मन्यमानस्तदात्मानमनष्टो नष्टवन्मृषा । नष्टेऽहङ्करणे द्रष्टा नष्टवित्त इवातुर: ॥ १५ ॥
manyamanas tadatmanam anasto nastavan mrsa naste ’hankarane drasta nasta-vitta ivaturah
- manyamanah
- thinking
- tada
- then
- atmanam
- himself
- anastah
- although not lost
- nasta-vat
- as lost
- mrsa
- falsely
- naste ahankarane
- because of the disappearance of the ego
- drasta
- the seer
- nasta-vittah
- one who has lost his fortune
- iva
- like
- aturah
- distressed.
The living entity can vividly feel his existence as the seer, but because of the disappearance of the ego during the state of deep sleep, he falsely takes himself to be lost, like a man who has lost his fortune and feels distressed, thinking himself to be lost.