Verse 688

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In plain words

That whole set of elements that has not yet been quintuplicated — and rajas, tamas and sattva along with them — is, in its own true nature, nothing but the unmanifest. And this unmanifest, with the reflected consciousness shining in it, is itself the same.

Close to the Sanskrit

That aggregate of un-quintuplicated elements too, together with the qualities rajas, tamas and sattva, becomes, from the standpoint of its own nature, the unmanifest alone; and this unmanifest, along with its reflection, is so itself as well.