Mandukya Karika 3.5

Sanskrit Verse

यथैकस्मिन्घाटाकाशे रजोधूमादिभिर्युते ।
न सर्वे संप्रयुज्यन्ते तद्वज्जीवाः सुखादिभिः ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

yathaikasmiṅghāṭākāśe rajodhūmādibhiryute |
na sarve saṃprayujyante tadvajjīvāḥ sukhādibhiḥ || 5 ||

Translation

As any portion of Ākāśa enclosed in a pot being soiled by dust, smoke, etc., all such other portions of Ākāśa enclosed in other pots are not soiled, so is the happiness, etc., of the Jīvas, i.e., the happiness, misery, etc., of one Jīva do not affect other Jīvas.