Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c6.s2.78

c6.s2.78

³⁹ The relationship between the conscious self and the unconscious body is compared to that between space and a pot. Space is by its very nature unlimited, and even when it becomes limited by the dimensions of a pot, it remains unaffected by the pot’s qualities of fragility and finitude. Similarly, although in the state of ignorance the self is limited by the body, constituting thereby the individual human being (*jīva*), yet it does not assume the qualities of the body.