उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

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यत्र यस्यावभासस्तु तयोरेवाविवेकतः ।
जानातीति क्रियां सर्वो लोको वक्ति स्वभावतः ॥ ६४ ॥
63, 64. (Reply). As the reflection appears like the
face people accept its oneness with its reflection in
a mirror.
All people, therefore, naturally use the verbs 'knows'
etc. owing to the indiscrimination between that¹ in
which there is the reflection and that² which is reflected.
बुद्धेः कर्तृत्वमध्यास्य जानातीति ज्ञ उच्यते ।
तथा चैतन्यमध्यास्य ज्ञातृत्वं बुद्धेरिहोच्यते ॥ ६५ ॥
65. The Self is said to be knowing³ things on
account of the superimposition of the agency of the
intellect on It. Similarly the intellect is called a knower
owing to the superimposition of Consciousness on it.⁴
स्वरूपं चात्मनो ज्ञानं नित्यं ज्योतिःश्रुतेर्यतः ।
न बुद्ध्या क्रियते तस्मान्नात्मनान्येन वा सदा ॥ ६६ ॥
66. Being Eternal, Knowledge which is the nature
of the Self described by the Srutis⁵ as the Light (of
Consciousness) is never created by the intellect, by
Itself or by anything⁶ else.
देहेऽहंप्रत्ययो यद्वज्जानातीति च लौकिकाः ।
वदन्ति, ज्ञानकर्तृत्वं तद्वद्बुद्धेस्तथात्मनः ॥ ६७ ॥
¹ The intellect. ² The Self.
³ To be the agent of knowing. ⁴ See verse 54.
⁵ Mu. U., 2. 2. 9 and Br. U., 4. 3. 6. ⁶ By the eye etc.