उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

3-8] THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS 113
इदं तु सत्यं मम नास्ति विक्रिया विकारहेतुर्न हि मेऽद्वयत्वतः ।
न पुण्यपापे न च मोक्षबन्धने न चास्ति वर्णाश्रमतोऽशरीरतः ॥ ६ ॥
6. But it is true that I have no change nor any
cause of a change as I am without a second. As I do
not possess a body I have neither sin nor virtue, neither
bondage nor liberation, neither a caste nor an order
of life.
अनादितो निर्गुणतो न कर्म मे फलं च तस्मात्परमोऽहमद्वयः ।
यथा नभः सर्वगतं न लिप्यते तथा ह्यहं देहगतोऽपि सूक्ष्मतः ॥ ७ ॥
7. Beginningless¹ and devoid of attributes I have
neither actions nor their results. Therefore I am the
supreme One without a second. Though in a body I
do not get attached on account of My subtleness² like
the ether which, though all-pervading, does not get
tainted.
सदा च भूतेषु समोऽहमीश्वरः क्षराक्षराभ्यां परमो ह्यथोत्तमः ।
परात्मतत्त्वश्च तथाद्वयोऽपि सन्विपर्ययेणाभिमतस्त्वविद्यया ॥ ८ ॥
8. Though I am the Lord³ always the same in all
beings, beyond the perishable and the imperishable,⁴
and therefore the Supreme, the Self of all, and without
a second I am considered to be of a contrary nature on
account of Ignorance.
¹ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 31. ² I.e., having no form. See Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 32.
³ I.e., the cause. And therefore untouched by the defects of
beings in whom I reside.
⁴ The unmanifested Power of Brahman which transforms itself
into the manifested universe. See Bh. Gîtâ, 15. 16-18.
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