उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

विशेषापोहप्रकरणम् ॥ ६ ॥
CHAPTER VI
NEGATION OF ATTRIBUTES
छित्त्वा त्यक्तेन हस्तेन स्वयं नात्मा विशिष्यते ।
तथा शिष्टेन सर्वेण येन येन विशेष्यते ॥ १ ॥

1. The Self Itself is not qualified by an arm which
   has been cut off and thrown away. Similarly, It is not
   qualified by any of the remaining things¹ by which It
   is (thought to be) qualified.²
   तस्मात्त्यक्तेन हस्तेन तुल्यं सर्वं विशेषणम् ।
   ऽनात्मत्वेन तस्माज्ज्ञो मुक्तः सर्वैर्विशेषणैः ॥ २ ॥
2. Therefore all the qualifications are similar to the
   arm (cut off and) thrown away as they are all non-Self.³
   So the Self is free from all qualifications.
   विशेषणमिदं सर्वं साध्वलंकराणं यथा ।
   अविद्याध्यासतः सर्वं ज्ञात आत्मन्यसद्भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥
   ¹ The gross and subtle bodies and their attributes.
   ² See verses 91-94, Ch. 18.
   ³ For they are all superimposed on the Self.