उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

14 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS योगसंस्कारयोगेन गृहस्थसंज्ञं भवति । तदेव वनस्थसंस्कारेण तापससंज्ञं भवति । तदेव क्रियाविनिवृत्तिनिमित्तसंस्कारेण परि- व्राट्संज्ञं भवति । इत्येवं त्वत्तो भिन्नं भिन्नजात्यन्वयसंस्कारं शरीरम् ॥ २१ ॥ 21. "It is born, or is possessed of a form and a name and is purified by means of mantras relating to natal and other ceremonies. Sanctified again by the ceremony of investiture with the holy thread, it gets the appellation of a student. The same body is designated a house-holder when it undergoes the sacrament of being joined to a wife. That again is called a recluse when it undergoes the ceremonies pertaining to retire- ment into the forest. And it becomes known as a wandering monk when it performs the ceremonies lead- ing to the renunciation of all activities. Thus ¹ the body which has birth, lineage and purificatory ceremonies different (from the Self) is different from you. मनश्चेन्द्रियाणि च नामरूपात्मकान्येव 'अन्नमयं हि सोम्य मनः' इत्यादिश्रुतिभ्यः ॥ २२ ॥ 22. "That the mind and the senses are also of the nature of name and form is known from the Sruti, 'The mind, my child, consists of food ².' कथं चाहं भिन्नजात्यन्वयसंस्कारवर्जित इत्येतच्छृणु । योऽसौ नामरूपयोर्व्याकर्ता नामरूपधर्मविलक्षणः स एव नामरूपे व्या- ¹ See paras 15 and 16 above. ² Food is transformed into the substance of the mind and invi- gorates it. Chh. U., 6. 5. 4 and 6. 5. 6.