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यद्रागाभिभूतस्य इन्द्रियाणां विषयेषु वर्तनं तत् महामोहनम् ।एतदुक्तं भवति—यस्य विषयेषु अवास्तवबुद्धिः तस्येन्द्रियाणि विषयेषु न प्रवर्तन्ते ।तस्य विषयेषु प्रवृत्त्यभावात् प्रत्यगात्मन्येव प्रवृत्तिः, ततश्च मोहननिवृत्तिः ।यस्य विषयेषु वास्तवबुद्धिः तस्येन्द्रियाणां पराग्भूतेषु विषयेषु प्रवृत्तत्वात् न स इमं सदद्वितीयं प्रत्यग्भूतं परमात्मानमात्मत्वेन साक्षाज्जानाति ।तथा चोक्तम्—‘स्त्रीपिण्डसम्पर्ककलुषीकृतचेतसो विषयविषान्धा ब्रह्म न जानन्ति’ इति ।ततश्च महामोहनं पुनः पुनः विषयेषु प्रवृत्तिः ।तथा चाह भगवान्मनुः—‘न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति ।हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते’ इति ।ततश्च मिथ्यार्थैरविद्यापरिकल्पितैः शब्दादिविषयैः योगो भवति; तस्मिन् मिथ्यार्थयोगे अस्य देहिनो गतिः संसारगतिः नित्या नियता ।प्रसिद्धं ह्येतत्—स्वात्मभूतं परमात्मानमनवगम्य विषयेषु प्रवर्तमानाः पराग्भूतास्तिर्यगादियोनिं प्राप्नुवन्तीति ।तथा च बह्वृचब्राह्मणोपनिषत्—‘या वै ता इमाः प्रजास्ति
In plain words
When a person is overcome by attachment, the wandering of the senses among worldly things is supreme delusion. The underlying meaning is this: one who understands that objects lack ultimate reality does not let his senses wander toward them. Because his mind is withdrawn from outer temptations, it rests entirely within the inner Self, bringing an end to delusion. But the person who treats worldly objects as truly real has senses that constantly run outward, and therefore he fails to realize the non-dual supreme Self dwelling within. As scripture says: 'Those whose minds are soiled by physical attachments and blinded by the poison of sense pleasures do not know Brahman.' Thus, supreme delusion is nothing other than this perpetual chasing after objects. As the lawgiver Manu stated: 'Desire is never pacified by indulging in it; like fire fed with butter, it only flares up all the more.' Consequently, contact with false, nescience-conjured objects like sound and form leads the embodied soul to an inevitable and ongoing round of transmigration. As is well known, those who fail to realize the supreme Self as their own identity and plunge outwardly into sensory pleasures are inevitably reborn in animal and lower wombs. As the Bahvṛca Upanishad also states...
Close to the Sanskrit
Of one who is overcome by attachment, the wandering of the senses among objects—that is supreme delusion. This is said: of whom there is the unreal understanding regarding objects, his senses do not turn forth in objects. Due to the absence of engagement in objects for him, there is turning exclusively toward the inner Self, and hence cessation of delusion. Of whom there is real understanding regarding objects, of him, because the senses are engaged in outward-turned objects, he does not directly know this non-dual, inner-abiding supreme Self as the self. And thus it is said: 'Those whose minds are soiled by contact with a woman's body, blinded by the poison of objects, do not know Brahman'—thus. And consequently, supreme delusion is the repeated engagement in objects. And thus the venerable Manu said: 'Desire never subsides anywhere by the enjoyment of desires; just like fire with oblation, it flares up all the more'—thus. And consequently, there is union with false objects, sounds and other objects imagined by ignorance; in that union with false objects, the course of this embodied soul, the worldly course, is eternal and certain. This is well known: failing to realize the supreme Self who is their own true Self, those who engage in objects, being turned outward, attain animal and other lower wombs—thus. And similarly the Bahvṛca Brahmana Upanishad: 'Verily whichever these progeny...