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Upadeshasahasri 12.7

12.7 Shankaracharya

तं च मूढं च यद्यन्यं प्रत्ययं वेत्ति नो दृशेः । स एव योगिनां श्रेष्ठो नेतरः स्यान्न संशयः ॥

taṃ ca mūḍhaṃ ca yadyanyaṃ pratyayaṃ vetti no dṛśeḥ | sa eva yogināṃ śreṣṭho netaraḥ syānna saṃśayaḥ ||

If he knows that [image], the deluded [notion] and any other notion as not belonging to the seer, he alone is the best of yogis, and no other; of this there is no doubt.

यदि वह उस [छाया] को, उस मूढ़ प्रतीति को, और किसी भी अन्य प्रतीति को द्रष्टा की नहीं जानता है, तो वही योगियों में श्रेष्ठ है, दूसरा नहीं; इसमें संशय नहीं।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Good moods and bad moods, insight and confusion, all come and go before you. Seeing them all as passing, without calling any of them 'me', is the real practice.

अच्छे-बुरे मूड, समझ और उलझन, सब आपके सामने आते-जाते हैं। किसी को 'मैं' कहे बिना सबको आते-जाते देखना ही असली साधना है।

Continuing, Shankaracharya says who the true yogi is: one who knows every mental state as other than the seer.

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