उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

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perceived by people in dream. (The Self, their ¹ illumi-
nator, must, therefore, be different from them and from
the subtle body in which they lie.) So the Self, pure
Consciousness, (the perceiver of doership etc.,) must be
different from them ² (in the waking state also).
कोशादिव विनिष्कृष्टः कार्यकारणवर्जितः ।
यथासिर्दृश्यते स्वप्ने तद्वद्बोद्धा स्वयंप्रभः ॥ ११ ॥
11. Just as a sword taken out of its sheath is seen
as it is, so, the Knower, the Self, is seen ³ in dream in
Its real and self-effulgent nature free from cause ⁴ and
effect.⁴
आपेषात्प्रतिबुद्धस्य ज्ञस्य स्वाभाविकं पदम् ।
उक्तं नेत्यादिवाक्येन कल्पितस्यापनेतृणा ॥ १२ ॥
12. The real nature ⁵ of the individual (Self) who
was pushed and awakened ⁶ has been described by the
saying, “Not this,⁷ not this” which negates all super-
imposition.
महाराजादयो लोका मयि यद्वत्प्रकल्पिताः ।
स्वप्ने तद्वद्द्वयं विद्याद्रूपं वासनया सह ॥ १३ ॥
13. Just as objects of enjoyment like a great King-
ship ⁸ etc. are superimposed on Me in dream (and are
¹ The Knower, Knowing and the Known in dream.
² I.e., from the subtle body and the impressions in it.
³ Not as an object. ⁴ I.e., the mind which assumes the forms
of causes and effects in dream. ⁵ Brahman Itself.
⁶ Br. U., 2. 1. 15. ⁷ Br. U., 2. 3. 6. ⁸ Br. U., 2. 1. 18.