The Vision of Śiva 5.25

5.25

आत्मनो व्यापकत्वेन शरीरे व्यर्थता भवेत् । जडत्वादथवा शक्तस्तच्छक्त्या तद्घटो घवेत् ॥२५॥

ātmano vyāpakatvena śarīre vyarthatā bhavet | jaḍatvādathavā śaktastacchaktyā tadghaṭo ghavet

— of the self ; — by reason of (its) all-pervadingness ; — with respect to the body ; — uselessness ; — would result ; — because of (the eye's) insentience ; — or else ; — empowered ; — by that power ; — therefore ; — the pot ; — would become (sentient)

By reason of the self's all-pervadingness, (the apparatus of) the body would be useless; or else, since (the eye) is insentient, (it could cognize only if it were) empowered (by consciousness) — and by that power the pot too would become (sentient).

The Vision of Śiva5.25