उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

16-23] IMPOSSIBILITY OF ONE BEING ANOTHER 157
व्यस्तं नाहं समस्तं वा भूतमिन्द्रियमेव वा ।
ज्ञेयत्वात्करणत्वाच्च ज्ञातान्योऽस्माद्घटादिवत् ॥ २० ॥
20. I am not any one of the elements separately nor
their aggregate; similarly, I am not any one of the
senses nor their aggregate; for they are objects (like
jars etc.) and instruments (like axes etc.) of knowledge
respectively. The knower is different from all these.
आत्माग्नेरिन्धना बुद्धिरविद्याकामकर्मभिः ।
दीपिता प्रज्वलत्येषा द्वारैः श्रोत्रादिभिः सदा ॥ २१ ॥
21. (Placed¹) like fuel² in the fire of the Self and
burning brightly by Ignorance, desire and action the
intellect always shines forth through the doors called
ears etc.
दक्षिणाक्षिप्रधानेषु यदा बुद्धिविचेष्टते ।
विषयैर्हविषा दीप्ता ह्यात्माग्निः स्थूलभुत्तदा ॥ २२ ॥
22. The fire of the Self is the experiencer of gross
objects (in the waking state) when the intellect, ignited³
by oblations, the objects function among the senses of
which the right⁴ eye is the chief.
हूयन्ते तु हवींषीति रूपादिग्रहणे स्मरन् ।
अरागद्वेष आत्माग्नौ जाग्रद्दोषैर्न लिप्यते ॥ २३ ॥
¹ One gets unattached if one considers the perceptions of objects
to be oblations to the fire of the Self. ² Fuel keeps fire burning.
The intellect keeps the Self in manifestation.
³ Assuming the forms of. ⁴ For it is well-known that the
right part of the body is superior to the left.