Text 41] Kapila’s Instructions on Devotional Service 1221
nected; yatha—as; agnih—the fire; prthak—different; ulmukat—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
TerLaTA TTT eAT |
ATCA TA THE ATA UTA TA: 12 2
bhittendriyantah-karanat
; pradhandj jiva-sanvjniitat
atma tatha prthag drasta
bhagavan brahma-samijiiitah
bhiita—the five elements; indriya—the senses; antah-karanat—from the
mind; pradhanat—from the pradhana; jiva-samjfitat—from the jiva soul;
atma—the Paramatma; tatha—so; prthak—different; drasta—the seer;
bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; brahma-samjnitah—called Brahman.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Parari Brahma,
is the seer. He is different from the jiva 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
