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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.40
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 40
- yatholmukād visphuliṅgād
- dhūmād vāpi sva-sambhavāt
- apy ātmatvenābhimatād
- yathāgniḥ pṛthag ulmukāt
yathāas — as; ulmukātfrom the flames — from the flames; visphuliṅgātfrom the sparks — from the sparks; dhūmātfrom the smoke — from the smoke; vāor — or; apieven — even; svaproduced from itself-sambhavātproduced from itself — produced from itself; apialthough — although; ātmatvenaby nature — by nature; abhimatātintimately connected — intimately connected; yathāas — as; agniḥthe fire — the fire; pṛthakdifferent — different; ulmukātfrom the flames — from the flames.
The blazing fire is different from the flames, from the sparks and from the smoke, although all are intimately connected because they are born from the same blazing wood.
Although the blazing firewood, the sparks, the smoke and the flame cannot stay apart because each of them is part and parcel of the fire, still they are different from one another. A less intelligent person accepts the smoke as fire, although fire and smoke are completely different. The heat and light of the fire are separate, although one cannot differentiate fire from heat and light.