यथा जले चन्द्रमस: कम्पादिस्तत्कृतो गुण: । दृश्यतेऽसन्नपि द्रष्टुरात्मनोऽनात्मनो गुण: ॥ ११ ॥
yatha jale candramasah kampadis tat-krto gunah drsyate ’sann api drastur atmano ’natmano gunah
- yatha
- as
- jale
- in the water
- candramasah
- of the moon
- kampa-adih
- quivering, etc.
- tat-krtah
- done by the water
- gunah
- quality
- drsyate
- it is so seen
- asan api
- without existence
- drastuh
- of the seer
- atmanah
- of the self
- anatmanah
- of other than the self
- gunah
- quality.
As the moon reflected on water appears to the seer to tremble due to being associated with the quality of the water, so the self associated with matter appears to be qualified as matter.