As a fish in water is different from it, so is the relation of the two (viz., Purusha and Nature). Indeed, their relation is like that of water drops on the leaf of the lotus,
मत्स्यो यथान्यः स्यादप्सु सम्प्रयोगस्तथा तयोः। सम्बन्धस्तोयबिन्दूनां पण कोकनदस्य च॥