उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

बुद्ध्यारूढप्रकरणम् ॥ ७ ॥
CHAPTER VII
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE INTELLECT
बुद्ध्यारूढं सदा सर्वं दृश्यते यत्र तत्र वा ।
मया तस्मात्परं ब्रह्म सर्वज्ञश्चास्मि सर्वगः ॥ १ ॥

1. I am the supreme Brahman all-knowing and
   all-pervading, as pervaded¹ by the intellect all things²
   in all conditions are always illumined by me.³
   यथात्मबुद्धिचाराणां साक्षी तद्वत्परेष्वपि ।
   नैवापोढुं न वादातुं शक्यस्तस्मात्परो ह्यहम् ॥ २ ॥
2. Just as I am the witness of all the objects of
   my intellect, so, I am that⁴ of the objects of other
   ¹ For the word आरूढ in the Text see verse 156, Chap. 18.
   ² In waking or dream ; either in this world or in the next ; known
   either through the senses or inference or from the scriptures
   etc.
   ³ Just as a lamp is different from the objects it illumines, so, I am
   different from all objects illumined by me, Pure Consciousness.
   ⁴ Being witnessed difference cannot pertain to the witness. So
   there cannot be more than one witness.