Verse 221

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In plain words

Set aside the pot, the water, and the reflection they hold, and there is the real sun in the sky — standing entirely apart, itself the light that makes all three of those visible in the first place, needing nothing else to shine. That is exactly how the wise one comes to see the true Self.

Close to the Sanskrit

As, setting aside the pot, the water and the sun’s disc reflected therein, the wise one sees the sun in the sky — standing apart, illuminating those three and self-luminous — so...