उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

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interior¹ and exterior,¹ is pure and of the nature of
homogeneous Consciousness ?
य आत्मा नेतिनेतीति परापोहेन शेषितः ।
स चेद्ब्रह्मविदात्मेष्टो यतेतातः परं कथम् ॥ ११ ॥
11. Why should a knower of Brahman make any-
more effort if the Self which is left over by negating the
non-Self according to the Sruti, 'Not this, not this' is
considered to be his Self ?
अशनायाद्यतिक्रान्तं ब्रह्मैवास्मि निरन्तरम् ।
कार्यवान्स्यां कथं चाहं विमृशेदेवमञ्जसा ॥ १२ ॥
12. One should rightly think thus : I am all-pervad-
ing Brahman beyond hunger etc. ; how can I have
actions ?
पारगस्तु यथा नद्यास्तत्स्थः पारं यियासति ।
आत्मज्ञश्चेत्तथा कार्यं कर्तुमन्यदिहेच्छति ॥ १३ ॥
13. A knower of the Self will wish to perform actions
if one who has reached the other bank of a river wish
to reach that bank while there.
आत्मज्ञस्यापि यस्य स्याद्धानोपादानता यदि ।
न मोक्षार्हः स विज्ञेयो वान्तोऽसौ ब्रह्मणा ध्रुवम् ॥ १४ ॥
14. A (so-called) knower of the Self having the
ideas of acceptance and rejection should be regarded as
¹ See footnote 1, verse 43, Chapter 17 and Mu. U., 2. 1. 2.