असत्त्वादात्मनोऽन्येषां भावानां तत्कृता भिदा । गतयो हेतवश्चास्य मृषा स्वप्नदृशो यथा ॥ ३१ ॥
asattvād ātmano ’nyeṣāṁ bhāvānāṁ tat-kṛtā bhidā gatayo hetavaś cāsya mṛṣā svapna-dṛśo yathā
- asattvāt
- because of lacking factual existence
- ātmanaḥ
- from the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- anyeṣām
- of others
- bhāvānām
- states of existence
- tat
- by them
- kṛtā
- created
- bhidā
- difference or separation
- gatayaḥ
- destinations such as going to heaven
- hetavaḥ
- fruitive activities, which are the cause of future rewards
- ca
- also
- asya
- of the living entity
- mṛṣā
- false
- svapna
- of a dream
- dṛśaḥ
- of the seer
- yathā
- just as
Those states of existence that are conceived of as separate from the Supreme Personality of Godhead have no actual existence, although they create a sense of separation from the Absolute Truth. Just as the seer of a dream imagines many different activities and rewards, similarly, because of the sense of an existence separate from the Lord’s existence, the living entity falsely performs fruitive activities, thinking them to be the cause of future rewards and destinations.