उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

208-214] ' THOU ART THAT ' 281
सिद्धो मोक्षस्त्वमित्येतद्वस्तुमात्रं प्रदर्श्यते ।
श्रोतुस्तथात्वविज्ञाने प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्कथं त्विति ॥ २११ ॥
211. (Objection).¹ A reality is only pointed to
(but no injunction is given) when one is told 'Thou
art eternally existing Liberation'²; how can the hearer
apply himself to know that he is so (without being
enjoined) ?
कर्ता दुःख्यहमस्मीति प्रत्यक्षेणानुभूयते ।
कर्ता दुःखी च माभूवमिति यत्नो भवेत्ततः ॥ २१२ ॥
212. It is known by perceptual evidence that one
is an agent and experiencer of pain. And then there
is an effort so that one may not remain so.
तद्विज्ञानाय युक्त्यादि कर्तव्यं श्रुतिरब्रवीत् ।
कर्तृत्वाद्यनुवादेन सिद्धत्वानुभवाय तु ॥ २१३ ॥
213, The Sruti,³ therefore, restates the agency etc.⁴
on the part of the people and enjoins duties such
as reasoning etc. in order that they may know and feel
that they are eternally existing (Brahman).
निर्दुःखो निष्क्रियोऽकामः सिद्धो मोक्षोऽहमित्यपि ।
गृहीत्वैव विरुद्धार्थमादध्यात्कथमेव सः ॥ २१४ ॥
214. (Reply). How can one accept a contradictory
meaning⁵ after knowing⁶ that one is eternally existing
¹ Verses 211—213. ² Brahman.
³ Br. U., 2. 4. 5. ⁴ Which people are conscious of.
⁵ That one is an agent.
⁶ From the sentence which is the only right evidence.