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504. If heat or cold, or good or evil happens to touch the shadow of a man's body, it affects not in the least the man himself, who is distinct from the shadow.
न साक्षिणं साक्ष्यधर्माः संस्पृशन्ति विलक्षणम् । अविकारमुदासीनं गृहधर्माः प्रदीपवत् ॥ ५०५ ॥
505. The properties of things observed do not affect the Witness which is distinct from
them, changeless, and indifferent,-as the properties of a room (do not affect) the lamp (that illumines it).
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रवेर्यथा कर्मणि साक्षिभावों
वह र्यथा दाहनियामकत्वम् ।
रज्जोर्यथाऽऽरोपितवस्तुसङ्ग
स्तथैव कूटस्थचिदात्मनो मे ॥ ५०६ ॥
506. As the sun1 is a mere witness of men's actions, as fire burns everything without distinction, and as the rope is related to a thing superimposed on it, so am I, the unchangeable Self, the Intelligence Absolute.
[1Sun &c.-People do good and bad deeds with the help of sunlight, but the sun is unaffected by their results.
2Rope &c.-The relation of the rope to the snake is wholly fictitious.
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