उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

160 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XV
(7) bound, (8) free, (9) one, (10) many, (11) pure,
(12) not pure and so on.
अप्राप्यैव निवर्तन्ते वाचो धीभिः सहैव तु ।
निर्गुणत्वात्क्रियाभावाद्विशेषणामभावतः ॥ ३१ ॥
31. Words with the mind turn back without reaching
It as It is without qualities, without actions and without
attributes.
व्यापकं सर्वतो व्योम मूर्तैः सर्वैर्वियोजितम् ।
यथा, तद्वदिहात्मानं विद्याच्छुद्धं परं पदम् ॥ ३२ ॥
32. One should know the Self, comparable to the
ether which is all-pervading and free from all objects
having forms, to be the pure and supreme Goal¹ in the
Vedântas.
दृष्टं हित्वा स्मृतिं तस्मिन्सर्वग्रञ्च तमस्त्यजेत् ।
सर्वदृग्ज्योतिषा युक्तो दिनकृच्छावरं यथा ॥ ३३ ॥
33. One should give up² the waking state, its im-
pressions (i.e., dream) and deep sleep which causes
everything to merge in itself. The Self, the witness of
them all is then in the nature of Pure Consciousness³
like the sun which has dispelled the darkness of
the night.
रूपस्मृत्यन्धकारार्थाः प्रत्यया यस्य गोचराः ।
स एवात्मा समो द्रष्टा सर्वभूतेषु सर्वगः ॥ ३४ ॥
¹ Brahman. ² I.e., one should give up one's identification
with them. ³ Brahman.