उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

70-77] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 213
अहमेव सदात्मज्ञः शून्यस्त्वन्यैर्यथाम्बरम् ।
इत्येवं सत्यसंधत्वादसद्घाता न बध्यते ॥ ७४ ॥
74. The Truthful man ¹ who has renounced every-
thing unreal ² does not get bound again when he knows
that he is always Consciousness, the eternally existing
Self devoid of everything like the ether.
कृपणास्तेऽन्यथैवातो विदुर्ब्रह्म परं हि ये ।
स्वराड्योऽनन्यदृक् स्वस्थस्तस्य देवा असन्वशे ॥ ७५ ॥
75. Those are to be pitied who know the supreme
Brahman to be otherwise.³ Those, on the other hand,
who know It to be not different from themselves are
established in the Self and are their own masters.⁴ They
have all the gods under their control.
हित्वा जात्यादिसंबन्धान्वाचोऽन्याः सह कर्मभिः ।
ओमित्येवं सदात्मानं सर्वं शुद्धं प्रपद्यथ ॥ ७६ ॥
सेतुं सर्वव्यवस्थानामहोरात्रादिवर्जितम् ।
तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधः सर्वं सकृज्ज्योतिरनामयम् ॥ ७७ ॥
76, 77. Give up all connection with caste etc., all
actions and all talk regarding the non-Self. Always
meditate on the pure Self, the all-comprehensive
Principle as Aum⁵—The Self which like a causeway⁶
¹ Chh. U., 6. 16. 1—3. ² Chh. U., 6. 1. 4.
³ I.e., to be other than the Self.
⁴ Not subordinate to anyone else. See Chh. U., 7. 25. 2.
⁵ The sound ‘Aum’ is the name and symbol of Brahman. See Kath. U., 1. 2. 16, 17.
⁶ A causeway protects cornfields etc. by preventing water from entering into them.