³ I.e., the understanding of the meaning of the word 'Thou' to be the meaning of the word 'That'.