Verse 243

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US-P15.047ab ।US-P15.047cd ॥

In plain words

Fire is hot by nature and is called a burner simply by being there. Understand the Self as awareness in the same way: an adjunct is present and known, just as the snake that has come out of its hole is revealed.

Close to the Sanskrit

Thus the hot fire is a burner simply by being present; let the same be understood of the Self as awareness. This applies when the adjunct is present and known, like the snake that has emerged.