यथानलो दारुषु भिन्न ईयते यथानिलो देहगत: पृथक् स्थित: । यथा नभ: सर्वगतं न सज्जते तथा पुमान् सर्वगुणाश्रय: पर: ॥ ४३ ॥
yathanalo darusu bhinna iyate yathanilo deha-gatah prthak sthitah yatha nabhah sarva-gatam na sajjate tatha puman sarva-gunasrayah parah
- yatha
- just as
- analah
- the fire
- darusu
- in wood
- bhinnah
- separate
- iyate
- is perceived
- yatha
- just as
- anilah
- the air
- deha-gatah
- within the body
- prthak
- separate
- sthitah
- situated
- yatha
- just as
- nabhah
- the sky
- sarva-gatam
- all-pervading
- na
- not
- sajjate
- mix
- tatha
- similarly
- puman
- the living entity
- sarva-guna-asrayah
- although now the shelter of the modes of material nature
- parah
- transcendental to material contamination
As fire, although situated in wood, is perceived to be different from the wood, as air, although situated within the mouth and nostrils, is perceived to be separate, and as the sky, although all-pervading, never mixes with anything, so the living entity, although now encaged within the material body, of which it is the source, is separate from it.