उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

12 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS
It, which are the seed of the universe, are describable
neither as identical with It nor different from It, and are
cognized by It alone.
ते नामरूपे अव्याकृते सती व्याक्रियमाणे तस्मादेतस्मादात्मन
आकाशनामाकृती संवृत्ते । तच्चाकाशाख्यं भूतमेन प्रकारेण
परमात्मनः सम्भूतं प्रसन्नादिव सलिलान्मलमिव फेनम् । न सलिलं
न च सलिलादत्यन्तभिन्नं फेनम् । सलिलव्यतिरेकेणादर्शनात् ।
सलिलं तु स्वच्छं अन्यत् फेनान्मलरूपात् । एवं परमात्मा नाम-
रूपाभ्यामन्यः फेनस्थानीयाभ्यां शुद्धः प्रसन्नः तद्विलक्षणः । ते
नामरूपे अव्याकृते सती व्याक्रियमाणे फेनस्थानीये आकाश-
नामाकृती संवृत्ते ॥ १९ ॥
19. "That name and form originally unmanifested
took the name and form of the ether as they were
manifested from that Self. This element called the
ether thus arose out of the supreme Self, like the dirt
called foam coming out of transparent water. Foam is
neither water nor absolutely different from it. For it is
never seen apart from water. But water is clear, and
different from the foam which is of the nature of dirt.
Similarly the supreme Self which is pure and transparent
is different from name and form, which stand for foam.
These—corresponding to the foam—having originally
been unmanifested, took the name and form of the
ether as they were manifested.
ततोऽपि स्थूलभावमापद्यमाने नामरूपे व्याक्रियमाणे वायु-
भावमापद्येते, ततोऽप्यग्निभावं, अग्नेरब्भावं, ततः पृथिवीभावं
इत्येवंक्रमेण पूर्वपूर्वानुप्रवेशेन पञ्चमहाभूतानि पृथिव्यन्तान्युत्प-