उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

87-94] 'THOU ART THAT' 245
ममेदंप्रत्ययौ ज्ञेयौ युष्मद्येव न संशयः ।
अहमित्यस्मदीष्टः स्यादयमस्मीति चोभयोः ॥ ९१ ॥
91. 'Mine' and 'it' are ideas predicated of the
non-Self and the idea 'I' of the ego.¹ The ideas such
as, 'I am a man' are predicated of both the Self² and
the non-Self.
अन्योन्यापेक्षया तेषां प्रधानगुणतेष्यते ।
विशेषणविशेष्यत्वं तथा ग्राह्यं हि युक्तितः ॥ ९२ ॥
92. They³ should be regarded as principal and
subordinate with relation to one another and be taken
as the qualified or qualifying according to reason.
ममेदं द्वयमप्येतन्मध्यमस्य विशेषणम् ।
धनी गोमान्यथा तद्वद्देहोऽहंकर्तुरेव च ॥ ९३ ॥
93. Both the ideas 'mine' and 'it' are qualifications⁴
of the ego,⁵ as for example, 'a man having wealth' and
'a man having a cow⁵'; similarly, the gross body is the
qualification of the ego.⁶
बुद्ध्यारूढं सदा सर्वं साहंकर्त्रा च साक्षिणः ।
तस्मात्सर्वावभासो ज्ञः किंचिदप्यस्पृशन्सदा ॥ ९४ ॥
¹ Which appears like the Self through the reflection.
² The empirical Self, the ego.
³ The ideas about the empirical Self and the non-Self.
⁴ In relation to the idea, 'I am a man'. Wealth or a cow des-
cribed as 'it' is described as 'mine' in relation to One's gross body.
⁵ Spoken of in the middle of verse 91.
⁶ The empirical Self described as my Self. The ego again is the
qualification of the innermost Self when one says 'I am the Witness.'