एवं पराभिध्यानेन कर्तृत्वं प्रकृते: पुमान् । कर्मसु क्रियमाणेषु गुणैरात्मनि मन्यते ॥ ६ ॥
evam parabhidhyanena kartrtvam prakrteh puman karmasu kriyamanesu gunair atmani manyate
- evam
- in this way
- para
- other
- abhidhyanena
- by identification
- kartrtvam
- the performance of activities
- prakrteh
- of the material nature
- puman
- the living entity
- karmasu kriyamanesu
- while the activities are being performed
- gunaih
- by the three modes
- atmani
- to himself
- manyate
- he considers.
Because of his forgetfulness, the transcendental living entity accepts the influence of material energy as his field of activities, and thus actuated, he wrongly applies the activities to himself.