यथा भ्रमरिकादृष्ट्या भ्राम्यतीव महीयते । चित्ते कर्तरि तत्रात्मा कर्तेवाहंधिया स्मृत: ॥ ४१ ॥
yathā bhramarikā-dṛṣṭyā bhrāmyatīva mahīyate citte kartari tatrātmā kartevāhaṁ-dhiyā smṛtaḥ
- yathā
- as
- bhramarikā
- because of whirling around
- dṛṣṭyā
- in one’s vision
- bhrāmyati
- whirling
- iva
- as if
- mahī
- the ground
- īyate
- appears
- citte
- the mind
- kartari
- being the doer
- tatra
- there
- ātmā
- the self
- kartā
- the doer
- iva
- as if
- aham-dhiyā
- because of false ego
- smṛtaḥ
- is thought
Just as a person who is whirling around perceives the ground to be turning, one who is affected by false ego thinks himself the doer, when actually only his mind is acting.