बुध्यते स्वे न भेदेन व्यक्तिस्थ इव तद्गत: । लक्ष्यते स्थूलमतिभिरात्मा चावस्थितोऽर्कवत् ॥ ५१ ॥
budhyate sve na bhedena vyakti-stha iva tad-gataḥ lakṣyate sthūla-matibhir ātmā cāvasthito ’rka-vat
- budhyate
- is thought of
- sve
- in his original form
- na
- not
- bhedena
- in terms of diversity
- vyakti
- on separate reflecting objects
- sthaḥ
- situated
- iva
- apparently
- tat-gataḥ
- actually having entered within them
- lakṣyate
- seems
- sthūla-matibhiḥ
- to those whose intelligence is dull
- ātmā
- the self
- ca
- also
- avasthitaḥ
- situated
- arkavat
- like the sun
Even when reflected in various objects, the sun is never divided, nor does it merge into its reflection. Only those with dull brains would consider the sun in this way. Similarly, although the soul is reflected through different material bodies, the soul remains undivided and nonmaterial.