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Shloka

कर्तृत्वभोक्तृत्वखलत्वमत्तता -
जडत्वबद्धत्वविमुक्ततादयः ।
बुद्धेर्विकल्पा न तु सन्ति वस्तुतः
स्वस्मिन्परे ब्रह्मणि केवलेऽद्वये ॥ ५११ ॥

kartṛtvabhoktṛtvakhalatvamattatā -
jaḍatvabaddhatvavimuktatādayaḥ ;
buddhervikalpā na tu santi vastutaḥ
svasminpare brahmaṇi kevale’dvaye . 511 .

Anvaya

एषःeṣaḥ
This
जड–आत्मकःjaḍa–ātmakaḥ
the insentient (body)
लुठतुluṭhatu
let it roll
जले वा अपिjale vā api
either in water
स्थले वा अपिsthale vā api
or on the ground
अहंahaṃ
I
न विलिप्येna vilipye
am not affected
तद्–धर्मैःtad–dharmaiḥ
by its properties
यथाyathā
just as
नभःnabhaḥ
the space
घट–धर्मैःghaṭa–dharmaiḥ
(is not affected) by the properties of the pot

Translation

Notions such as doership, enjoyment, villainy, arrogance, dullness, bondage, freedom etc., are mere visualisations in the intellect and they do not really exist in the Self, which is the Supreme Brahman, the one and non–dual.

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