उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

PREFACE
Upadeshasâhasrî written by Srî Sankara, the great
Teacher is translated into English with explanatory
footnotes which will be found useful by readers while
going through the book.
References to Upanishats, the Vedânta Aphorisms and
the Bhagavad-Gîtâ mostly quoted by the author have been
carefully traced and shown at the bottom of the pages,
which, it is presumed, will throw much clear light on
the Text and solve difficulties.
In his eagerness to do good to people the great
author, while writing the book, has spared no pains in
making clear the idea of the distinction between oneself
and one's body, mind, etc., which, when rightly compre-
hended under the benevolent guidance of a Teacher, a
man of Knowledge, will perfectly convince one that one
is not other than the Unlimited Bliss untouched by
hunger and thirst, grief and delusion, old age and death,
the only real Existence, the Goal of all human beings
to be realized in life.
Râmatîrtha's glossary on Sankara's Upadesha-
sâhasrî has been followed in translating the book and
appending footnotes.
Certain words not to be found in the text but neces-
sary for making the meaning clear have very often been