Verse 508

चलत्युपाधौ प्रतिबिम्बलौल्यम्
अउपाधिकं मूढधियो नयन्ति ।
स्वबिम्बभूतं रविवद्विनिष्क्रियं
कर्तास्मि भोक्तास्मि हतोऽस्मि हेति ॥ ५0८ ॥

calatyupādhau pratibimbalaulyam
aupādhikaṃ mūḍhadhiyo nayanti |
svabimbabhūtaṃ ravivadviniṣkriyaṃ
kartāsmi bhoktāsmi hato'smi heti || 508 ||

508. When the supervening adjunct (Upādhi) is moving, the resulting movement of the reflection is ascribed by fools to the object reflected, such as the sun, which is free from activity – (and they think) "I am the doer", "I am the experiencer", "I am killed, oh, alas!"

Notes:

[Supervening adjunct—e. g. water, in which the sun is reflected. It is the water that moves and with it the reflection, but never the sun, though ignorant people may think the sun is also moving. Similarly, all activity which belongs to the Buddhi under the reflection of the Atman, is erroneously attributed to the latter.

I am the doer,” &c.—This is how the ignorant man thinks and wails. ]