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Verses on the Recognition of the Lord14.3

14.3
स्वाङ्गरूपेषु भावेषु प्रमाता कथ्यते पतिः मायातो भेदिषु क्लेशकर्मादिकलुषः पशुः ॥३॥
svāṅgarūpeṣu bhāveṣu pramātā kathyate patiḥ māyāto bhediṣu kleśakarmādikaluṣaḥ paśuḥ
— appearing as his own limbs (parts of himself) ; — when the entities (are so) ; — the cognizing subject ; — is called ; — the Lord (pati) ; — through māyā ; — when (the entities) are differentiated ; — defiled by affliction, karma, and the rest ; — a bound soul (paśu)

When the entities appear as his own limbs, the cognizing subject is called the Lord (pati); when, through māyā, they appear as differentiated, then — defiled by affliction, karma, and the rest — he is a bound soul (paśu).