एक एव परो ह्यात्मा सर्वेषामपि देहिनाम् । नानेव गृह्यते मूढैर्यथा ज्योतिर्यथा नभ: ॥ ४४ ॥
eka eva paro hy ātmā sarveṣām api dehinām nāneva gṛhyate mūḍhair yathā jyotir yathā nabhaḥ
- ekaḥ
- one
- eva
- only
- paraḥ
- the Supreme
- hi
- indeed
- ātmā
- Soul
- sarveṣām
- among all
- api
- and
- dehinām
- embodied beings
- nānā
- many
- iva
- as if
- gṛhyate
- is perceived
- mūḍhaiḥ
- by those who are bewildered
- yathā
- as
- jyotiḥ
- a celestial body
- yathā
- as
- nabhaḥ
- the sky
Those who are bewildered perceive the one Supreme Soul, who resides in all embodied beings, as many, just as one may perceive the light in the sky, or the sky itself, as many.