yavad dhato 'smi hantasmi-
ty atmanam manyate 'sva-drk
yavat-as long as; hatah asmi-I am now being killed (by others); hanta asmi-I am the killer (of others); iti-thus; atmanam-own self; manyate-he considers; a-sva-drk-one who has not seen himself (because of the darkness of the bodily conception of life); tavat-for that long; tat-abhimani-regarding himself as the killed or the killer; ajnah-a foolish person; badhya-badhakatam-the worldly transaction of being obliged to execute some responsibility; iyat-continues.