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Chapter 2 Verse 20
Original Verse
सूर्यो यथा सर्वलोकस्य चक्षुर्न लिप्यते चाक्षुषैर्बाह्यदोषैः । एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा न लिप्यते लोकदुःखेन बाह्यः ॥ २० ॥

sūryo yathā sarvalokasya cakṣur na lipyate cākṣuṣair bāhyadoṣaiḥ | ekas tathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā na lipyate lokaduḥkhena bāhyaḥ || 20 ||

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Translations & Commentary

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Max Müller

English Translation

As the sun, the eye of the whole world, is not contaminated by the external impurities seen by the eye, so the one Inner Self of all things is never contaminated by the misery of the world, being outside it.

Simple English

English Translation

As the sun, the eye of the whole world, is not stained by the faults seen by eyes, so the one Inner Self of all beings is never stained by the sorrows of the world, being beyond it.