Bhagavata Purana 11.10.8
Srimad Bhagavatam · 10 · Verse 8
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Sanskrit Original
विलक्षण: स्थूलसूक्ष्माद् देहादात्मेक्षिता स्वदृक् । यथाग्निर्दारुणो दाह्याद् दाहकोऽन्य: प्रकाशक: ॥ ८ ॥
vilakṣaṇaḥ sthūla-sūkṣmād dehād ātmekṣitā sva-dṛk yathāgnir dāruṇo dāhyād dāhako ’nyaḥ prakāśakaḥ
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Just as fire, which burns and illuminates, is different from firewood, which is to be burned to give illumination, similarly the seer within the body, the self-enlightened spirit soul, is different from the material body, which is to be illuminated by consciousness. Thus the spirit soul and the body possess different characteristics and are separate entities.