उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

10-15] “ CONSISTING OF EARTH ” 171
dividing line (dividing It into two categories viz., subject
and object) in the Self, It cannot illumine Itself. For It
is of a homogeneous conscious nature.
यद्धर्मा यः पदार्थो न तस्यैवेयात्स कर्मताम् ।
न ह्यात्मानं दहत्यग्निस्तथा नैव प्रकाशयेत् ॥ १३ ॥
13. Nothing¹ can be an object of its own quality.
For fire does not burn or illumine itself.
एतेनैवात्मनात्मनो ग्रहो बुद्धेर्निराकृतः ।
अंशोऽप्येवं समत्वाद्धि निर्भेदत्वान्न युज्यते ॥ १४ ॥
14. The doctrine of the Buddhist that the intellect²
is perceived by itself is refuted by this. Similarly,³ the
assumption of parts in the Self is also unreasonable.
For It is of a homogeneous nature without having a
dividing line in It.
शून्यतापि न युक्ता वै बुद्धेग्गन्येन दृश्यता ।
युक्ताऽतो घटवत्तस्याः प्राक्सिद्धेश्च विकल्पतः ॥ १५ ॥
15. The doctrine of the void (Nihilism) is⁴ also not
reasonable as it must be accepted that the intellect is
witnessed like a jar by another i.e., the Self. For the
¹ The Self is, therefore, not the object of knowledge which is
supposed by some to be a quality of the Self.
² There is no Self other than the intellect according to the
Buddhists.
³ Like the assumption that the Self is both subject and object.
See verses 10—13 and footnotes.
⁴ Like the doctrine that the intellect is the Self.