उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

16-22] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 197
19. When the Self manifests different objects It
desires to have them; and accordingly there arises in It
a determination (to acquire those objects). It then
meets with (those particular results of) actions done
according to particular desires followed by particular
determinations.
अविद्याप्रभवं सर्वमसत्तस्मादिदं जगत् ।
तद्वता दृश्यते यस्मात्सुषुप्ते न च गृह्यते ॥ २० ॥
20. Unperceived in deep sleep¹ but perceived (in
waking and dream) by those only who are ignorant
the whole of this universe² is an outcome of Ignorance
and therefore unreal.
विद्याविद्ये श्रुतिप्रोक्ते एकत्वान्यधियौ हि नः ।
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन शास्त्रे विद्या विधीयते ॥ २१ ॥
21. It is said in the Śruti that the consciousness
of the oneness (of the individual Self and Brahman)
is Knowledge, and that of a difference (between them)
is Ignorance. Knowledge is, therefore,³ demonstrated
in the scriptures with great care.
चित्ते ह्यादर्शवद्यस्माच्छुद्धे विद्या प्रकाशते ।
यमैर्नित्यैश्च यज्ञैश्च तपोभिस्तस्य शोधनम् ॥ २२ ॥
22. When the mind becomes purified like a mirror
Knowledge is revealed in it. Care should, therefore,
¹ Though there is Ignorance in deep sleep one is then not
conscious of it. ² Consisting of name, form and action.
³ For without being demonstrated it does not arise.