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यः प्रमादाख्यः अज्ञानमृत्युः स प्रथममास्यात्मना परिणमते ।आस्यः अभिमानात्मकोऽहङ्कारः ।तथा चोक्तम्—‘सर्वार्थाक्षेपसंयोगादसुधातुसमन्वयात् ।आस्य इत्युच्यते घोरो ह्यहङ्कारो गुणो महान्’ इति ।एवमहङ्कारात्मना स्थित्वा ततोऽहङ्कारात् निःसरते निर्गच्छति कामात्मना ।ततः कामः स्वविषये प्रवर्तमानः प्रतिहतः क्रोधः प्रमादो मोहरूपश्च भवति ।ततः अहङ्गतेन अहंरूपमापन्नेनाहङ्काराद्यात्मना अवस्थितेनाज्ञानेन तदात्मभावमापन्नः ‘ब्राह्मणोऽहं क्षत्रियोऽहं
In plain words
That ignorance-death called heedlessness first takes the form of 'asya'—the ego rooted in self-identification. As scripture says: 'Because it grasps all objects and coordinates the life-breaths, this terrifying ego, the great principle, is called asya.' Resting in this ego-form, it emerges as desire. When this desire operates toward its objects and meets obstruction, it turns into anger, heedlessness, and delusion. Then, clothed in this ego and conditioned by persistent ignorance, assuming the identity 'I am a brahmana, I am a kshatriya...'
Close to the Sanskrit
That which is named inadvertence, the death of ignorance, first transforms in the form of 'asya'. 'Asya' is the ego consisting of identification. And thus it is said: From the combination of seizing all objects and the coordination of life-elements, the terrifying ego, the great principle, is called 'asya'. Having stood thus in the form of ego, from that ego it emerges, it departs in the form of desire. Then desire, operating in its own object, when obstructed, becomes anger, inadvertence, and has the form of delusion. Then, by abiding ignorance imbued with ego, having attained the form of 'I' and the ego-nature, having attained that nature: 'I am a brahmana, I am a kshatriya...'