उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

96 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. V
2. The Self seems to be moving when the intellect
moves and It seems to be at rest when it is at rest on
account of Its identification ¹ with the intellect like trees
appearing to move in the eyes of those who are in a
moving boat. Similar is the misconception ² about
transmigratory existence.
नौस्थस्य प्रातिलोम्येन नगानां गमनं यथा ।
आत्मनः संसृतिस्तद्वद्ध्यायतीवेति हि श्रुतिः ॥ ३ ॥
3. Just as trees are thought to be moving in a
direction opposite to that of a moving boat by a man
in it, so, transmigratory existence is (wrongly) thought
to belong to the Self (by a man who has identified
himself with the intellect). For there is the passage in
the Sruti, ‘ as ³ if at rest.’
चैतन्यप्रतिबिम्बेन व्याप्तो बोधो हि जायते ।
बुद्धेः शब्दादिभिर्भासस्तेन मोमुह्यते जगत् ॥ ४ ॥
4. The modifications of the intellect are pervaded
by the reflection of Consciousness when they come to
exist. So the Self appears to be identified with sound ⁴
etc. This is the reason why people are deluded.⁵
चैतन्यभास्यताहमस्तादर्थ्यं च तदस्य यत् ।
इदमंशप्रहाणेन परः सोऽनुभवो भवेत् ॥ ५ ॥
¹ Due to ignorance. ² For people make the mistake of believ-
ing that transmigratory existence belongs to the Self instead of to
the intellect. ³ Br. U., 4. 3. 7. ⁴ The objects of the modifica-
tions of the intellect i.e., the body etc. ⁵ For unable to distin-
guish between the Self and its reflection people attribute the pro-
perties of the intellect to the Self.