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508. When the supervening adjunct (Upadhi) is moving, the movement of the reflection which is due to the Upadhi is ascribed by fools to the object reflected, such as the snn, which is free from activity, — (and they think) "I am the doer," "I am the enjoyer," "I am killed, oh alas!"
[Supervening adjunct—e. g. water, in which the sun is reflected. It is the water that moves and with it the reflection, but never the sun, though ignorant people may think the sun is also moving. Similarly, all activity which belongs to the Buddhi under the reflection of the Atman, is erroneously attributed to the latter.
"I am the doer," &c.—This is how the ignorant man thinks and wails.]
509. Let this inert body drop down in water or on land, I am not touched by its properties, like the sky by the properties of the jar.
[Not touched ...... Jar—Just as the sky seemingly enclosed in a jar is one with the infinite sky, and
