उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

38 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS गुरुराह—शृणु। सत्यं प्रसिद्धौ देहात्मानौ, न तु स्थाणुपुरुषा- विव विविक्तप्रत्ययविषयतया सर्वलोकप्रसिद्धौ। कथं तर्हि? नित्यमेव निरन्तरा विविक्तप्रत्ययविषयतया। नहि अयं देहः, अयमात्मा, इति विविक्ताभ्यां प्रत्ययाभ्यां देहात्मानौ गृह्णाति यतः कश्चित्। अत एव हि मोमुह्यते लोकः आत्मानात्मविषये एव- मात्मा नैवमात्मा इति। इमं विशेषमाश्रित्यावोचं नैवं नियन्तुं शक्यमिति ॥ ५४ ॥ 54. The teacher said, “ Listen. It is true that the Self and the body are well-known, but they are not well-known to all people to be objects of different knowledges, like a human being and a trunk of a tree. (Question). How are they known then ? (Reply). (They are always known) to be the objects of an undifferenti- ated knowledge. For, no one knows them to be the objects of different knowledges saying, 'This is the body' and 'This is the Self'. It is for this reason that people are deluded about the nature of the Self and of the non-Self, and say, 'The Self is of this nature' and 'It is not of this nature'. It was this peculiarity with reference to which I said that there was no such rule (viz. only well-known things could he superimposed on each other).” ननु अविद्याध्यारोपितं यत्र यत्, तदसत् तत्र दृष्टं, यथा रजतं शुक्तिकायां, स्थाणौ पुरुषः, रज्ज्वां सर्पः, आकाशे तल- मलिनत्वमित्यादि तथा देहात्मनोरपि नित्यमेव निरन्तरा विविक्त- प्रत्ययतया इतरेतराध्यारोपणा कृता स्यात्, तदितरेतरयोः