नात्मा वपु: पार्थिवमिन्द्रियाणि देवा ह्यसुर्वायुर्जलम् हुताश: । मनोऽन्नमात्रं धिषणा च सत्त्व- महङ्कृति: खं क्षितिरर्थसाम्यम् ॥ २४ ॥
nātmā vapuḥ pārthivam indriyāṇi devā hy asur vāyur jalam hutāśaḥ mano ’nna-mātraṁ dhiṣaṇā ca sattvam ahaṅkṛtiḥ khaṁ kṣitir artha-sāmyam
- na
- is not
- ātmā
- the self
- vapuḥ
- the body
- pārthivam
- made of earth
- indriyāṇi
- the senses
- devāḥ
- the presiding demigods
- hi
- indeed
- asuḥ
- the living air
- vāyuḥ
- the external air
- jalam
- water
- huta-āśaḥ
- fire
- manaḥ
- the mind
- anna-mātram
- being only matter
- dhiṣaṇā
- intelligence
- ca
- and
- sattvam
- material consciousness
- ahaṅkṛtiḥ
- false ego
- kham
- the ether
- kṣitiḥ
- earth
- artha
- the objects of sense perception
- sāmyam
- and the original, undifferentiated state of nature
The material body made of earth is not the true self; nor are the senses, their presiding demigods or the air of life; nor is the external air, water or fire or one’s mind. All these are simply matter. Similarly, neither one’s intelligence, material consciousness nor ego, nor the elements of ether or earth, nor the objects of sense perception, nor even the primeval state of material equilibrium can be considered the actual identity of the soul.