आत्ममोहो नृणामेव कल्पते देवमायया । सुहृद् दुर्हृदुदासीन इति देहात्ममानिनाम् ॥ ४३ ॥
ātma-moho nṛṇām eva kalpate deva-māyayā suhṛd durhṛd udāsīna iti dehātma-māninām
- ātma
- about the self
- mohaḥ
- the bewilderment
- nṛṇām
- of men
- eva
- only
- kalpate
- is effected
- deva
- of the Supreme Lord
- māyayā
- by the illusory, material energy
- suhṛt
- a friend
- durhṛt
- an enemy
- udāsīnaḥ
- a neutral party
- iti
- thus thinking
- deha
- the body
- ātma
- as the self
- māninām
- for those who consider
The Supreme Lord’s Māyā makes men forget their real selves, and thus, taking the body for the self, they consider others to be friends, enemies or neutral parties.