उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

276 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII that right knowledge does not arise from sentences like 'Thou art That.' For there is no such¹ contradic- tion here. वाक्ये तत्त्वमसीत्यस्मिञ्ज्ञातार्थे तदसीद्वयम् । त्वमर्थे सत्यसाहाय्याद्वाक्यं नोत्पादयेत्प्रमाम् ॥ १९५ ॥ 195. The meanings of the two words 'That' and 'art' in the sentence 'Thou art that' are well-known. It does not produce right knowledge for want of help when the (implied) meaning of the word 'Thou'² (is not known). तत्त्वमोस्तुल्यनीडार्थमसीत्येतत्पदं भवेत् ॥ १९६ ॥ 196. The word 'art' is used in order to show that the two words 'Thou' and 'That' are in the same predicament. तच्छब्दः प्रत्यगात्मार्थस्तच्छब्दार्थस्त्वमस्तथा । दुःखित्वाप्रत्यगात्मत्वं वारयेतामुभावपि ॥ १९७ ॥ 197. (Being in the same predicament with the word 'Thou',) the word 'That' comes to mean the Inner- most Self. (Similary, being in the same relation with the word 'That',) the word 'Thou' comes to mean the same thing as the word 'That'. (Thus in relation to each other) the two words³ show that the Innermost Self is not unhappy and that Brahman is not other than the Self. ¹ As in the case of gold particles. ² See verse 181 of this chapter. ³ See verse 171 of this chapter.