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Original Verse
सूर्यो यथा सर्वलोकस्य चक्षुर्न लिप्यते चाक्षुषैर्बाह्यदोषैः । एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा न लिप्यते लोकदुःखेन बाह्यः ॥ ११ ॥

sūryo yathā sarvalokasya cakṣur na lipyate cākṣuṣair bāhyadoṣaiḥ | ekas tathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā na lipyate lokaduḥkhena bāhyaḥ || 11 ||

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Translations & Commentary

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Max Müller

English Translation

As the sun, the eye of the world, is not stained by external impurities seen by the eye, so the one Inner Self is not stained by the misery of the world, being external to it.

Simple English

English Translation

As the sun, the eye of the world, is not stained by the external faults seen through eyes, so the one Inner Self is not stained by the world's suffering, being beyond it.