उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

146 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XIV
and free from sin and virtue I find nothing in Me to be
purified. As I am without parts, without qualities, with-
out motion and all-pervading I do not find, on my part,
the action of going or a place ¹ to go to ; nor do I find
an upward, a downward, or an oblique direction.
चिन्मात्रज्योतिषो नित्यं तमस्तस्मिन्न विद्यते ।
कथं कार्यं ममैवाद्य नित्यमुक्तस्य शिष्यते ॥ ३७ ॥
37. How can any action be left for Me who am
ever free; for the Self is always of the nature of the
Light of Pure Consciousness and hence devoid of
Ignorance.
अमनस्कस्य का चिन्ता क्रिया वानिन्द्रियस्य का ।
अप्राणो ह्यमनाः शुभ्र इति सत्यं श्रुतेर्वचः ॥ ३८ ॥
38. How can there be any thought in one who has
no mind, and actions in one who has no senses ? The
Sruti ² truly says that the Self is 'pure, devoid of the
vital ³ force and the mind'.
अकालत्वाददेशत्वाददिक्त्वान्निमित्ततः ।
आत्मनो नैव कालादेरपेक्षा ध्यायतः सदा ॥ ३९ ॥
39. Always meditating on the Self one has nothing
to do with time ⁴ etc. as the Self is in no ⁵ way connect-
ed with time, space, direction and causation.
¹ E. g., the sphere of Brahmâ where the knowers of the qualified
Brahman go at the end of their earthly career.
² Mu. U., 2. 1. 2. ³ including the senses.
⁴ The proper time, place, etc. are, on the other hand, necessary
for Vedic actions. ⁵ See Br. Su., 4. 1. 11.