उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

50 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS knowledge (at a time). You are, therefore, absolutely changeless." ¹ तत्राह—उपलब्धिर्नाम धात्वर्थो विक्रियैव, उपलब्धुः कूट- स्थात्मता चेति विरुद्धम् ॥ ७६ ॥ 76. The disciple said, “knowledge is the meaning of a root ² and therefore surely consists of a change ; ³ and the knower, ⁴ (as you say) is of a changeless nature. This is a contradiction." न । धात्वर्थविक्रियायां उपलब्ध्द्युपचारात् । यो हि बौद्धः प्रत्ययः स धात्वर्थो विक्रियात्मकः आत्मनः उपलब्ध्याभासफला- वसान इति उपलब्धिशब्देन उपचर्यते । यथा छिदिक्रिया द्वैधी- भावफलावसानेति धात्वर्थत्वेन उपचर्यते, तद्वत् ॥ ७७ ॥ 77. Teacher.—“It is not so. For the word know- ledge is used only in a secondary sense to mean a change called an action, the meaning of a root. A modification of the intellect called an action ends in a result in itself which is the reflection of Knowledge, the Self. It is for this reason that this modification is called knowledge in a secondary ⁵ sense, just as the action of cutting (a thing), producing and including the ultimate result viz., its separation in two parts is secondarily called the mean- ing of the root (to cut). इत्युक्तः शिष्य आह—ननु भगवन्, मम कूटस्थत्वप्रतिपादनं प्रति असमर्थो दृष्टान्तः । कथम् ? छिदिः छेद्यविक्रियावसाना ¹ Verse 7. Chap. 14 and verses 156—158, Chap. 18. ² To know. ³ For every root means an action. ⁴ The disciple means the agent of the action of knowing. ⁵ See verses 53 and 54, Chap. 18.