उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

16 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS स्मृतयोऽपि ‘आत्मैव देवताः सर्वाः’, ‘नवद्वारे पुरे देही’, क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि’, ‘समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु’, ‘उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च’, ‘उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः’, ‘अशरीरं शरीरेषु’ इत्याद्याः । तस्मात् जात्यन्वयसंस्कारवर्जितस्त्वमिति सिद्धम् ॥ २४ ॥ 24. “Smriti texts too elucidate the same truth ; for ex- ample, ‘All¹ gods verily are the Self,’ ‘The Self² in the city of nine gates,’ ‘Know³ the individual Self to be Myself’, ‘The same⁴ in all beings,’ ‘The witness⁵ and approver,’ ‘The Supreme⁶ Being is different,’ ‘Residing in⁷ all bodies but Itself devoid of any,’ and so on. Therefore it is established that you are without any connection with birth, lineage and sanctifying cere- monies.” स यदि ब्रूयात्—अन्य एवाहमज्ञः सुखी दुःखी बद्धः संसारी, अन्योऽसौ मद्विलक्षणः असंसारी देवः, तमहं बल्युप- हारनमस्कारादिभिः वर्णाश्रमकर्मभिश्चाराध्य संसारसागरादुत्ति- तीर्षुरस्मि, कथमहं स एवेति ॥ २५ ॥ 25. If he says, “I am in bondage, liable to trans- migration, ignorant, (sometimes) happy, (sometimes) unhappy and am entirely different from Him. He, the shining One who is dissimilar in nature to me and beyond transmigratory existence is also different from me. I want to worship Him through the actions pertaining to my caste and order of life by making presents and offerings to Him and also by making ¹ Manu, XII. 119. ² Bh. Gîtâ, 5. 13. ³ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 2. ⁴ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 27. ⁵ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 22. ⁶ Bh. Gîtâ, 15. 17. ⁷ Kath. U., 2. 22, but the Smriti source untraced.