बिम्बं विना यथा नीरे प्रतिबिम्बो भवेत्कथम् ।विनात्मानं तथा बुद्धौ चिदाभासो भवेत्कथम् ॥ ५४ ॥
In plain words
A reflection cannot appear in water without something real to be reflected. In the same way, the intellect could never shine with reflected consciousness were the Self—the original light—not present.
Close to the Sanskrit
Just as, without an original image, how could a reflection arise in water? Likewise, without the Self, how could the appearance of Consciousness arise in the intellect?