उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

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(with those defects) like a boy who (erroneously) looks
upon the sky as blue.
मच्चैतन्यावभास्यत्वात्सर्वप्राणिधियां सदा ।
वपुर्मे प्राणिनः सर्वे सर्वज्ञस्य विपाप्मनः ॥ ६ ॥
6. As the intellects of all beings are illumined by
My¹ Consciousness all beings are bodies belonging to
Me who am all-knowing and free from all sins and virtues.
जनिमज्ज्ञानविज्ञेयं स्वप्नज्ञानवदिष्यते ।
नित्यं निर्विषयं ज्ञानं तस्माद् द्वैतं न विद्यते ॥ ७ ॥
7. Objects that come into being and are capable of
being made the objects of Knowledge are as unreal
as those known in dream. As duality has no (real)
existence Knowledge is eternal and objectless.
ज्ञातुर्ज्ञातिर्हि नित्योक्ता सुषुप्ते त्वन्यशून्यतः ।
जाग्रज्ज्ञातिस्त्वविद्यातस्तद्ग्राह्यं चासदिष्यताम् ॥ ८ ॥
8. As there is nothing other than the Self in
dreamless sleep it is said by the Sruti² that the Consci-
ousness of the Knower³ is eternal. (As Knowledge is
really objectless) the knowledge of objects in the waking
state must be due to Ignorance. Accept then that its
objects are also unreal.⁴
¹ I.e., by Me Who am Pure Consciousness.
² Br. U., 4. 3. 23-30. ³ Consciousness is the real nature of the
knower like heat which is the nature of the sun.
⁴ For the changeless Self cannot be the seat of knowledge nor
can the non-conscious intellect. Therefore Knowledge in the
waking state with its objects cannot but be falsely superimposed on
the Self which alone is real.