उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

1-6] DREAM AND MEMORY 137
3. Pervading objects like forms, colours, etc. the
mind appears to be exactly like them, just as (molten)
copper assumes the form of a mould when poured
into it.
व्यञ्जको वा यथालोको व्यङ्ग्यस्याकारतामियात् ।
सर्वार्थव्यञ्जकत्वाद्धीरर्थाकारा प्रदृश्यते ॥ ४ ॥
4. Or, just as light, the revealer assumes the forms
of the objects revealed by it, so, the intellect looks like
all things inasmuch as it reveals them.
धीरेवार्थस्वरूपा हि पुंसा दृष्टा पुरापि च ।
न चेत्स्वप्ने कथं पश्येत्स्मरतो वाऽऽकृतिः कुतः ॥ ५ ॥
5. It was the intellect in the forms of objects of
knowledge that was seen before¹ by the seer ; how can
he see them in dream or remember their forms if that
were not the case ?
व्यञ्जकत्वं तदेवास्या रूपाद्याकारदृश्यता ।
द्रष्टृत्वं च दृशेस्तद्व्याप्तिः स्याद्धिय उद्भवे ॥ ६ ॥
6. That intellect is seen in the forms of objects of
vision etc. is what is meant by saying that it reveals²
them. The Self is said to witness the modifications
of the intellect as It pervades² them whenever they
arise.
¹ In the state of waking and experiencing.
² In assuming the forms of objects the intellect gets changed ;
but the Self does not get changed in pervading the modifications
of the intellect. It does it by means of Its reflection.