उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

34 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS
transmigratory existence ? Conscious of the body, the
senses and their objects I feel pain in the state of
waking and also in dream again and again after
intervals of rest in deep sleep experienced by me.
Is this my own nature or is it causal, I being of a
different nature ? If it be my own nature I can have no
hope of liberation as one's own nature cannot be got
rid of. But if it be causal, liberation from it may be
possible by removing the cause."
तं गुरुरुवाच—शृणु वत्स, न तवायं स्वभावः । किंतु
नैमित्तिकः ॥ ४६ ॥
46. The teacher said to him, "Listen, my child, it
is not your nature but causal."
इति उक्तः शिष्य उवाच—किं निमित्तं, किं वा तस्य निवर्तकम्,
को वा मम स्वभावः, यस्मिन्निमित्ते निवर्तिते नैमित्तिकाभावः,
रोगनिमित्तनिवृत्ताविव रोगी स्वभावं प्रपद्येयेति ॥ ४७ ॥
47. Told thus the disciple said, "What is the cause,
what will bring it to an end and what is my nature ?
That cause being brought to an end, there will be the
absence of the effect, and I shall come by my own
nature, just like a patient who gets back the normal
condition (of his health) when the cause of his disease
is removed."
गुरुरुवाच—अविद्या निमित्तं, विद्या तस्य निवर्तिका, अवि-
द्यायां निवृत्तायां तन्निमित्ताभावात् मोक्ष्यसे जन्ममरणलक्षणात्,
स्वप्नजाग्रद्दुःखं च नानुभविष्यसीति ॥ ४८ ॥