त्वामात्मानं परं मत्वा परमात्मानमेव च । आत्मा पुनर्बहिर्मृग्य अहोऽज्ञजनताज्ञता ॥ २७ ॥
tvām ātmānaṁ paraṁ matvā param ātmānam eva ca ātmā punar bahir mṛgya aho ’jña-janatājñatā
- tvām
- You
- ātmānam
- the real self
- param
- something else
- matvā
- thinking
- param
- something else
- ātmānam
- Yourself
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- also
- ātmā
- the Supreme Self
- punaḥ
- again
- bahiḥ
- outside
- mṛgyaḥ
- must be searched out
- aho
- oh
- ajña
- ignorant
- janatā
- of persons
- ajñatā
- the ignorance
Just see the foolishness of those ignorant persons who consider You to be some separated manifestation of illusion and who consider the self, which is actually You, to be something else, the material body. Such fools conclude that the supreme soul is to be searched for somewhere outside Your supreme personality.