उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

23-30] IMPOSSIBILITY OF ONE BEING ANOTHER 159
तत्रैवंसति बुद्धीर्ज्ञ आत्मभासावभासयन् ।
कर्ता तासां यदर्थास्ता मूढैरेवाभिधीयते ॥ २७ ॥
27. As it is so, illumining by Its Light the mental
functions¹ existing for It, the Self is regarded by the
ignorant only as an agent of those functions.
सर्वज्ञोऽप्यत एव स्यात्स्वेन भासावभासयन् ।
सर्वं, सर्वक्रियाहेतोः सर्वकृत्त्वं तथात्मनः ॥ २८ ॥
28. Therefore, also illumining everything by Its own
Light the Self is considered to be all-knowing. Simi-
larly, It is regarded as the Accomplisher of everything
as It is the Cause² of all actions.
सोपाधिश्चैवमात्मोक्तो, निरुपाख्योऽनुपाधिकः ।
निष्कलो निर्गुणः शुद्धस्तं मनो वाक् च नाप्नुतः ॥ २९ ॥
चेतनोऽचेतनो वापि कर्ताऽकर्ता गतोऽगतः ।
बद्धो मुक्तस्तथा चैकोऽनेकः शुद्धोऽन्यथेति वा ॥ ३० ॥
29, 30. The Self with adjuncts is thus described,
(But) It is without adjuncts, indescribable, without parts,
without qualities and pure, which the mind and speech
do not reach. (For philosophers differ in their concep-
tions about the Self. Different conceptions are :) the
Self is (1) conscious, (2) non-conscious, (3) an agent,
(4) a non-agent, (5) all-pervading, (6) not all-pervading,
¹ Through which pleasure and pain are superimposed on the Self.
² By Its proximity only.