O king of Mithila, I am living in you without touching you at all even like a drop of water on a lotus leaf that rests on it without drenching it in the least.
यथा पुष्करपर्णस्थं जलं तत्पर्णमस्पृशत्। तिष्ठत्यस्पृशती तद्वत् त्वयि वत्स्यामि मैथिल॥