उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

184 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVI
53. As other qualities also are different from one
another (like knowledge and pleasure) they cannot be
produced at the same time. If it be contended that the
knowledge of the qualities is nothing but their coming
in contact with one and the same self, we say ‘No’;
for they are qualified ¹ by knowledge.
ज्ञानेनैव विशेषत्वाज्ज्ञानाप्यत्वं स्मृतेस्तथा ।
सुखं ज्ञातं मयेत्येवं तवाज्ञानात्मकत्वतः ॥ ५४ ॥
54. Pleasure etc. are surely objects of knowledge
because they are qualified by it and also on account of
the memory, ‘pleasure was known by me.’ (Moreover,
they cannot be known by being connected with the
self only and not with knowledge.) For the self is
non-conscious ² as it is different from knowledge
according to you.
सुखादेर्नात्मधर्मत्वमात्मनस्तेऽविकारतः ।
भेदादन्यस्य कस्मान्न मनसो वाऽविशेषतः ॥ ५५ ॥
55. Pleasure etc. cannot be the qualities of the soul
as it is changeless ³ according to you. Moreover, why
should pleasure etc. of one soul not be there in other
souls and also in the mind as difference is common ⁴ ?
¹ E.g., we say ‘known pleasure’, ‘known pain’, etc.
² Whatever is different from knowledge must be non-conscious.
And non-conscious pleasure, pain, etc. cannot be known when in
contact with a non-conscious Self.
³ For souls, according to them, are all of an infinitely extended
nature and are, therefore, changeless.
⁴ Just as pleasure etc. are different from one soul they are so
from other souls and from the mind.