विलक्षण: स्थूलसूक्ष्माद् देहादात्मेक्षिता स्वदृक् । यथाग्निर्दारुणो दाह्याद् दाहकोऽन्य: प्रकाशक: ॥ ८ ॥
vilakṣaṇaḥ sthūla-sūkṣmād dehād ātmekṣitā sva-dṛk yathāgnir dāruṇo dāhyād dāhako ’nyaḥ prakāśakaḥ
- vilakṣaṇaḥ
- having different characteristics
- sthūla
- from the gross
- sūkṣmāt
- and the subtle
- dehāt
- from the body
- ātmā
- the spirit soul
- īkṣitā
- the seer
- sva-dṛk
- self-enlightened
- yathā
- just as
- agniḥ
- fire
- dāruṇaḥ
- from firewood
- dāhyāt
- from that which is to be burned
- dāhakaḥ
- that which burns
- anyaḥ
- other
- prakāśakaḥ
- that which illuminates
Just as fire, which burns and illuminates, is different from firewood, which is to be burned to give illumination, similarly the seer within the body, the self-enlightened spirit soul, is different from the material body, which is to be illuminated by consciousness. Thus the spirit soul and the body possess different characteristics and are separate entities.