उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

58 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS
94. Disciple.—“But it is transitory knowledge only
that is the result¹ of a proof and not eternal Know-
ledge.”²
न। अवगतेः नित्यत्वानित्यत्वयोः विशेषानुपपत्तेः। न हि
अवगतेः प्रमात्वे अनित्या अवगतिः प्रमा, न नित्या इति
विशेषः अवगम्यते ॥ ९५ ॥
95. Teacher.—“No. There cannot reasonably be a
distinction of perpetuity or otherwise in Knowledge.
For it is not known that transitory Knowledge is the
result of a proof and not eternal Knowledge, as Know-
ledge³ Itself is such a result.”
नित्यायां प्रमातुः अपेक्षाभावः। अनित्यायां तु यत्नान्तरित-
त्वात् अवगतिः अपेक्ष्यत इति विशेषः स्यादिति चेत् ॥ ९६ ॥
96. Disciple.—“But eternal Knowledge does not
depend on a knower⁴ while transitory knowledge
does so as it is produced by an intervening effort. This
is the difference.”⁵
सिद्धा तर्हि आत्मनः प्रमातुः स्वतःसिद्धिः, प्रमाणनिरपेक्ष-
तयैवेति ॥ ९७ ॥
97. Teacher.—“The Knower⁶ which is the Self is
then self-evident as It does not depend on any
evidence (in order to be proved).”
1 True Knowledge is due to sense-perception, inference, testimony,
etc., when we see a jar, for example, with our eyes, we have what
is called the true Knowledge of the jar. It is produced and there-
fore transitory. That is what the disciple thinks.
² Pure Knowledge which is the Self.
³ Pure Knowledge Itself. See paras 103 and 108 of this Chapter.
⁴ One who applies a proof.
⁵ Between Knowledge eternal and transitory.
⁶ Eternal Knowledge. See para 93 above.