Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.5.5

ghaṭe bhinne ghaṭākāśa

ākāśaḥ syād yathā purā

evaḿ dehe mṛte jīvo

brahma sampadyate punaḥ

SYNONYMS

ghaṭe — a pot; bhinne — when it is broken; ghāṭa-ākāśaḥ — the sky within the pot; ākāśaḥ — sky; syāt — remains; yathā — as; purā — previously; evam — similarly; dehe — the body; mṛte — when it is given up, in the liberated condition; jīvaḥ — the individual soul; brahma — his spiritual status; sampadyate — attains; punaḥ — once again.

TRANSLATION

When a pot is broken, the portion of sky within the pot remains as the element sky, just as before. In the same way, when the gross and subtle bodies die, the living entity within resumes his spiritual identity.

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