Know that the soul is embodied in the corporeal disguise, in the eleven alloteopus conditions (of the animal system) and that though eternal, its normal state is apparently modified by its accompaniments even like the fire purified in its pan, eternal yet with its course altered by its surroundings; and that the divine thing which is kindred with the body is related to the latter in the same way as a drop of water to sleek surface of a lotus leaf on which it rolls; know that Sattva Raja and Tama are the attributes of all life. Life is the attribute of spirit and spirit again is the attribute of the Supreme Soul.
एकादशविकारात्मा कलासम्भारसम्भृतः। मूर्तिमन्तं हि तं विद्धि नित्यं योगजितात्मकम्॥ तस्मिन् यः संस्थितो ह्यग्निर्नित्यं स्थाल्यामिवाहितः। आत्मानं तं विजानीहि नित्यं योगजितात्मकम्॥ देवो यः संस्थितस्तस्मिन्नबिन्दुरिव पुष्करे। क्षेत्रज्ञं तं विजानीहि नित्यं योगजितात्मकम्॥ जीवात्मकानि जानीहि रजः सत्त्वं तमस्तथा। जीवमात्मगुणं विद्धि तथाऽऽत्मानं परात्मकम्॥