उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

134 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XIII
(is wrongly conceived to) exist in one and the same
ether owing to apertures (in various objects).
भेदोऽभेदस्तथा चैको नाना चेति विकल्पितः ।
ज्ञेयं ज्ञाता गतिर्गन्ता मय्येकस्मिन्कुतो भवेत् ॥ २३ ॥
23. How can difference, absence of difference, one-
ness, manyness and the qualities of being known and
being a knower, the results of actions and also agency
and experiencing be attributed to Me who am one only ?
न मे हेयं न चादेयमविकारी यतो ह्यहम् ।
सदा मुक्तस्तथा शुद्धः सदा बुद्धोऽगुणोऽद्वयः ॥ २४ ॥
24. I have nothing to reject or accept inasmuch as
I am changeless. Always free, pure, awakened and
without qualities, I am without a second.
इत्येवं सर्वदात्मानं विद्यात्सर्वं समाहितः ।
विदित्वा मां स्वदेहस्थमृषिर्मुक्तो ध्रुवो भवेत् ॥ २५ ॥
25. One should, with great concentration of mind,
always know the Self to be All.¹ One certainly be-
comes all-knowing and free when one knows Me to
be residing is one's own body.²
कृतकृत्यश्च सिद्धश्च योगी ब्राह्मण एव च ।
य एवं वेद तत्त्वार्थमन्यथा ह्यात्महा भवेत् ॥ २६ ॥
26. He who thus knows the reality of the Self
becomes successful in attaining the goal of his life and
¹ Brahman. ² As the witness of the body gross and subtle.