The pot does not assume the nature of the milk. Nor does the milk partake the nature of the fly. The condition of each is in dependent of itself, and can never be changed by the condition of that other with which it may for the time being exist.
न तु कुण्डे पयोभावः पयश्चापि न मक्षिका। स्वयमेवाप्नुवन्त्येते भावा ननु पराश्रयम्॥