उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHANGELESS 45
गुरुरुवाच—किं सुखदुःखवेदनाया मदुक्ताच्चान्यस्त्वं, किं वा
अनन्य एवेति ॥ ६९ ॥
69. Teacher.—" Are you different from the consci-
ousness of pain and pleasure and from what I say,
or not ? "
शिष्य उवाच—नाहं तावदनन्यः । कस्मात् ? यस्मात्तदुभयं
कर्मभूतं घटादिकमिव जानामि । यद्यनन्योऽहं, तेन तदुभयं न
जानीयां ; किंतु जानामि, तस्मादन्यः । सुखदुःखवेदनाविक्रिया
च स्वार्थैव प्राप्नोति, त्वदुक्तं च स्यात् अनन्यत्वे, न च तयोः
स्वार्थता युक्ता । नहि चन्दनकण्टककृते सुखदुःखे चन्दनकण्ट-
कार्थे, घटोपयोगो वा घटार्थः । तस्मात् तद्विज्ञातुर्मम चन्दनादि-
कृतः अर्थः । अहं हि ततोऽन्यः समस्तमर्थं जानामि बुद्ध्या-
रूढम् ॥ ७० ॥
70. The disciple said, " It is not a fact that I am not
different from them. For I know them to be objects of
my knowledge like jars and other things. If I were not
different I could not know them. But I know them ;
so I am different. If I were not different the modifi-
cations of the mind called pain and pleasure and the
words spoken by you would exist for themselves. But
that is not reasonable. For pleasure and pain produced
by sandal paste and a thorn respectively and also the
use of a jar are not for their own sake. Therefore the
purposes served by sandle paste etc. are for the sake
of me who am their knower. I am different from them
as I know all things pervaded by the intellect."