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Upadeshasahasri 13.1

13.1 Shankaracharya

अचक्षुष्ट्वान्न दृष्टिर्मे तथाश्रोत्रस्य का श्रुतिः । अवाक्त्वान्न तु वक्तिः स्यादमनस्त्वान्मतिः कुतः ॥

acakṣuṣṭvānna dṛṣṭirme tathāśrotrasya kā śrutiḥ | avāktvānna tu vaktiḥ syādamanastvānmatiḥ kutaḥ ||

Since I have no eyes, seeing is not mine; for one without ears, what hearing? Having no speech, speaking cannot be mine; having no mind, how could thinking be?

मेरे नेत्र नहीं, इसलिए देखना मेरा नहीं; जिसके कान नहीं उसका सुनना कैसा? वाणी नहीं, इसलिए बोलना मेरा नहीं; मन नहीं, तो सोचना कहाँ से?

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

The senses and the mind are instruments; you are the awareness that knows their activity. This is a way of loosening identification, not of ignoring what the senses tell you.

इन्द्रियाँ और मन साधन हैं; आप वह चेतना हैं जो उनकी गतिविधि को जानती है। यह पहचान ढीली करने का तरीका है, इन्द्रियों की बात अनसुनी करने का नहीं।

Shankaracharya opens the chapter on 'eyelessness', speaking as the Self: since the Self has no organs, the activities of the organs are not its own.

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