उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

38-44] 'THOU ART THAT' 231
छायाक्रान्तेर्निषेधोऽयं नतु वस्तुत्वसाधकः ।
नह्यर्थान्तरनिष्ठं सद्वाक्यमर्थान्तरं वदेत् ॥ ४१ ॥
41. This is a prohibition¹ regarding the crossing of
the shadows (of one's teachers and other superiors) ; but
it does not prove the reality of a shadow as a sentence
expressing one meaning cannot express another at the
same time.
माधुर्यादि च यत्कार्यमुष्णद्रव्याद्यसेवनात् ।
छायाया न त्वदृष्टत्वाद्पामेव च दर्शनात् ॥ ४२ ॥
42. That one feels cool while sitting in a shadow²
is not the effect of the shadow on one. It is due to
one's refraining from using warm things. Coolness is
found to belong to water but not to a shadow.³
आत्माभासाश्रयाश्चैवं मुखाभासाश्रया यथा ।
गम्यन्ते शास्त्रयुक्तिभ्यामाभासासत्त्वमेव च ॥ ४३ ॥
43. The Self, Its reflection and the seat of the
reflection, (i.e., the intellect) are comparable to the face,
its reflection and the mirror. The unreality of the
reflection is known from the scriptures and reasoning.
न दृशेरविकारित्वादाभासस्याप्यवस्तुतः ।
नाचित्त्वाद्हंकर्तुः कस्य संसारिता भवेत् ॥ ४४ ॥
44. (Objection). Who is the experiencer of trans-
migratory existence as it cannot belong to the Self
¹ See footnote 4, verse 34. ² See verse 34 above.
³ For, sitting in the shadow of a hot piece of stone, one does not
feel cool at all.