कर्दमादि यथा हेम्ना श्लिष्टिमेति पृथक्स्थितम् ।नान्तःपरिणतिं याति जडो देहस्तथात्मना
In plain words
As mud and the like, though remaining a separate thing, may come into contact with gold and yet undergo no inward change into it, so the inert body, in contact with the Self, undergoes no inward change either.