उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

238 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII
67. Just as people regard their bodies as themselves
and say that they (bodies) know things, so, they speak
of the intellect having the agency in producing know-
ledge, and of the Self (as being its seat).
बौद्धैस्तु प्रत्ययैरेवं क्रियमाणैश्च चिन्निभैः ।
मोहिताः क्रियते ज्ञानमित्याहुस्तार्किका जनाः ॥ ६८ ॥
68. Deluded thus by the modifications of the intel-
lect which appear¹ to be conscious and are created the
argumentative philosophers say that knowledge is
produced.
तस्माज्ज्ञाभासबुद्धीनामविवेकात्प्रवर्तिताः ।
जानातीत्यादि शब्दश्च प्रत्ययो या च तत्स्मृतिः ॥ ६९ ॥
69. Therefore the words 'knows' etc., the corres-
ponding modifications of the mind and their memory
are possible on account of the indiscrimination regard-
ing the Self, the intellect and the reflection of the
Self in it.
आदर्शनुविधायित्वं छायाया अस्यते मुखम् ।
बुद्धिधर्मानुकारित्वं ज्ञभासस्य तथेष्यते ॥ ७० ॥
70. Just as the properties² of a mirror assumed
by the reflection of the face in it are attributed to the
face, so, the properties³ of the intellect assumed by the
reflection of the Self are superimposed on the Self.
¹ Owing to the mutual superimposition of the Self and the
intellect.
² Dark spots etc. ³ Agency etc.