उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

120 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XI
unreal ¹), so, the two forms,² (the visible and the in-
visible) with the mental impressions,³ are also super-
imposed on Me (and are similarly unreal ⁴).
देहलिङ्गात्मना कार्या वासनासरूपिणा क्रियाः ।
नेतिनेत्यात्मरूपत्वान्न मे कार्या क्रिया क्वचित् ॥ १४ ॥
14. All actions are performed by the Self ⁵ which
has identified Itself with the gross and the subtle bodies
and which has the nature of accumulating ⁶ impressions.
As I am of the nature ⁷ indicated by the Sruti, ‘Not this,
not this,’ actions are nowhere ⁸ to be done by Me.
न ततोऽमृतताशास्ति कर्मणोऽज्ञानहेतुतः ।
मोक्षस्य ज्ञानहेतुत्वान्न तदन्यदपेक्षते ॥ १५ ॥
15. As actions have Ignorance for their cause there
is no hope from them of immortality. As liberation is
caused by right Knowledge (alone) it does not depend
on anything else.⁹
अमृतं चाभयं नार्तं नेतीत्यात्मा प्रियो मम ।
विपरीतमतोऽन्यद्यत्त्यजेत्तत्सक्रियं ततः ॥ १६ ॥
16. But Immortality ¹⁰ is free ¹¹ from fear and des-
truction. The individual Self (signified by the words)
¹ Br. U., 4. 3. 10. ² Br. U., 2. 3. 1. ³ Br. U., 2. 3. 6
⁴ For they are objects of Knowledge. ⁵ The individualized Self.
⁶ Owing to continual performance of actions. As a matter of
fact the subtle body is the seat of mental impressions.
⁷ I.e., Pure Consciousness. ⁸ Neither in waking nor in dream ;
and also neither by nature nor by Vedic injunctions.
⁹ Actions etc. ¹⁰ Brahman. ¹¹ If it were not so it would
be capable of being produced by actions.