उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHANGELESS 43
there cannot be a rule that it is things known occasion-
ally only on which superimposition is possible and not
on things always known.” ¹
किं भगवन् , देहात्मनोः इतरेतराध्यारोपणा देहादिसंघातकृता
अथवा आत्मकृतेति ॥ ६२ ॥
62. Disciple.—“ Sir, is the mutual superimposition
of the body and the Self made by the combination of
the body etc. or by the Self ? ”
गुरुरुवाच—यदि देहादिसंघातकृता, यदि वा आत्मकृता, किं
तत्र स्यात् ॥ ६३ ॥
63. The teacher said, “ Does it matter if it be made
by the one or the other ? ”
इत्युक्तः शिष्य आह—यद्यहं देहादिसंघातमात्रः, ततो ममा-
चेतनत्वात् परार्थत्वमिति न मत्कृता देहात्मनोः इतरेतराध्यारो-
पणा । अथाहमात्मा परोऽन्यः संघातात्, चितिमत्त्वात् स्वार्थ
इति मयैव चितिमता आत्मनि अध्यारोपणा क्रियते सर्वानर्थ-
बीजभूता ॥ ६४ ॥
64. Questioned thus the disciple said, “ If I were
only a combination of the body etc. I would be non-
conscious and would exist for the sake of another only.
Therefore the mutual superimposition of the body and
the Self could not be made by me. If, on the other
hand, I were the Self I would be characteristically
different from the combination of the body etc., would
¹ e.g., the Self.