उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

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their actions and the witness. It is I to whom all
beings owe their consciousness. Without qualities and
without a second I am eternal.
न सच्चाऽहं न चासच्च नोभयं केवलः शिवः ।
न मे संध्या न रात्रिर्वा नाहर्वा सर्वदा दृशेः ॥ २० ॥
20. I am not the three ¹ visible elements nor the
two ² invisible ones, neither am I both (i.e., their combi-
nation, the body). I am devoid of all attributes and
the three Gunas.³ In Me there is neither night ⁴ nor
day ⁴ nor their juncture ⁴ as I am always of the nature
of light.⁵
सर्वमूर्तिवियुक्तं यद्यथा खं सूक्ष्ममद्वयम् ।
तेनाप्यस्मि विनाभूतं ब्रह्मैवाहं तथाऽद्वयम् ॥ २१ ॥
21. Just as the ether is subtle, without a second and
devoid of all forms, so, I am the non-dual Brahman
devoid even of the ether.
ममात्मा स्वत आत्मेति भेदो व्योम्नो यथा भवेत् ।
एकस्य सुषिभेदेन तथा मम विकल्पितः ॥ २२ ॥
22. The distinction between the Self in Itself ⁶ and
my Self is due to the superimposition (of different ⁷
adjuncts on one and the same Self), just as difference
¹ Earth, water, and fire. ² Air and ether.
³ Sattva, rajas and tamas, the three constituent essences of Mâyâ,
the Power of Brahman transforming itself into the universe. See
Bh. Gîtâ, 14. 5-19. ⁴ These words may also mean deep sleep,
waking and dream respectively. ⁵ I.e., Consciousness.
⁶ Brahman. ⁷ The intellect etc.