Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.49

deham mano-matram imam grhitva

mamaham ity andha-dhiyo manusyah

eso 'ham anyo 'yam iti bhramena

duranta-pare tamasi bhramanti

SYNONYMS

deham -- the material body; manah-matram -- coming simply from the mind; imam -- this; grhitva -- having accepted; mama -- mine; aham -- I; iti -- thus; andha -- blinded; dhiyah -- their intelligence; manusyah -- human beings; esah -- this; aham -- I am; anyah -- someone else; ayam -- this is; iti -- thus; bhramena -- by the illusion; duranta-pare -- unsurpassable; tamasi -- within the darkness; bhramanti -- they wander.

TRANSLATION

Persons who identify with this body, which is simply the product of the material mind, are blinded in their intelligence, thinking in terms of "I" and "mine." Because of their illusion of "this is I, but that is someone else," they wander in endless darkness.

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