Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24


Sanskrit:

नात्मा वपु: पार्थिवमिन्द्रियाणिदेवा ह्यसुर्वायुर्जलम् हुताश: ।मनोऽन्नमात्रं धिषणा च सत्त्व-महङ्कृति: खं क्षितिरर्थसाम्यम् ॥ २४ ॥

ITRANS:

nātmā vapuḥ pārthivam indriyāṇidevā hy asur vāyur jalam hutāśaḥmano ’nna-mātraṁ dhiṣaṇā ca sattvamahaṅkṛtiḥ khaṁ kṣitir artha-sāmyam

Translation:

The material body made of earth is not the true self; nor are the senses, their presiding demigods or the air of life; nor is the external air, water or fire or one’s mind. All these are simply matter. Similarly, neither one’s intelligence, material consciousness nor ego, nor the elements of ether or earth, nor the objects of sense perception, nor even the primeval state of material equilibrium can be considered the actual identity of the soul.

Purport: