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इत्येतदात्मनः 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.