Verse 482

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In plain words

In the same way, the intellect—composed of pure sattva, radiant, spotless, and touched by consciousness—glows by mere proximity to the Self, shining like a crystal catching the light.

Close to the Sanskrit

The intellect thus indeed, having the nature of sattva, endowed with reflection, luminous and stainless, from proximity shines like the Self, just like a crystal near the sun.