Kaṭha Upaniṣad 228

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kiñ ca nityo 'vināśyanityānāṃ vināśinām / cetanaś cetanānāṃ cetayitṝṇāṃ brahmādīnāṃ prāṇinām agninimittam iva dāhakatvam anagnīnām udakādīnām ātmacaitanyanimittam eva cetayitṛtvam anyeṣām / kiñ ca sa sarvajñaḥ sarveśvaraḥ kāmināṃ saṃsāriṇāṃ karmānurūpaṃ kāmān karmaphalāni svānugrahanimittāś ca kāmāny eko bahūnām anekeṣāmanāyāsena vidadhāti prayacchatīty etat / tām ātmasthaṃ ye 'nupaśyanti dhīrās teṣāṃ śāntir uparatiḥ śāśvatī nityā svātmabhūtaiva syān netareṣām anevaṃ vidhānām ///2,1.13 //

Shankara’s Commentary:
Com.—Again, deathless among mortal things, conscious among the conscious, such as Brahma and other living beings. As the power of burning in water and the rest, which are not fire in themselves, is due to fire, so, the intelligence of others is due to the intelligence of the atman; again, he, omniscient and lord over all, dispenses to those having desire, i.e., to those in samsara, according to their respective karma, the fruits of karma and desired objects, according to his grace, himself one, to many, without effort. To such intelligent men as see him seated in their selves, eternal peace accrues, not to others, i.e., to those who do not see so.

13. Eternal among the ephemeral, conscious among the conscious, who, being one, dispenses desired objects to many, the intelligent who see him seated in their selves, to them, eternal peace, not to others.