उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

A METHOD OF ENLIGHTENING THE DISCIPLE 7
unborn Self ", " Without ¹ the vital force and the mind,"
" Unborn ², comprising the interior and exterior ", " Con-
sisting ³ of knowledge only ", " Without ⁴ interior or exte-
rior ", " It ⁵ is verily beyond what is known as also what
is unknown " and " Called ⁶ Âkâsha (the self-effulgent
One) ", and also through such Smriti texts as the follow-
ing : " It is ⁷ neither born nor dies," " It is ⁸ not affected
by anybody's sins," " Just ⁹ as air is always in the ether,"
" 'The individual ¹⁰ Self should be regarded as the univer-
sal one,' " " It is ¹¹ called neither existent nor non-existent,"
" As ¹² the Self is beginningless and devoid of qualities,"
" The ¹³ same in all beings " and " The Supreme ¹⁴ Being
is different ; "—all these support the definition given by
the Srutis and prove that the innermost Self is beyond
transmigratory existence and that it is not different from
Brahman, the all-comprehensive principle.
एवं श्रुतिस्मृतिभिः गृहीतपरमात्मलक्षणं शिष्यं संसारसागरा-
दुत्तितीर्षुं पृच्छेत्—कस्त्वमसि सोम्येति ॥ ९ ॥
9. The disciple who has thus learnt the definition
of the inner Self from the Srutis and the Smritis and is
eager to cross the ocean of transmigratory existence is
asked, " who are you, my child ? "
स यदि ब्रूयात्—ब्राह्मणपुत्रः अदोन्वयः ब्रह्मचार्यासिम् ,
गृहस्थो वा, इदानीमस्मि परमहंसपरिव्राट् संसारसागरात् जन्म-
मृत्युमहाग्राहात् उत्तितीर्षुरिति ॥ १० ॥
¹ Mu. U., 2. 1. 2. ² Mu. U., 2. 1. 2. ³ Br. U., 2. 4. 12.
⁴ Br. U., 2. 5. 19. ⁵ Ke. U., 1. 3. ⁶ Chh. U., 8. 14. 1.
⁷ Bh. Gîtâ, 2. 20. ⁸ Bh. Gîtâ, 5. 15. ⁹ Bh. Gîtâ, 9. 6.
¹⁰ Bh. Gîtâ, 13, 2. ¹¹ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 12. ¹² Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 31.
¹³ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 27. ¹⁴ Bh. Gîtâ, 15. 17.