आत्मावभासयत्येको बुद्ध्यादीनीन्द्रियाण्यपि ।दीपो घटादिवत्स्वात्मा जडैस्तैर्नावभास्यते ॥ २८ ॥
In plain words
The Ātman, alone, lights up the intellect and all that follows it — and the senses too. A lamp lights up the pots; the pots do not light the lamp. Your own Self is never lit up by those lifeless things.
Close to the Sanskrit
The Ātman alone illumines the intellect and the rest, and the senses too; like a lamp with pots and the rest, one's own Self is not illumined by those insentient ones.