उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

84-89] RIGHT KNOWLEDGE 217
Selfknowledge one should always possess the qualities ¹
of a disciple, achieve Knowledge and thus get across
the ocean of transmigratory existence.
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं तथा ज्ञाता यस्मादन्यो न विद्यते ।
सर्वज्ञः सर्वशक्तिर्यस्तस्मै ज्ञानात्मने नमः ॥ ८८ ॥
88. I bow down to that All-knowing and All-power-
ful One who is of the nature of Consciousness and be-
sides whom there is nothing else viz., a knower, know-
ledge or an object of knowledge.
विद्यया तारिताः स्मो यैर्जन्ममृत्युमहोदधिम् ।
सर्वज्ञेभ्यो नमस्तेभ्यो गुरुभ्योऽज्ञानसंकुलम् ॥ ८९ ॥
89. I bow down to my most adorable Teacher who
is all-knowing and has, by imparting Knowledge to me,
saved me from the great ocean of births and deaths
filled with Ignorance.
¹ See verse 72, chapter 16.