उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

3-9] " CONSISTING OF EARTH " 169
स्थितो दीपो यथायत्नः प्राप्तं सर्वं प्रकाशयेत् ।
शब्दाद्याकारबुद्धींज्ञः प्राप्तास्तद्वत्प्रपश्यति ॥ ६ ॥
6. The Self illumines the intellect in the forms of
sound etc. present before It like a stationary lamp
devoid of any effort and illuminating everything within
its reach.
शरीरेन्द्रियसंधात आत्मत्वेन गतां धियम् ।
नित्यात्मज्योतिषा दीप्तां विशिषन्ति सुखादयः ॥ ७ ॥
7. Pleasure etc. qualify the intellect identifying itself
with the combination of the body and the senses and
getting illumined by the eternal Light of the Self.
शिरोदुःखादिनात्मानं दुःख्यस्मीति हि पश्यति ।
द्रष्टान्यो दुःखिनो दृश्याद्द्रष्टृत्वाच्च न दुःख्यसौ ॥ ८ ॥
8. For one considers oneself to be distressed by pain
in the head etc. The Seer is different from the seen¹
which feels pain. The Self is free from pain as It is the
Seer (of the pain).
दुःखी स्याद्दुःख्यहंमानाद्दुःखिनो दर्शनान्न वा ।
संहतेऽङ्गादिभिर्द्रष्टा दुःखी दुःखस्य नैव सः ॥ ९ ॥
9. One becomes unhappy when one identifies one-
self with something¹ which has assumed the form of
unhappiness but not by merely seeing it. The Witness²
of the pain in the body which is a combination of the
limbs etc. does not feel pain.
¹ The intellect. ² The Self.