उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

54 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS वस्त्रादिवत् । नहि यस्य यत्स्वरूपं तत् तद्व्यभिचारि दृष्टम् । स्वप्नजागरिते तु चैतन्यमात्रत्वात् व्यभिचरतः । सुषुप्ते चेत् स्वरूपं व्यभिचरेत्, तन्नष्टं नास्तीति वा बाध्यमेव स्यात्, आगन्तुकानां अतद्धर्माणां उभयात्मकत्वदर्शनात्, यथा धन- वस्त्रादीनां नाशो दृष्टः, स्वप्नभ्रान्तिलब्धानां तु अभावो दृष्टः ॥ ८९ ॥ 89. The teacher said, "They are then adventitious only and are not your own nature. They would surely be continuous ¹ if they were self-existent like Pure Con- sciousness which is your own nature. Moreover, they are not your own nature inasmuch as they are non- persistent like clothes and other things. For what is one's own nature is never seen to cease to persist while one is persisting. But waking and dream cease to persist while Pure Consciousness continues to do so. Pure Consciousness, the Self, persisting in deep sleep, whatever is non-persistent (at that time) is either destroyed ² or negated ² inasmuch as adventitious things, never the properties of one's own nature, are found to possess these characteristics ; for example, the destruc- tion of money, clothes, etc. and the negation of things acquired in dream or delusion are seen. नन्वेवं भगवन्, चैतन्यस्वरूपमपि आगन्तुकं प्राप्तम् , स्वप्न- जागरितयोरिव, सुषुप्ते अनुपलब्धेः । अचैतन्यस्वरूपो वा स्यामहम् ॥ ९० ॥ ¹ And hence would always be experienced by you. ² In both these cases they cannot be regarded as really belonging to the Self.