यथा पुरुष आत्मानमेकमादर्शचक्षुषो: । द्विधाभूतमवेक्षेत तथैवान्तरमावयो: ॥ ६३ ॥
yatha purusa atmanam ekam adarsa-caksusoh dvidhabhutam avekseta tathaivantaram avayoh
- yatha
- as
- purusah
- the living entity
- atmanam
- his body
- ekam
- one
- adarsa
- in a mirror
- caksusoh
- by the eyes
- dvidha-abhutam
- existing as two
- avekseta
- sees
- tatha
- similarly
- eva
- certainly
- antaram
- difference
- avayoh
- between ourselves.
As a person sees the reflection of his body in a mirror to be one with himself and not different, whereas others actually see two bodies, so in our material condition, in which the living being is affected and yet not affected, there is a difference between God and the living entity.