sama-visama-matinam matam anusarasi yatha rajju-khandah sarpadi-dhiyam.
- sama
- equal or proper
- visama
- and unequal or mistaken
- matinam
- of those having intelligence
- matam
- conclusion
- anusarasi
- You follow
- yatha
- just as
- rajju-khandah
- a piece of rope
- sarpa-adi
- a snake, etc.
- dhiyam
- of those who perceive.
A rope causes fear for a bewildered person who considers it a snake, but not for a person with proper intelligence who knows it to be only a rope. Similarly, You, as the Supersoul in everyone’s heart, inspire fear or fearlessness according to one’s intelligence, but in You there is no duality.