उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

132 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XIII
15. How can I who am pure and mindless have
those two ?¹ I am without any change and without a
mind as I am all-pervading and devoid of a body.
इत्येतद्यावदज्ञानं तावत्कार्यं ममाभवत् ।
नित्यमुक्तस्य शुद्धस्य बुद्धस्य च सदा मम ॥ १६ ॥
16. So, I who am ever free, ever pure and ever
awakened had duties² to perform so long as there was
Ignorance.
समाधिर्वाऽसमाधिर्वा कार्यं चान्यत्कुतो भवेत् ।
मां हि ध्यात्वा च बुद्ध्वा च मन्यन्ते कृतकृत्यताम् ॥ १७ ॥
17. How can I have concentration, non-concentra-
tion or other actions in Me as all men feel that the
acme of their lives is fulfilled when they meditate on
Me and know Me ?
अहं ब्रह्मास्मि सर्वोऽस्मि शुद्धो बुद्धोऽस्म्यतः सदा ।
अजः सर्वत एवाहमजरश्चाक्षयोऽमृतः ॥ १८ ॥
18. I am, therefore, Brahman, the all-comprehensive
Principle, ever Pure, ever Awakened and ever Unborn,
devoid of old age, imperishable and immortal.
मदन्यः सर्वभूतेषु बोद्धा कश्चिन्न विद्यते ।
कर्माध्यक्षश्च साक्षी च चेता नित्योऽगुणोऽद्वयः ॥ १९ ॥
19. There is no knower other than Myself among
all the beings. I am the distributor³ of the results of
¹ See the previous verse. ² See the following verse.
³ See Sankarânanda's gloss on Sw. U., 6. 11.