उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

286 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. XVIII
यथेष्टाचरणप्राप्तिः संन्यासादिविधौ कुतः ।
पदार्थज्ञानबुद्धस्य वाक्यार्थानुभवार्थिनः ॥ २२९ ॥
229. How can there be the possibility of wrong
conduct¹ on the part of one on whom renunciation
etc.² are enjoined and who is awakened on knowing
the implied meanings of the words³ and aspiring⁴
after the comprehension of the meaning of the sentence⁵ ?
अतः सर्वमिदं सिद्धं यत्प्रागस्माभिरीरितम् ॥ २३० ॥
230. Everything, therefore, that we said before,
is substantiated.
यो हि यस्माद्विरक्तः स्यान्नासौ तस्मै प्रवर्तते ।
लोकत्रयाद्विरक्तत्वान्मुमुक्षुः किमितीहते ॥ २३१ ॥
231. One does not try to attain anything in which
one has lost interest. Why will a man seeking⁶ libera-
tion make any effort at all who has lost interest in
all the three worlds ?
क्षुधया पीड्यमानोऽपि न विषं ह्यत्तुमिच्छति ।
मिष्टान्नध्वस्ततृड् जानन्नामूढस्तं जिघत्सति ॥ २३२ ॥
¹ For objection see verses 12 and 16, chap. 18.
² Including the injunctions of hearing, reflecting and meditating
on the Self.
³ The words, 'thou' and 'that.'
⁴ Therefore wrong conduct is impossible on one's part as one's
mind is occupied with the attempt.
For one again who has rightly comprehended the meaning of
the sentence, wrong conduct is of course absolutely impossible.
⁵ 'Thou art That.'
⁶ Even one seeking liberation is free from desires and efforts;
how much more free is one who has obtained it?