उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

1-4] SELF-BRAHMAN 91
मिथ्याध्यासनिषेधार्थं ततोऽस्थूलादि गृह्यताम् ।
परत्र चेन्निषेधार्थं शून्यतावर्णनं हि तत् ॥ ३ ॥
3. Know, therefore, that the Sruti, ‘not large’ etc. is
meant to negate the false superimposition (of largeness,
smallness, etc. on the Self) as it would be a description
of a void if it were meant to negate those qualities from
one other than the Self.
बुभुत्सोर्यदि चान्यत्र प्रत्यगात्मन इष्यते ।
अप्राणो ह्यमनाः शुभ्र इति चानर्थकं वचः ॥ ४ ॥
4. Moreover, the saying,¹ ‘devoid of the vital force,
devoid of the mind and pure’ would be unmeaning if
these qualities were meant to be negated from one
other² than the individual Self, the aspirant.
¹ Mu. U., 2. 1. 2. ² For the vital force and the mind are possessed
by none other than the individual Self. It possesses them owing
to Ignorance which is removed by this negation.