Verse 10

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। ॥ १० ॥

In plain words

The prāṇa is afflicted by hunger and thirst; and the thought 'this is my prāṇa' reveals it as other than you. You are the witness of mind and prāṇa, separate from both, as the seer of a pot is separate from the pot.

Close to the Sanskrit

The prāṇa is afflicted by hunger and thirst; and, from the distinction [implied in the words] 'mine' and 'this' — the seer of those two is separate from those two, just as the seer of a pot [is separate] from the pot.