उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

178 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVI
is One without a second as there cannot be a cause of
diversity (before there is any superimposition on It). It
must be eternal and different from what is superimposed.
विकल्पोद्भवतोऽसत्त्वं स्वप्नदृश्यवदिष्यताम् ।
द्वैतस्य प्रागसत्त्वाच्च सदसत्त्वादिकल्पनात् ॥ ३४ ॥
34. Accept duality as unreal. For it comes to exist
by way of superimposition like dream objects and does ¹
not exist before ² the deliberation about its existence,
non-existence, etc.
वाचारम्भणशास्त्राच्च विकाराणां ह्यभावता ।
मृत्योः स मृत्युमित्यादेर्मम मायेति च स्मृतेः ॥ ३५ ॥
35. All the modifications (of the Primeval Cause) are
known to be unreal according to the scriptures which
say that they have ‘ words ³ only for their support ’ and
that ‘ he ⁴ dies again and again ’ and so on. The Smriti
also says ‘ My ⁵ Mâyâ (is difficult to be get rid of ’).
विशुद्धिश्चात एवास्य विकल्पाच्च विलक्षणः ।
उपादेयो न हेयोऽत आत्मा नान्यैरकल्पितः ॥ ३६ ॥
36, The Self is, therefore,⁶ pure and is of a nature
contrary to that of what is superimposed. Hence It
can neither be accepted nor rejected. It is ⁷ not superim-
posed on anything else.
¹ There is no evidence that duality exists when unknown. See
Pra. U., 4. 7. 8. ² E.g., in deep Sleep.
³ Chh. U., 6. 1. 4—6. ⁴ Br. U., 4. 4. 19.
⁵ Bh. Gîtâ, 7. 14. ⁶ As all duality is unreal.
⁷ Because It is the ultimate substratum of all superimposition.