उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

270 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII
नवसङ्ख्यापहाराद्धि स्वात्मानं दशपूरणम् ।
अपश्यञ्ज्ञातुमेवेच्छेत्स्वमात्मानं जनस्तथा ॥ १७४ ॥
अविद्याबद्धचक्षुष्ट्वात्कामापहृतधीः सदा ।
विविक्तं दृशिमात्मानं नेक्षते दशमं यथा ॥ १७५ ॥
174, 175. Just as misled by the number nine the
boy¹ did not know the truth i.e., himself and wanted
to know himself, so, one does not see one's own
Self, the Witness, though detached from the non-
Self and self-evident, on account of one's eyes be-
ing covered by Ignorance and intellect captivated
by desires.
दशमस्त्वमसीत्येवं तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यतः ।
स्वमात्मानं विजानाति कृत्स्नान्तःकरणेक्षणम् ॥ १७६ ॥
176. One knows one's own Self, the witness of the
intellect² and all its modifications, from sentences such
as, ‘Thou art That’ like the boy who knew himself
from the sentence, ‘You are the tenth.’
इदं पूर्वमिदं पश्चात्पदं वाक्यं भवेदिति ।
अन्वयव्यतिरेकाभ्यां ततो वाक्यार्थबोधनम् ॥ १७७ ॥
वाक्ये हि श्रूयमाणानां पदानामर्थसंस्मृतिः ।
नियमो नैव वेदेऽस्ति पदसांगत्यमर्थतः ॥ १७८ ॥
177, 178. The understanding of sentences ¹ is possible
(on the knowledge of the implied meanings of the
words) after it has been ascertained by the method of
¹ See foot-note 2, verse 3, chapter 12. ² Including the ego.
³ I.e., the understanding of the meaning of the word 'Thou' to
be the meaning of the word 'That'.