उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

82 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. I
यथा विद्या तथा कर्म चोदितत्वाविशेषतः ।
प्रत्यवायस्मृतेश्चैव कार्यं कर्म मुमुक्षुभिः ॥ ९ ॥
9. As they are equally enjoined¹ obligatory duties
and knowledge (should be practised together). They
should be undertaken by those who aspire after libera-
tion because Smritis² speak of sins³ also (arising out of
the omission of those actions).
ननु ध्रुवफला विद्या नान्यत्किंचिदपेक्षते ।
नाग्निष्टोमो यथैवान्यद् ध्रुवकार्योऽप्यपेक्षते ॥ १० ॥
तथा ध्रुवफला विद्या कर्म नित्यमपेक्षते ।
इत्येवं केचिदिच्छन्ति न कर्म प्रतिकूलतः ॥ ११ ॥
10, 11 (first line). You may say "Followed by a
sure result⁴ Knowledge does not depend⁵ on anything
else." But it is not so. Just as Agnishtoma,⁶ though
followed by an unfailing result,⁷ depends on things⁸
other than itself ; so, knowledge, though bringing about
a sure result, must depend⁵ on obligatory duties.
11 (last line). (Reply). Some people hold this
view. (We say :) No. As it is incompatible with actions
Knowledge does not depend⁹ on them (in producing
its result).¹⁰
¹ Îsh. U., 11. ² The whole body of the sacred tradition or what
is remembered by human Teachers. ³ See Manu Samhitâ,
11, 44. ⁴ Liberation. ⁵ In order to produce liberation. ⁶ The
name of a particular Vedic sacrifice. ⁷ Higher regions, where
there is pleasure higher than in this world. ⁸ Accessories such
as, chanting of certain Vedic hymns, reading of certain verses and
the knowledge of certain gods. ⁹ Though it depends on actions
for its own birth. ¹⁰ Liberation.