Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.46.41

yathā bhramarikā-dṛṣṭyā

bhrāmyatīva mahīyate

citte kartari tatrātmā

kartevāhaḿ-dhiyā smṛtaḥ

SYNONYMS

yathā — as; bhramarikā — because of whirling around; dṛṣṭyā — in one's vision; bhrāmyati — whirling; iva — as if; mahī — the ground; īyate — appears; citte — the mind; kartari — being the doer; tatra — there; ātmā — the self; kartā — the doer; iva — as if; aham-dhiyā — because of false ego; smṛtaḥ — is thought.

TRANSLATION

Just as a person who is whirling around perceives the ground to be turning, one who is affected by false ego thinks himself the doer, when actually only his mind is acting.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī gives a parallel idea: Although our happiness and distress are caused by our own interaction with the material qualities, we perceive the Lord to be their cause.

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