इत्येतदात्मन: स्वार्थं सन्तं विस्मृत्य वै पुमान् । विचित्रामसति द्वैते घोरामाप्नोति संसृतिम् ॥ २८ ॥
ity etad atmanah svartham santam vismrtya vai puman vicitram asati dvaite ghoram apnoti samsrtim
- iti
- in this way
- etat
- a person materially conditioned
- atmanah
- of his self
- sva-artham
- own interest
- santam
- existing within oneself
- vismrtya
- forgetting
- vai
- indeed
- puman
- the living entity
- vicitram
- attractive false varieties
- asati
- in the material world
- dvaite
- other than the self
- ghoram
- very fearful (due to continuous acceptance of birth and death)
- apnoti
- one becomes entangled
- samsrtim
- in material existence
In this way the conditioned soul living within the body forgets his self-interest because he identifies himself with the body. Because the body is material, his natural tendency is to be attracted by the varieties of the material world. Thus the living entity suffers the miseries of material existence.