उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

268 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII
अस्पर्शोऽपि यथा स्पर्शमचलश्चलनादि च ।
अविवेकात्तथा दुःखं मानसं चात्मनीक्ष्यते ॥ १६७ ॥
167. Just as, due to indiscrimination, touch and
movement are felt to be in the Self (which is devoid
of them), so, mental pain is also felt to be in It owing to
the same reason).
विवेकात्मधिया दुःखं नुद्यते चलनादिवत् ।
अविवेकस्वभावेन मनो गच्छत्यनिच्छतः ॥ १६८ ॥
तदानुदृश्यते दुःखं नैश्चल्येनैव तस्य तत् ।
प्रत्यगात्मनि तस्मात्तद्दुःखं नैवोपपद्यते ॥ १६९ ॥
168, 169. The pain (due to one's identification with
the subtle body) comes to an end like movements etc.
on one's having the discriminating knowledge (that one
is the Innermost Self), coming to an end (when one
knows that one is different from the gross body. Un-
happiness is seen in one when one's mind roams
against one's will on account of Ignorance. But it is
not seen in one when the mind is at rest. It is, there-
fore, not reasonable that unhappiness is in the inner-
most Self.
त्वंसतोस्तुल्यनीडत्वान्नीलाश्ववदिदं भवेत् ॥ १७० ॥
170. The saying, 'Thou art That,' (therefore)
implies an indivisible reality,¹ the words 'Thou' and
'That' expressing the same reality (indirectly) like (the
words 'blue' and 'horse' in) the sentence,² it is a blue
horse.'
¹ Self-Brahman. ² This example is meant to imply an
indivisible thing and not a qualified one.