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Brahma Sutras

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ॐ श्रुतोपनिषत्कगत्यभिधानाच्च ॐ ॥ १-२-१६॥

And because the course to be followed by one who has heard the secret teaching is spoken of.

english translation

ॐ अनवस्थितेरसंभवाच्च नेतरः ॐ ॥ १-२-१७॥

None other can be the Person in the eye on account of impermanence and impossibility.

english translation

ॐ अन्तर्याम्यधिदैवादिषु तद्धर्मव्यपदेशात् ॐ ॥ १-२-१८॥

The internal Ruler in the divine and other contexts (is the supreme Self), since the characteristics of that (supreme Self) are spoken of.

english translation

ॐ न च स्मार्तं अतद्धर्माभिपालात् ॐ ॥ १-२-१९॥

Neither Pradhana, known from the (Samkhya) Smriti, is the internal Ruler, for qualities that do not belong to Pradhana are spoken of.

english translation

ॐ शरीरश्चोभयेऽपि हि भेदेनैनमधीयते ॐ ॥ १-२-२०॥

The embodied soul also (is not the internal Ruler); for the followers of both the recensions read of this one as different.

english translation