' The Teacher '...

"There is no known comparison in all the three worlds for the venerable teacher that bestows knowledge.

If the philosopher's stone be assumed as such, it only turns iron into gold, but, alas! cannot convert it into philosopher's stone.

The venerable teacher, on the other hand, creates equality with himself in the disciple that takes refuge in his feet.

He is therefore peerless, nay, even transcendental."



-Sri Shankaracharya
The Century of Verses, 1
in Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya
Translated by S. Venkataramanan, [1921]