नात्मनोऽन्येन संयोगो वियोगश्चासत: सति । तद्धेतुत्वात्तत्प्रसिद्धेर्दृग्रूपाभ्यां यथा रवे: ॥ ४६ ॥
nātmano ’nyena saṁyogo viyogaś casataḥ sati tad-dhetutvāt tat-prasiddher dṛg-rūpābhyāṁ yathā raveḥ
- na
- not
- ātmanaḥ
- for the self
- anyena
- with anything else
- saṁyogaḥ
- contact
- viyogaḥ
- separation
- ca
- and
- asataḥ
- with that which is insubstantial
- sati
- O discriminating one
- tat
- from it (the self)
- hetutvāt
- because of originating
- tat
- by it (the self)
- prasiddheḥ
- because of being revealed
- dṛk
- with the sense of vision
- rūpābhyām
- and visible form
- yathā
- as
- raveḥ
- for the sun
O intelligent lady, the soul never undergoes contact with or separation from insubstantial, material objects, because the soul is their very origin and illuminator. Thus the soul resembles the sun, which neither comes in contact with nor separates from the sense of sight and what is seen.