उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

52 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS
उच्यते—शृणु, उपलब्ध्याभासफलावसान इत्युक्तं, किं न
श्रुतं तत् त्वया ? न तु आत्मा विक्रियोत्पादनावसान इति
मयोक्तम् ॥ ८१ ॥
81. The teacher said, " Listen. It was said (that the
mental modification, called an action) ended in a result
which was the reflection¹ of Knowledge. Did you not
hear it ? I did not say² that a change was produced in
the Self as a result (of the modification of the mind)."
शिष्य उवाच—कथं तर्हि कूटस्थे मयि अशेषस्वविषयचित्त-
प्रचारोपलब्धृत्वमित्यात्थ ॥ ८२ ॥
82. The disciple said, "How then am I, who am
changeless, the knower, as you say,³ of all the mental
modifications, the objects of my knowledge ? "
तं गुरुरुवाच—सत्यमवोचं, तेनैव कूटस्थतामब्रुवं तव ॥८३॥
83. The teacher said to him, " I told you the right
thing. The very fact (that you know simultaneously all
the mental modifications) was adduced by me as the
reason why you are eternally immutable."
यद्येवं भगवन्, कूटस्थनित्योपलब्धिस्वरूपे मयि शब्दाद्या-
कारबौद्धप्रत्ययेषु च मत्स्वरूपोपलब्ध्याभासफलावसानवत्सु उत्प-
द्यमानेषु, कस्त्वपराधो मम ॥ ८४ ॥
84. Disciple.—" If this is so, Sir, what is my fault
when the mental changes resembling sound etc. and
¹ Para 77 above. ² I did not say that a modification ended
in a result that was Knowledge (the Self). ³ See Para 75 above.