उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

166 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XV
51. Knowing Brahman, described as having no con-
nection with acceptance¹ or rejection¹ according to the
method² delineated, one is certainly never born again.
जन्ममृत्युप्रवाहेषु पतितो नैव शक्नुयात् ।
इत उद्धर्तुमात्मानं ज्ञानादन्येन केनचित् ॥ ५२ ॥
52. One who has fallen into the stream of births and
deaths cannot save oneself by anything else except
Knowledge.
भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः ।
क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्दृष्ट इति श्रुतेः ॥ ५३ ॥
53. The Sruti³ says that the knots⁴ of the heart are
torn asunder, all doubts disappear and one's actions
come to an end when the Self is seen.
ममाहमित्येतदपोह्य सर्वतो विमुक्तदेहं पदमम्बरोपमम् ।
सुदृष्टशास्त्रानुमितिभ्य ईरितं विमुच्यतेऽस्मिन्यदि निश्चितो नरः ॥
54. A man gets liberated if, after discarding in all
respects the ideas of 'me' and 'mine' he gets perfect
conviction in the etherlike goal⁵, which is devoid of (the
gross and the subtle) bodies and described here accord-
ing to right inference⁶ and the scriptures⁶ well-studied.
¹ Knowing that the Self is neither accepted nor rejected and that
It does not accept or reject anything.
² For a clear understanding of the terms 'the Self' and 'Brahman'.
See also verse 96, Chapter 18. ³ Mu. U., 2. 2. 8.
⁴ The mutual superimposition of the Self and the non-Self.
⁵ Self-Brahman. ⁶ And therefore there is no possibility of there
being any error here.