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Understanding Material Nature
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PURPORT
The example given herewith is perfect. The sun is situated in the sky, far, far away from the surface of the earth, but its reflection can be seen in a pot of water in the corner of a room. The room is dark, and the sun is far away in the sky, but the sun's reflection on the water illuminates the darkness of the room. A pure devotee can realize the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in everything by the reflection of His energy. In the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa  it is stated that as the presence of fire is understood by heat and light, so the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although one without a second, is perceived everywhere by the diffusion of His different energies. It is confirmed in the  Īśopaniṣad  that the presence of the Lord is perceived everywhere by the liberated soul, just as the sunshine and the reflection can be perceived everywhere although the sun is situated far away from the surface of the globe.
TEXT 13
एवं त्रिवृद्धङ्कारो भूतेन्द्रियमनोमयैः । स्वाभासैर्लक्षितोऽनेन सदाभासेन सत्यदृक् ॥१३॥
evam trivṛd-ahaṅkāro bhūtendriya-manomayaiḥ svābhāsair lakṣito 'nena sad-ābhāsena satya-dṛk
evam —thus;  tri-vṛt —the threefold;  ahaṅkāraḥ —false ego;  bhūta-indriya-manaḥ-mayaiḥ —consisting of body, senses and mind;  sva-ābhāsaiḥ —by its own reflections;  lakṣitaḥ —is revealed;  anena —by this;  sat-ābhāsena —by a reflection of Brahman;  satya-dṛk —the self-realized soul.
TRANSLATION
The self-realized soul is thus reflected first in the threefold ego and then in the body, senses and mind.
PURPORT
The conditioned soul thinks, “I am this body,” but a liberated soul thinks, “I am not this body. I am spirit soul.” This “I am” is called ego or identification of the self. “I am this body” or “Everything in relationship