उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

मतिविलापनप्रकरणम् ॥ ८ ॥
CHAPTER VIII¹
MERGING OF THE MIND
चितिस्वरूपे स्वत एव मे मते रसादियोगस्तव मोहकारितः ।
अतो न किंचित्तव चेष्टितेन मे फलं भवेत्सर्वविशेषहानतः ॥ १ ॥

1. The connection of enjoyment etc., with me, oh
   My mind, who am by nature Consciousness Itself is
   due to the delusion created by you. As I am free from
   all attributes there is no utility accruing to Me from
   your efforts.
   विमुच्य मायामयकार्यतामिह प्रशान्तिमायाह्यसदीहितात्सदा ।
   अहं परं ब्रह्म सदा विमुक्तवत्तथाजमेकं द्वयवर्जितं यतः ॥ २ ॥
2. Give up false attempts and come to rest in Me
   from constant vain efforts as I am always the supreme
   Brahman as if ² free from bondage, unborn and devoid
   of duality.
   ¹ This and Chap. 19 may be studied together for comparison.
   ² For Brahman is never bound. So It cannot be called at any
   time liberated.

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सदा च भूतेषु समोऽस्मि केवलो यथा च खं सर्वगमक्षरं शिवम् ।
निरन्तरं निष्कलमक्रियं परं ततो न मेऽस्तीह फलं तवेहितैः ॥ ३ ॥
3. The supreme Brahman, the same¹ in all beings
and free from all attributes I am all-pervading like the
ether, imperishable, auspicious, homogeneous, partless
and actionless. I, therefore, have no benefit to be
derived from your efforts.
अहं ममैको न तदन्यदिष्यते तथा न कस्याप्यहमस्म्यसंगतः ।
असङ्गरूपोऽहमतो न मे त्वया कृतेन कार्यं तव चाद्वयत्वतः ॥४॥
4. No one different from Me can belong to Me who
am one only. Nor can I who am unattached belong to
anybody. I have, therefore, no benefit to be derived
from anything done by you. As you² are not other
than Myself you can have no effort nor its results.
फले च हेतौ च जनो विषक्तवानिति प्रचिन्त्याहमतो विमोक्षणे ।
जनस्य संवादमिमं प्रक्लृप्तवान्स्वरूपतत्त्वार्थविबोधकारणम् ॥५॥
5. Considering that people are attached to the ideas
of cause and effect,³ I have composed this dialogue
(between the mind and the Self) leading to the under-
standing of the real nature of the Self in order that they
might get freed from this (bondage).
संवादमेतं यदि चिन्तयेन्नरो विमुच्यतेऽज्ञानमहाभयागमात् ।
विमुक्तकामश्च तथा जनः सदा चरत्यशोकः सम आत्मवित्सुखी ॥
¹ Because the Self of all. ² You are non-conscious and have
no separate existence from Brahman. ³ G. K., 4. 14-28.

106 A THOUSAND TEACHINGS [CHAP. VIII
6. A man gets liberated from Ignorance, the cause
of great fear,¹ and roams (over the world) free from
desires, free from grief, a Knower of the Self, the same²
in all beings and happy if he ponders over this dialogue.
¹ I.e., of this transmigratory existence.
² Because the Self of all.