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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.2.42

ఇదం శరీరం పురుషస్య మోహజం యథా పృథగ్భౌతికమీయతే గృహమ్ । యథౌదకై: పార్థివతైజసైర్జన: కాలేన జాతో వికృతో వినశ్యతి ॥ ౪౨ ॥
idaṁ śarīraṁ puruṣasya mohajaṁ
[idam shareeram purushasya mohajam]
yathā pṛthag bhautikam īyate gṛham
[yathaa prithag bhautikam eeyate griham]
yathaudakaiḥ pārthiva-taijasair janaḥ
[yathaudakaih paarthiva-taijasair janah]
kālena jāto vikṛto vinaśyati
[kaalena jaato vikrito vinashyati]
Word-for-word
idam — this śarīram — body puruṣasya — of the conditioned soul moha-jam — born of ignorance yathā — just as pṛthak — separate bhautikam — material īyate — is seen gṛham — a house yathā — just as udakaiḥ — with water pārthiva — with earth taijasaiḥ — and with fire janaḥ — the conditioned soul kālena — in due course of time jātaḥ — born vikṛtaḥ — transformed vinaśyati — is vanquished.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
idaṁ śarīraṁ puruṣasya mohajaṁ
idam
this
śarīram
body
puruṣasya
of the conditioned soul
moha-jam
born of ignorance
yathā pṛthag bhautikam īyate gṛham
yathā
just as
pṛthak
separate
bhautikam
material
īyate
is seen
gṛham
a house
yathaudakaiḥ pārthiva-taijasair janaḥ
yathā
just as
udakaiḥ
with water
pārthiva
with earth
taijasaiḥ
and with fire
janaḥ
the conditioned soul
kālena jāto vikṛto vinaśyati
kālena
in due course of time
jātaḥ
born
vikṛtaḥ
transformed
vinaśyati
is vanquished.
Just as a householder, although different from the identity of his house, thinks his house to be identical with him, so the conditioned soul, due to ignorance, accepts the body to be himself, although the body is actually different from the soul. This body is obtained through a combination of portions of earth, water and fire, and when the earth, water and fire are transformed in the course of time, the body is vanquished. The soul has nothing to do with this creation and dissolution of the body.
Purport

We transmigrate from one body to another in bodies that are products of our illusion, but as spirit souls we always exist separately from material, conditional life. The example given here is that a house or car is always different from its owner, but because of attachment the conditioned soul thinks it to be identical with him. A car or house is actually made of material elements; as long as the material elements combine together properly, the car or house exists, and when they are disassembled the house or the car is disassembled. The spirit soul, however, always remains as he is.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The body is produced from bewilderment of the jīva. Paramātmā is different from the body just as the person living in a house is different from the house. The material body made of water, earth and fire is born, matures and dies in time. This verse explained the Lord’s being different. The body is produced out of bewilderment of the jīva. It is different from the Paramātmā situated within it, just a house with walls and doors is different from the person living in the house. The difference is further explained. Just as foam made of water particles, a pot made of clay, and earrings made from fire are produced and then destroyed, the body, produced from atoms of water, earth and fire, is born, develops and then is destroyed. However, this is not so for the ātmā.
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