उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

24-28] A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE SELF AND MIND 299
अतोऽन्यथा न ग्रहनाश इष्यते विमोहबुद्धेर्ग्रह एव
कारणम् । ग्रहोऽप्यहेतुस्त्वनलस्त्वनिन्धनो यथा
प्रशान्तिं परमां तथा व्रजेत् ॥ २७ ॥
27. False notions cannot be negated in any way
other than (thus knowing the Self). It is these wrong
notions that are the causes of delusion. These notions,
bereft of their cause,¹ come to an absolute end, like
fire bereft of fuel, (when knowledge is achieved).
विमथ्य वेदोदधितः समुद्धृतं सुरैर्महाब्धेस्तु यथा महा-
त्मभिः । तथाऽमृतं ज्ञानमिदं हि यैः पुरा नमो
गुरुभ्यः परमीक्षितं च यैः ॥ २८ ॥
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यश्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्य-
शिष्यस्य श्रीशंकरभगवतः कृतिः सकलवेदोप-
निषत्सारोपदेशसाहस्री समाप्ता
28. I bow down to the teachers, the great souls
who realized the Supreme Truth and gathered from the
ocean of the Vedas this knowledge (described in the
present book) like gods who churned the great ocean
in ancient time and gathered nectar.
Here ends A Thousand Teachings, the substance of
all the Upanishats written by the All-knowing Sankara,
the Teacher and wandering Paramahamsa,² the disciple
of Govinda worthy of adoration.
¹ Ignorance.
² A man who has renounced worldly action and has the surest
Knowledge that he is not different from Brahman and that the
universe is unreal, wandering from place to place for the spiritual
benefit of people.