उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

142 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XIV
(Brahman), the imperishable One. Therefore I am the
Self of all, the indestructible One.
अकार्यशेषमात्मानमक्रियात्मक्रियाफलम् ।
निर्ममं निरहंकारं यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ २२ ॥
22. He has the truest knowledge who looks upon
the Self as a non-agent having no connection with
actions and their results and regards It as free from the
ideas of 'me' and 'mine'.
ममाहंकारयत्नेच्छाः शून्या एव स्वभावतः ।
आत्मनीति यदि ज्ञातमाध्वं स्वस्थाः किमीहितैः ॥ २३ ॥
23. Be in peace. What is the use of efforts if the
Self has been known to be naturally free from the ideas
'me' and 'mine' and from efforts and desires ?
योऽहंकर्तारमात्मानं तथा वेत्तारमेव च ।
वेत्ति नात्मज्ञ एवासौ योऽन्यथाज्ञः स आत्मवित् ॥ २४ ॥
24. One who looks upon the Self as an agent of
actions and a knower of objects is not a knower of the
Self. One who knows It otherwise ¹ is a real knower of It.
यथान्यत्वेऽपि तादात्म्यं देहादिष्वात्मनो मतम् ।
तथाऽकर्तुरविज्ञानात्फलकर्मात्मतात्मनः ॥ २५ ॥
25. Just as the Self is identified with the body etc.,
though different from them, so, It is looked upon as the
agent of actions and the experiencer of their results
¹ As a non-agent and non-experiencer.