उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

A METHOD OF ENLIGHTENING THE DISCIPLE 15 कुर्वन् सृष्ट्वेदं शरीरं स्वयं संस्कारधर्मवर्जितो नामरूपे इह प्रविष्टः अन्यैरदृष्टः स्वयं पश्यन्, तथाऽश्रुतः शृण्वन्, अमतो मन्वानो, अविज्ञातो विजानन्—‘सर्वाणि रूपाणि विचित्य धीरो नामानि कृत्वाऽभिवदन् यदास्ते’ इति। अस्मिन्नर्थे श्रुतयः सहस्रशः ‘तत्सृष्ट्वा तदेवानुप्राविशत्’, ‘अन्तः प्रविष्टः शास्ता जनानाम्’, ‘स एष इह प्रविष्टः’, ‘एष त आत्मा’, ‘स एतमेव सीमानं विदार्यैतया द्वारा प्रापद्यत’, ‘एष सर्वेषु भूतेषु गूढोत्मा’, ‘सेयं देवतैक्षत हन्ताहमिमास्तिस्रो देवताः’ इत्याद्याः ॥ २३ ॥ 23. “You said, ‘How am I devoid of birth, lineage and sanctifying ceremonies which are different (from the Self ?)’ Listen. The same one who is the cause of the unfoldment of name and form, whose nature is different from that of name and form, and who is devoid of all connection with sanctifying ceremonies, evolved name and form, created this body and entered into it (which is but name and form)—who is Himself the unseen seer, the unheard listener, the unthought thinker, the unknown knower as stated in the Sruti text, ‘(I ¹ know) who creates names and forms and remains speaking’. There are thousands of Sruti texts conveying the same meaning; for instance, ‘He ² created and entered into it,’ ‘Entering ³ into them He rules all creatures,’ ‘He,⁴ the Self, has entered into these bodies,’ ‘This ⁵ is your Self,’ ‘Opening ⁶ this very suture of the Skull He got in by that door,’ ‘This ⁷ Self is concealed in all beings,’ ‘That ⁸ Divinity thought—let me enter into these three deities.’ ¹ T. Â., 3. 12. 7.      ² Tai. U., 2. 6.      ³ T. Â., 3. 11. 1, 2. ⁴ Br. U., 1. 4. 7.      ⁵ Br. U., 3. 4. 1.      ⁶ Ai. U., 1. 3. 12. ⁷ Kath. U., 3. 12.      ⁸ Chh. U., 6. 3. 2.