उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

188 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVI
As the scriptures other than the Vedas have been
condemned (in the ancient sacred tradition,$^1$) " scriptures
other than these," (they should not be accepted). A wise
man should give up the teachings of such scriptures
and all crookedness, and, with faith and devotion, should
have a firm understanding of the true import of the
Vedântas accepted by Vyâsa.$^2$
इति प्रणुन्रा द्वयवादकल्पना निरात्मवादाश्च तथाहि युक्तितः ।
व्यपेतशङ्काः परवादतः स्थिरा मुमुक्षवो ज्ञानपथे स्युरित्युत ॥
68. False doctrines of dualism and those according
to which the Self is not admitted have thus been
refuted by reasoning, so that those who aspire after
liberation may be steady in the path of Knowledge
(described in the Vedântas) and be free from doubts
arising from others' doctrines.
स्वसाक्षिकं ज्ञानमतीव निर्मलं विकल्पनाभ्यो विपरीतमद्वयम् ।
अवाप्य सम्यग्यदि निश्चितो भवेन्निरन्वयो निर्वृतिमेति शाश्वतीम् ॥
69. Having attained the extremely pure, non-dual
Knowledge$^3$ which is Its own Witness and contrary to
what is superimposed a man, perfectly convinced (of
the Truth of the Self), becomes free from Ignorance
and gets eternal peace.
$^1$ The tradition is this : Those learned ones who want pure
religion should doubt about the truth of the various scriptures
found in the world, which are other than the Vedas etc.
$^2$ Bâdarâyana, the author of the Vedânta Aphorisms.
$^3$ Knowledge of Brahman that leads to liberation immediately.