उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

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owing to the fact that It is not¹ known to be a non-
agent.
दृष्टिः श्रुतिर्मतिर्ज्ञातिः स्वप्ने दृष्टा जनैः सदा ।
तासामात्मस्वरूपत्वादतः प्रत्यक्षतात्मनः ॥ २६ ॥
26. Seeing,² hearing, thinking and knowing are
always experienced by people in dream. Moreover, as
they are essentially the Self It is directly Known.
[The meaning is this : The mind merges in the Self
as Primeval Ignorance during deep sleep but the Self
then, as always, exists in its nature of Pure Conscious-
ness. Therefore it is clear that the Self is different
from the mind and exists as the witness of this pheno-
menon ; that is what is meant by saying in the verse
that the Self is directly known.]
परलोकभयं यस्य नास्ति मृत्युभयं तथा ।
तस्यात्मज्ञस्य शोच्याः स्युः सब्रह्मेन्द्रा अपीश्वराः ॥ २७ ॥
27. Even powerful beings including Brahmâ³ and
Indra⁴ are objects of pity to that knower of the Self who
has no fear about the next world nor is afraid of death.
ईश्वरत्वेन किं तस्य ब्रह्मेन्द्रत्वेन वा पुनः ।
तृष्णा चेत्सर्वतश्छिन्ना सर्वदैन्योद्भवाऽशुभा ॥ २८ ॥
¹ I. e., The Self is not discriminated from the subtle body.
² These are mental modifications through the instrumentality of
various organs. As the mind with these modifications is witnessed
by the Self in dream It must be different from them.
³ See footnote 3, verse 4, Chapter 9 of this book.
⁴ The king of gods in heaven.