Bhāṣya
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In plain words
The Self is completely distinct from the mind, the eyes, and all the instruments of perception, including the physical body itself. As the teacher declares: 'Different from the intellect, the senses, and the body, the eternal and all-pervading Self shines within every field of experience.' Just as the mind and senses illuminate external objects like a pot and yet remain separate from them, so too the inner witness illuminates the mind and senses while remaining entirely apart from them. Because its nature is pure luminous consciousness and it is inaccessible to the mind, the scripture proclaims: 'From where speech turns back, unable to reach it, along with the mind.'
Close to the Sanskrit
Free and distinct from mind, eye, and the like—from mind and the like, and from the eye—whoever he is, that he is I, the Self, this is the connection. By the mention of mind, eye, and the like, since the body is included therein, it should be seen that the body is also taken up. By this it is indicated that he is separate even from the body. And thus the teacher: 'Different from the intellect, senses, and body is the Self, all-pervading, eternal, manifesting in diverse forms in each field, the Self shines within the mental modifications.'