SB 12.4.24
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 24
dīpaś cakṣuś ca rūpaṁ ca
jyotiṣo na pṛthag bhavet
evaṁ dhīḥ khāni mātrāś ca
na syur anyatamād ṛtāt
SYNONYMS
dīpaḥ—a lamp; cakṣuḥ—a perceiving eye; ca—and; rūpam—a perceived form; ca—and; jyotiṣaḥ—from the original element fire; na—not; pṛthak—distinct; bhavet—are; evam—in the same way; dhīḥ—intelligence; khāni—the senses; mātrāḥ—the perceptions; ca—and; na syuḥ—they are not; anyatamāt—which is itself completely distinct; ṛtāt—from the reality.
TRANSLATION
A lamp, the eye that views by the light of that lamp, and the visible form that is viewed are all basically nondifferent from the element fire. In the same way, intelligence, the senses and sense perceptions have no existence separate from the supreme reality, although that Absolute Truth remains totally distinct from them.