उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

1-5] A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE SELF AND MIND 289 are for one¹ other than yourself. You have no con- sciousness of things and I have no desire of having anything. It is, therefore, proper for you to remain quiet. यतो न चान्यः परमात्सनातनात्सदैव तृप्तोऽहमतो न मेऽर्थिता । सदैव तृप्तश्च न कामये हितं यतस्व चेतः प्रशमाय ते हितम् ॥ ३ ॥ 3. As I am no other than the Supreme Eternal One I am always contented and have no desires. Always contented I desire no welfare for myself, but I wish your welfare. Try to make yourself quiet, Oh mind. षडूर्मिमालाभ्यतिवृत्त एव यः स एव चात्मा जगतश्च नः श्रुतेः । प्रमाणतश्चापि मया प्रवेद्यते मुधैव तस्माच्च मनस्तवेहितम् ॥ ४ ॥ 4. One who is by nature beyond the six continual waves² is, according to the evidence of the Srutis, the Self of us and the universe. This is what I know from other³ sources of knowledge also. Your efforts are, therefore, all in vain. त्वयि प्रशान्ते नहि चास्ति भेदधीर्यतो जगन्मोहमुपैति मायया । ग्रहो हि मायाप्रभवस्य कारणं ग्रहाद्विमोके नहि सास्ति कस्यचित् ॥ ५ ॥ ¹ The Purusha, the Self (according to the Sânkhyas). ² (1) Hunger and (2) thirst, the properties of the vital force, (3) grief and (4) delusion, of the mind, (5) old age and (6) death, of the body. ³ E.g., Bh. Gîtâ, 10. 20. 19