“People also attribute to the Ātma the properties of the guṇas that belong to Prakṛti. But the Ātma, in itself, is wholly distinct from these properties of the guṇas. The guṇas have freedom only within the one kingdom of Prakṛti; beyond it they have no authority, and they cannot reach the place of the Ātma. In the presence of a magnet the needles move, yet the magnet is not the doer.