उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

284 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII
of the Srutis, 'It¹ is unknown to those who know It'²
and 'Who³ will know the knower'?
त्वंपदार्थविवेकाय संन्यासः सर्वकर्मणाम् ।
साधनत्वं व्रजत्येव शान्तो दान्तानुशासनात् ॥ २२२ ॥
222. The renunciation of all actions in order to
know the (implied) meaning of the word 'thou' be-
comes the means (to Self-Knowledge) according to
the teaching,⁴ 'controlling the internal and external
senses.'
त्वमर्थं प्रत्यगात्मानं पश्येदात्मानमात्मनि ।
वाक्यार्थं तत आत्मानं सर्वं पश्यति केवलम् ॥ २२३ ॥
223. One should know the Self, the innermost One,
the implied meaning of the word 'thou' in the
combination⁵ of the body and the senses. One then
knows the pure Self to be Brahman, the all-comprehen-
sive principle. And that is the meaning of the sentence,
'Thou art That.'
सर्वमात्मेति वाक्यार्थे विज्ञातेऽस्य प्रमाणतः ।
असत्त्वे ह्यन्यमानस्य विधिस्तं योजयेत्कथम् ॥ २२४ ॥
224. How can one be enjoined to perform a duty
when the meaning of the sentence, viz., one is Brahman,
is known by one according to the right source of
¹ Ke. U., 2. 3. ² To be an object of Knowledge.
³ Br. U., 2. 4. 14. ⁴ Br. U., 4. 4. 23.
⁵ As its witness.