उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

[132-139] ' THOU ART THAT ' 259
ज्ञातता स्वात्मलाभो वा सिद्धिः स्यादन्यदेव वा ।
ज्ञानत्वेऽनन्तरोक्तौ त्वं पक्षौ संस्मर्तुमर्हसि ॥ १३६ ॥
सिद्धिः स्यात्स्वात्मलाभश्चेद्यत्नस्तत्र निरर्थकः ।
सर्वलोकप्रसिद्धत्वात्स्वहेतुभ्यस्तु वस्तुनः ॥ १३७ ॥
136, 137. Does substantiation¹ mean being known,
being endowed with existence or anything else² ? You
should remember the two alternatives spoken of in the
previous verse if it means 'being known'.
As it is well-known that all things come to existence
from their causes no effort (by way of the application
of an evidence³) is necessary for substantiation.
ज्ञानज्ञेयादिवादेऽतः सिद्धिर्ज्ञातत्वमुच्यते ।
अध्यक्ष्याध्यक्षयोः सिद्धिर्ज्ञेयत्वं नात्मलाभता ॥ १३८ ॥
138. Substantiation, therefore, means 'being known'
according to the doctrine in which the knower, knowing
and the known are admitted. In the case of both
the witness and the witnessed it denotes 'being known'
and not 'endowed with existence.'
स्पष्टत्वं कर्मकर्त्रादेः सिद्धिता यदि कल्प्यते ।
स्पष्टताऽस्पष्टते स्यातामन्यस्यैव न चात्मनः ॥ १३९ ॥
139. If it be assumed⁴ that the distinctness of the
agent, the object, etc. is what is substantiation (We
¹ See verse 134 above. ² See verse 139.
³ Even a negative evidence upheld by the objector is not neces-
sary. So this alternative is refuted.
⁴ By the Bhâttas.