Verse 255

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US-P16.005ab व्यञ्जकस्तु यथालोको व्यङ्ग्यस्याकारतां गतः ।US-P16.005cd व्यतिकीर्णोऽप्यसंकीर्नस्तद्वज् ज्ञः प्रत्ययैः सदा ॥

In plain words

Just as a light reveals an object and seems to take on its form, so too the Knower appears mingled with passing thoughts, yet remains ever untouched and separate from them.

Close to the Sanskrit

Just as light, the manifester, having gone to the shape of the manifested object; though mixed, the knower is ever unmixed with mental cognitions like that.