उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

164 [PAGE NO] A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XV
सत्तामात्रे प्रकाशस्य कर्तादित्यादिरिष्यते ।
घटादिव्यक्तितो यद्वत्तद्वद्बोधात्मनीष्यताम् ॥ ४५ ॥
45. Just as when jars and other things get revealed
the sun and other luminous bodies are called the agents
of revealing those things on account of their proximate
existence only (but are not really the agents) ; so, the
Self, Pure Consciousness only is called a knower (on
account of Its existence proximate to things known
but is not really an agent).
बिलात्सर्पस्य निर्याणे सूर्यो यद्वत्प्रकाशकः ।
प्रयत्नेन विना तद्वज्ज्ञाताऽऽत्मा बोधरूपतः ॥ ४६ ॥
46. Just as the sun, though devoid of effort on its
part, is called the revealer of a snake coming out of its
hole, so, the Self, though of the nature of Pure Con-
ciousness only, is called a knower (without agency on
Its part).
दग्धैत्रमुष्णः सत्तायां तद्वद्बोद्धाऽत्मनीष्यताम् ।
सत्येव यद्युपाधौ तु ज्ञाते सर्प ऽवोत्थिते ॥ ४७ ॥
47. Just as fire which is naturally hot is called a
burner on account of its existence (proximate to things
burnt), so, the Self is a knower (on account of Its
existence proximate to objects¹ of knowledge) when
adjuncts are known² like the snake coming out of
its hole.
¹ Superimposed on the Self. [TAB] ²Illumined.