Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.25

anityānātma-duhkheshu

viparyaya-matir hy aham

dvandvārāmas tamo-vishto

na jāne tvātmanah priyam

SYNONYMS

anitya — not eternal; anātma — not the real self; duhkheshu — in the sources of misery; viparyaya — backwards; matih — whose mentality; hi — indeed; aham — I; dvandva — in duality; ārāmah — taking pleasure; tamah — in ignorance; vishtah — absorbed; na jāne — I fail to recognize; tvā — You; ātmanah — of myself; priyam — the dearmost.

TRANSLATION

Thus mistaking the temporary for the eternal, my body for my self, and sources of misery for sources of happiness, I have tried to take pleasure in material dualities. Covered in this way by ignorance, I could not recognize You as the real object of my love.

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