उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

पद्यबन्धः द्वितीयो भागः
Part II (Metrical)
उपोद्घातप्रकरणम् ॥ १ ॥
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
चैतन्यं सर्वगं सर्वं सर्वभूतगुहाशयम् ।
यत्सर्वविषयातीतं तस्मै सर्वविदे नमः ॥ १ ॥

1. I bow down to that all-knowing ¹ One which is
   pure Consciousness, all-pervading, ² all, ³ residing in the
   hearts ⁴ of all beings and beyond all objects ⁵ of know-
   ledge.
   समापय्य क्रियाः सर्वा दाराग्न्याधानपूर्विकाः ।
   ब्रह्मविद्यामथेदानीं वक्तुं वेदः प्रचक्रमे ॥ २ ॥
   ¹ Brahman, the all comprehensive Principle. It, like the sun,
   illumines everything without being an agent.
   ² Just as a rope pervades the snake in a rope-snake.
   ³ Because It is the material cause of everything.
   ⁴ The Sanskrit word literally means a cave. Here it stands for
   the intellect of which the Self is the witness.
   ⁵ Primeval Ignorance and all its modifications.