Verse 2.532

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

अनूद्य स य इत्येवमपकृष्टं नृबुद्धिगम् ।
उत्कृष्टेनेश्वरेणाथ विशिनष्ट्यहिरज्जुवत् ॥ ५३२ ॥

anūdya sa ya ityevamapakṛṣṭaṃ nṛbuddhigam |
utkṛṣṭeneśvareṇātha viśinaṣṭyahirajjuvat || 532 ||

English translation of verse 2.532:

In the text, “This one who is in the human person,” the jīva-consciousness which is considered to be inferior and manifested in the intellect of the person is restated. It is then identified with Īśvara (inherent in the sun), which is considered to be superior, as the serpent with the rope.

Notes:

The sentence, “The serpent is the rope,” purports to convey that the object in front which is seen as a serpent is only a rope. By removing the serpent-cognition, the object in front is identified with the rope. In the same way, the jīva-consciousness reflected in the buddhi and imagined to be inferior is identified with Īśvara-consciousness located in the sun and imagined to be superior, by removing the inferiority of the former, which arises because of the upādhi. With the removal of the alleged inferiority of the jīva-consciousness, the superiority of Īśvara-consciousness will also disappear. In short, when the elements which contribute to the status of inferiority and superiority are dropped out, what remains is the pure consciousness.