Text 41]
Kapila's Instructions on Devotional Service
1221
nected;  yathā —as;  agniḥ —the fire;  pṛthak —different;  ulmukāt —from the flames.
TRANSLATION
The blazing fire is different from the flames, from the sparks and from the smoke, although all are intimately connected because they are born from the same blazing wood.
PURPORT
Although the blazing firewood, the sparks, the smoke and the flame cannot stay apart because each of them is part and parcel of the fire, still they are different from one another. A less intelligent person accepts the smoke as fire, although fire and smoke are completely different. The heat and light of the fire are separate, although one cannot differentiate fire from heat and light.
TEXT 41
भूतेन्द्रियान्तःकरणात्प्रधानाञ्जीवसंहितात् । आत्मा तथा पृथग्द्रष्टा मगवान् ब्रह्मसंहितः ॥४१॥
bhūtendriyāntaḥ-karaṇāt   pradhānāj jīva-saṁjñitāt   ātmā tathā pṛthag draṣṭā   bhagavān brahma-saṁjñitaḥ
bhūta —the five elements;  indriya —the senses;  antaḥ-karaṇāt —from the mind;  pradhānāt —from the  pradhāna ;  jīva-saṁjñitāt —from the  jīva  soul;  ātmā —the Paramātmā;  tathā —so;  pṛthak —different;  draṣṭā —the seer;  bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead;  brahma-saṁjñitaḥ —called Brahman.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Paraṁ Brahma, is the seer. He is different from the  jīva  soul, or individual living entity, who is combined with the senses, the five elements and consciousness.
PURPORT
A clear conception of the complete whole is given herewith. The living entity is different from the material elements, and the supreme living entity, the Personality of Godhead, who is the creator of the material elements, is also different from the individual living entity. This philosophy