उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

46 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS
तं गुरुरुवाच—एवं तर्हि स्वार्थस्त्वं, चितिमत्त्वान्न परेण
प्रयुज्यसे । नहि चितिमान् परतन्त्रः परेण प्रयुज्यते, चितिमत्-
श्चितिमदर्थत्वानुपपत्तेः, समत्वात्, प्रदीपप्रकाशयोरिव । नापि
अचितिमदर्थत्वं चितिमतो भवति, अचितिमतोऽचितिमत्त्वादेव
स्वार्थसंबन्धानुपपत्तेः । नापि अचितिमतोः अन्योन्यार्थत्वं
दृष्टम् । नहि काष्ठकुड्ये अन्योन्यार्थं कुर्वाते ॥ ७१ ॥
71. The teacher said to him, "As you are possessed
of consciousness, you exist for yourself and are not
made to act by anyone else. For an independent con-
scious being is not made to act by another as it is not
reasonable that one possessed of consciousness exists
for the sake of another possessing consciousness, both
being of the same nature like the lights of two lamps.
Nor does one possessed of consciousness exist for the
sake of another having no consciousness ; for it is not
possible that a thing exists for itself for the very fact
that it is non-conscious. Nor again is it seen that two
non-conscious things exist for each other, as wood and
a wall do not serve each other's purpose."
ननु चितिमत्त्वे समेऽपि भृत्यस्वामिनोः अन्योन्यार्थत्वं
दृष्टम् ॥ ७२ ॥
72. Disciple.—"But it may be said that the servant
and the master are seen to serve each other's purpose
though they are equally possessed of consciousness."
नैवम्, अग्नेरुष्णप्रकाशवत् तव चितिमत्त्वस्य विवक्षितत्वात् ।
प्रदर्शितश्च दृष्टान्तः प्रदीपप्रकाशयोरिति । तत्रैवं सति